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China launches Tianzhou-3 freighter to a recently vacated CSS
A Tianzhou cargo freighter launched by China has docked with its space station on the same day. The mission lifted-off at 0710 GMT, propelled into orbit by a Long March 7 (CZ-7) rocket. The autonomous freighter, called Tianzhou-3, then conducted an automatic docking...
ABL receives contract to launch Lockheed Martin developed NASA cryo-tech demo mission
ABL Space Systems, a prospective American launch provider, is set to launch a NASA science mission in 2023. The company announced the contract which will make use of its RS-1 launch vehicle on 16 September. ABL is anticipating the maiden launch of its rocket before...
SpaceX awarded contracts to launch two GEO comms satellites in 2023
SpaceX has received contracts to launch two communication satellites to GEO during 2023. Both missions are set to use the mainstay Falcon 9 rocket. The first arrived on 8 September and was signed by Yahsat, UAE. This contract covers the launch of its upcoming...
Hapith 1 sub-orbital launch attempt ends in failure (Updated)
A sub-orbital launch attempt of the Hapith 1 (HP1) rocket ended in failure at 0639 GMT on 16 September. During ignition and initial lift off the vehicle suffered an internal fault causing it to catch alight. The rocket then fell onto the starboard side of the pad. The...
Spire to buy satellite-AIS competitor exactEarth
American company Spire Global, fresh off the back of its SPAC merger in mid-August, has entered into an agreement to purchase Canada-based exactEarth. Both companies provide a space-based, Sat-AIS (Satellite Automatic Identification System) product to the maritime and...
SpaceX receives contract to fly GOES U weather satellite on Falcon Heavy
SpaceX was awarded the launch contract for the GOES U weather satellite by NASA on 10 September. A Falcon Heavy rocket will be provided by SpaceX for this launch, planned for April 2024. GOES U is the fourth and last in the current series of GOES (Geostationary...
First private crewed orbital mission of Inspiration4 a success for SpaceX (Updated)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, carrying a four-person crew in one of its Crew Dragon capsules. Lift-off for the mission known as “Inspiration4” was at 0002 GMT, 16 September, and the Resilience capsule was placed into a 200...
Taikonauts undock from Chinese Space Station and return to Earth (Updated)
The Shenzhou 12 craft with Taikonauts Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo undocked from the Chinese Space Station (CSS) – also known as Tiangong – on 16 September at 0056 GMT, according to the China Manned Space Engineering Office. The space station had been...
OneWeb approaches halfway mark as constellation deployment continues with successful launch
Another mission from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan has carried 34 OneWeb satellites into LEO. The Soyuz 2-1B Fregat vehicle lifted-off at 1807 GMT on 14 September marking the tenth mission in service of the OneWeb satellite broadband constellation. Once in...
SpaceX launch 51 Starlinks from Vandenberg AFB
SpaceX launched 51 Starlink satellites on Tuesday, 14 September at 0355 GMT from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. This was the tenth launch and landing of this Falcon 9 first stage booster (B1049). The first stage then...
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