Welcome to our latest Precious Weekly newsletter issue! We've got a thrilling lineup of space updates for you this time. We're talking about the first-ever commercial Mars mission, a flurry of funding updates from across the industry, and the surprising return of wooden cubesats. But that's not all - we

Precious Weekly: May 15 — 21, 2023 Kathy Lueders joins SpaceX and more exciting news in our weekly wrap-up. See news tagged with a 🚀? Click the link to reveal more about the launch or its provider on Launch.ctrl by Precious Payload—your gateway to space! 💫 Image: Starbase facility by SpaceX   Launch Updates 🇺🇸RocketLab

Precious Weekly: May 8 — 14, 2023   The world’s first and only no-BS, high signal-to-noise ratio newsletter covering commercial space stations, the small satellite market, and New Space economy. Image: Commercial space station Haven-1 by VAST   Launch Updates 🇺🇸Vast announced plans to launch the world's first commercial space station, Haven-1, on a 🇺🇸SpaceX Falcon

Precious Weekly: May 1 — 7, 2023 See news tagged with a 🚀? Click the link to reveal more about the launch or its provider on Launch.ctrl—your gateway to space! 💫   [caption id="attachment_2754" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Image: Gold Chain Cowboy rocket by Evolution Space[/caption] Launch Updates Hypersonix (🇦🇺Australia/🇺🇸US) plans the first launch of its 3D-printed

See news tagged with a 🚀? Click it to reveal more about the Astrobotic books Falcon Heavy launch on Launch.ctrl—your gateway to space! 💫 Precious Weekly: April 24 — 30, 2023 Welcome to the 56th issue of Precious Weekly! In this edition, we are asking you to fill out a survey and

Precious Weekly: April 17 — 23, 2023 See news tagged with a 🚀? Click the link to reveal more about the launch or its provider on Launch.ctrl—your gateway to space! 💫 Launch Updates 🇺🇸Rocket Lab plans to launch the HASTE suborbital rocket (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron), derived from its Electron rocket to

Precious Weekly: April 10 — 16, 2023 See news tagged with a ? Click the link to reveal more about the launch or its provider on Launch.ctrl—your gateway to space!    Launch Updates The test flight of 🇺🇸SpaceX's Starship has been delayed due to a frozen pressurant valve, and the rocket will not launch for at

Precious Weekly: April 3 — 9, 2023   See news tagged with a 🚀? Click the link to reveal more about the launch or its provider on Launch.ctrl—your gateway to space! 💫   [caption id="attachment_2720" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Image: SpaceX[/caption] Launch Updates ‘Starship is ready for launch 🚀 Awaiting regulatory approval’ [@elonmusk] 🇺🇸Apex to launch its mission “Call

Precious Weekly: March 27 — April 2, 2023   See news tagged with a 🚀? Click the link to reveal more about the launch or its provider on Launch.ctrl—your gateway to space! 💫     Launch Updates 🇫🇷Unseenlabs is set to launch its ninth maritime constellation satellite, BRO-9, in April via the Transporter-7 mission from 🇺🇸Vandenberg

Precious Weekly: March 20–26, 2023   See news tagged with a 🚀? Click the link to reveal more about the launch or its provider on Launch.ctrl—your gateway to space! 💫   [caption id="attachment_2703" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Credit: Dawn Aerospace[/caption]   Launch Updates The first 🇵🇹Portuguese cubesat, ISTSAT—developed by the students at 🇵🇹Instituto Superior Técnico—will monitor aircrafts in remote

Precious Weekly: March 13–19, 2023   Launch Updates 🇺🇸Rocket Lab to launch its “Beat Goes On” mission with two Gen-2 🇺🇸BlackSky satellites via 🇺🇸Spaceflight from 🇳🇿New Zealand on March 22. [SatNews] [LaunchSchedule] 🇺🇸Relativity’s Terran 1 launch is to take place on March 23 from 🇺🇸Florida. [RocketLaunch.Live] [LaunchSchedule]       Past Flights 🇺🇸Rocket Lab launched its “Stronger Together” mission

Precious Weekly: March 6–12, 2023   Launch Updates Last week, 🇺🇸Relativity Space scrubbed the launch of its Terran 1 rocket (carrying no payload onboard) twice; once due to abortion of the rocket's stage separation automation, and most recently due to a fuel pressure issue on the second stage. [Space.com] [LaunchSchedule]   🇺🇸Rocket Lab delayed the

Precious Weekly: February 27–March 5, 2023   The world’s first and only no-BS, high signal-to-noise ratio newsletter covering the small satellite market.  Subscribe here to get more updates.     Launch Updates 🇺🇸SpaceX increases rideshare prices by 18%, from $5.5k per kg to $6.5k per kg. [PayloadSpace][Twitter]       “The Beat Goes On” mission, with two Earth-imaging 🇺🇸BlackSky satellites via

Precious Weekly: February 20–26, 2023   The world’s first and only no-BS, high signal-to-noise ratio newsletter covering the small satellite market. Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe here.      Launch Updates 🇺🇸Relativity Space scheduled a launch for the world’s first 3D-printed rocket, Terran 1, for March 8. Taking off from 🇺🇸Florida through its ‘Good Luck,

Precious Payload’s Weekly Smallsat News: February 13–19, 2023   Everything you need to know about recent smallsat headlines around the universe.  Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe here.      Launch Updates 🇺🇸Launcher’s Orbiter SN1 OTV took off on January 3 aboard the Transporter 6 and we’ve since learned the mission has failed, due to a

Precious Payload’s Weekly Smallsat News ❤️ February 6–12, 2023   Everything you need to know about recent smallsat headlines around the universe.  Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe here.      Launch Updates 🇺🇸SpaceX’s Starship successfully completed its static fire test of Booster 7, with 31 Raptor engines. Elon Musk tweeted about the next launch attempt in

Precious Payload’s Weekly Smallsat News: January 30–February 5, 2023 Everything you need to know about recent smallsat headlines around the universe. Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe here. Launch Updates 🇵🇱SatRev enters a new agreement with 🇺🇸Virgin Orbit to launch SatRev’s STORK 3U cubesats. Now, from the 🇺🇸Mojave Air and Space Port in 2023 and

Precious Payload’s Weekly Smallsat News: January 23–29, 2023   Everything you need to know about recent smallsat headlines around the universe.  Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe here.      Highlights 🇩🇪Isar announced a partnership with 🇺🇸Spaceflight. This and other recent Spaceflight partnerships give the company more chance to reposition themselves after the downfall with 🇺🇸SpaceX.     🇺🇸Astrobotic’s

Precious Payload’s Weekly Smallsat News: January 16–22, 2023   Everything you need to know about recent smallsat headlines around the universe.  Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe here.      Highlights 🇺🇸/ 🇦🇪/ 🇩🇪Precious Payload and 🇨🇦Reaction Dynamics join forces to provide eco-friendly commercial launches with the Aurora 1 rocket, using the former’s online service. [SpaceRef]

Precious Payload’s Weekly Smallsat News: January 9–15, 2023   Everything you need to know about recent smallsat headlines around the universe.  Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe here.      Past Flights 🇺🇸Virgin Orbit’s ‘Start Me Up’ mission was unsuccessful in its launch from 🇬🇧Spaceport Cornwall on January 9, due to upper-stage failure. [VirginOrbit] Payloads on