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Rocket Report: Chinese rockets fail twice in 12 hours; Rocket Lab reports setback
Another partially reusable Chinese rocket, the Long March 12B, is nearing its first test flight.
TL;DR
- Gilmour Space Technologies secured $148 million in funding, making it Australia's newest unicorn.
- Isar Aerospace postponed its Spectrum rocket's test flight due to a pressurization valve issue.
- Orbex is in talks to sell its business to European space logistics startup The Exploration Company.
- China experienced two launch failures: a Long March 3B carrying a classified satellite and the first Ceres-2 rocket.
- Rocket Lab's Neutron rocket suffered a structural failure during a Stage 1 tank test.
- SpaceX launched NROL-105 for the National Reconnaissance Office, believed to be carrying Starshield satellites.
- China performed a static fire test of its new reusable Long March 12B rocket.
- NASA rolled the Artemis II rocket to its launch pad in Florida for its mission to the Moon.
- Blue Origin confirmed its New Glenn rocket will launch an AST SpaceMobile satellite and plans to reuse the booster from its second mission.