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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...
Fifth Feng Yun-3 meteorological satellite launched by China
At 2328 GMT on 4 July, a Long March 4C (CZ-4C) rocket was successfully launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre, China. The vehicle was carrying the Feng Yun 3E satellite to a LEO sun synchronous orbit to provide meteorological data. Phil Hylands contributed...
SpaceX launches large rideshare mission
SpaceX launched its Transporter-2 rideshare mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, at 1931 GMT, 30 June. It carried 88 payloads into low Earth orbit using a Falcon 9 rocket with a first stage that had previously been used...
Branson & Bezos race to space
Virgin Galactic announced at the beginning of July that its founder Richard Branson will be a passenger on the next flight of its SpaceShipTwo suborbital tourism vehicle, VSS Unity. Designated ‘Unity 22’, the mission is due to launch on 11 July from its base at...
China launches a crop of five satellites into LEO
At 0251 GMT on 3 July a Long March 2D (CZ-2D) rocket launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre, China carrying five satellites into LEO. The larger payloads were four Earth observation (EO) satellites built by Chang Guang Satellite Technology Co. for the...
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