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EU turns from OHB in favour of Airbus and Thales for second-generation Galileo sats
The European Commission has selected its providers for the second-generation of its Galileo satellite navigation system. The announcement was released on 20 January identifying European industry stalwarts Airbus Defence and Space and Thales Alenia Space as the...
Initial Starlink launch of 2021 sees 60 more sats added and first eight-time booster landing
Lifting-off at 1302 GMT on 20 January, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral carrying 60 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO). The mission lasted for one hour five minutes until the satellites were deployed en masse. This marks the first...
Electron KS launches LEO comsat from Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand
A Rocket Lab Electron KS rocket was launched into orbit from the Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand at 0726 GMT on 20 January 2021 on its launch dubbed "Another one leaves the crust". On board was a low Earth Orbit (LEO) communications satellite built by the Germany-based...
Long March 3B rocket launch starts China’s 2021 account with launch of Tiantong 1-03 comsat
A Chinese Long March 3B/G3 (CZ-3B/G3) rocket lifted off from the Xichang launch site in China at 1625 GMT on 19 January 2021. The launch carried the Tiantong 1-03 (aka Tiantong-1 03) communications satellite which is designed to operate from geostationary Earth orbit...