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December 16, 2022

Spaceflight

Global launch services provider Spaceflight announced it's preparing its final launch of 2022. Spaceflight provided the launch and integration services for Kleos Space's fourth satellite cluster, Observer, through ISISPACE Group on SpaceX's Transporter 6 rideshare mission. The four Kleos spacecraft are heading to a 525-kilometer sun synchronous orbit aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This launch represents Spaceflight's 55th launch since its inception. With the Transporter 6 mission, Spaceflight will have completed 10 missions in 2022, including the successful debut launches of its experimental OTV for hosted payloads, Sherpa-AC in May, and its chemical propulsion OTV Sherpa-LTC in September. Earlier this year, Spaceflight celebrated a major milestone – its 50th mission, which flew aboard a Rocket Lab Electron, and moved into a new 39,000-square-foot office headquarters and state-of-the-art integration facility space in Bellevue. In 2023, Spaceflight plans to execute 10-15 missions and work with more launch vehicle providers to launch customer payloads to their desired orbital destinations. Based in Seattle, Spaceflight has successfully launched hundreds of satellites and is a part of the Mitsui & Co. portfolio, operating as an independent, U.S.-based company.




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