The second Lockheed Martin (LMT) built Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO-2) spacecraft was encapsulated into its payload fairing March 4 in preparation for a ...

Lockheed Martin-Built Missile Warning Satellite Encapsulated in Launch Vehicle Payload Fairing by SpaceRef April 26, 2011 Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X ...

As the Mr. Steven is located on the West Coast, SpaceX has only attempted such fairing recoveries during launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base, north of Los Angeles.The next of these is ...

The Containerized Missile System is a novel type of missile launcher, but what is it, how dangerous is it, and why is it ...

L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has received a $29 million contract to design an overhead persistent infrared sensor payload for the U.S. Space Force’s future missile warning satellite network ...

L3Harris claims to be at the heart of advanced, space-based missile defense and life-saving weather capabilities. The Fort Wayne Payload Integration Facility is expected to be the most advanced ...

But the public saw video of the clamshell-like payload fairing falling away from the Atlas V rocket as it fired downrange from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on September 10, 2023. It wasn't pretty.

Hanwha Aerospace has begun upgrading the payload fairing of South Korea’s Nuri rocket to make it viable for commercial satellite launches. The Korea AeroSpace Administration (KAA) had initially ...

SpaceX managed to snag both halves of a Falcon 9 rocket's falling payload fairing shortly after the successful launch of a South Korean military satellite from Florida yesterday (July 20).

Spacex recovered the payload fairing during yesterday's Falcon Heavy megarocket launch and plans to employ it on another mission this year, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said.