Welcome to edition 8.09 of the Rocket report! The biggest news of the week happened in the Beleway instead of on a launch platform somewhere. In Washington, DC, the Congress has reduced the plan of the Trump administration to stop flying the Space Launch System Rocket after Artemis III. The congress made it clear that he wants to keep the booster in business for a long time. The big question now is whether the Trump Witte Huis will blink.
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Israel launches Sar Satellite. The Israeli Ministry of Defense, Israel Defense Forces and Israel Aerospace Industries successfully launched the OFEK 19 satellite from the Palmachim Airbase on Tuesday. The launch was carried out by the Solid-Proopellant Shavit 2 Rocket from the country. OFEK 19 is a synthetic opening radar observation satellite with improved possibilities, 7 Israel National News reports.
A unique launch posture … This was the seventh launch of the Shavit-2 vehicle, which made his debut in June 2007. The most recent launch before this week took place in March 2023. Because of the geographical location and difficult relationships with the surrounding countries, Israel is launching its missiles to the West, across the Mediterranean Sea. (submitted by MarkW98)
Canadian Launch firm invests on the launch site. Earlier this summer, Reaction Dynamics, a launch company established in Ontario, closed on a series A-Finance Round worth $ 10 million. This supports the next phase of the development of the hybrid drive system of the Canadian company, of which a first suborbital demonstration flight is planned for this winter. Now the company has taken part of this financing and invested in a launch location in Nova Scotia, SpaceQ reports.
On the ground floor … In a transaction worth $ 1.2 million, Reaction Dynamics invests in maritime launch services, which develops the SPACEPort Nova Scotia facility. Reaction dynamics plans to launch his Aurora-8 rocket from the Canadian launch site. Bachar Elzein, the CEO of Reaction Dynamics, said that the move was logical for two reasons. The first is that it is 'a place to launch our very first orbital rocket', protects, where Elzein adds: “We believe in their vision” and therefore wanted to invest. That second factor had to do with all the work, the heavy work, MLS has done so far to build a space from the ground. (submitted by Joeys)
