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Rocket Lab Electron rocket suffers launch failure losing two BlackSky satellites
Launching at 1111 GMT on 15 May 2021 from Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand, an Electron rocket built by Rocket Lab suffered a failure during launch. The anomaly occurred post ignition of the second-stage. Seconds after ignition of the single Rutherford engine it shutdown...
Virgin Orbit signed to provide two launches for British newspace company Arqit Limited
On 12 May Virgin Orbit announced that it had been selected by Arqit Limited to launch its first two satellites. The contract covers two launches starting in 2023. Arqit Limited is a British, newspace company which has recently exited "stealth mode" and developed a...
SpaceX launches Starlink mission and achieves first 10th stage re-use
At 0642 GMT on 9 May 2021 SpaceX conducted its second Starlink launch of the month. This mission lifted-off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and carried 60 Starlink satellites into LEO. Importantly, this mission was the first to pass the 10th re-use milestone for a...
China launches a fresh Yaogan 30 satellite triplet believed to have an SIGINT role
On 6 May at 1811 GMT, China successfully launched a Long March 2C (CZ-2C) vehicle from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre, China. The primary payload on the mission was the Yaogan 30-8-A, B, C triplet, these were joined by Tianqi-12 which also hitched a ride to LEO....