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New Shepard makes first crewed launch
As planned, Blue Origin’s New Shepard made its first crewed launch on 20 July, the 52nd anniversary of Apollo 11’s lunar landing. According to the company, Jeff Bezos, Mark Bezos, Wally Funk and Oliver Daemen “officially became astronauts when they passed the Kármán...
Nauka module limps towards ISS after suffering multiple issues in orbit following successful Proton launch (Updated)
The newest ISS module, known as Nauka, was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, by a Proton M at 1458 GMT on 21 July. The Proton rocket flying for the first time in almost a year utilised a 3-stage configuration as opposed to the more familiar 4-stage...
Lynk Global signs up for future Falcon 9 launch through Spaceflight Inc
Newspace company Lynk Global has contracted with launch arranger Spaceflight Inc to manifest multiple satellites on an upcoming SpaceX rideshare in December. Lynk is aiming to provide ubiquitous mobile phone connectivity through LEO satellites. Its fifth test...
Third triplet of Yaogan 30 satellites launched by China this year
Lifting-off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China, a Long March 2C (CZ-2C) rocket has carried four satellites in to LEO. The mission took place at 0019 GMT on 19 July. The primary payloads carried were the three Yaogan 30 spacecraft - the tenth such group...
China launches and lands mysterious “reusable suborbital carrier”
China reportedly launched and landed a "reusable suborbital carrier" vehicle during 16 July (local time), according to its state media company, Xinhua. Few details about the vehicle are widely known however, this mission apparently entailed a "launch" from Jiuquan...
Momentus suffers inertia
Once a promising start-up in the fields of space transportation and in-orbit servicing, Momentus Space has suffered a largely self-inflicted ‘resistance to progress’ in the past few months. However, the announcement on 13 July that the US Securities and Exchange...
Measat-3 drifting in GEO arc after anomaly
Peter B. De Selding of Space Intel Report has reported that the Measat-3 satellite looks to be in trouble. Read here. The operator of the satellite MEASAT Global Berhad released a press release on 26 June stating that they had observed an anomaly on 21 June but, that...
Analysis: Branson realises space dream as he flies to the “edge of space”
On 11 July, Virgin Galactic founder Sir Richard Branson fulfilled a boyhood dream when he flew as ‘Astronaut 001” on his company’s SpaceShipTwo suborbital tourism vehicle, VSS Unity. He described it as “the experience of a lifetime” and “just magical”. The Unity 22...
China launches quintet of small satellites for RF-monitoring purposes
China successfully launched a Long March 6 (CZ-6) light light vehicle from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 1159 GMT on 9 July carrying five satellites. The satellites are the second Ningxia-1 group and will be used to provide commercial electronic intelligence...
Last first-gen GEO data-relay satellite launched by China
China successfully launched a Long March 3C/E (CZ-3C/E) rocket carrying the Tianlian 1E satellite into GTO at 1553 GMT on 6 July. The mission was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre, China. Tianlian 1E will be used to provide data relay communications...
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