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Analysis: Artemis human landing mission delays: why is it so hard to get there?
NASA has announced a delay in its Artemis human missions to the Moon. Artemis II, originally scheduled for late 2024, has been postponed until no earlier than September 2025 after the agency cited safety concerns. The delay is attributed to the unexpectedly high...
Another record-breaking year for orbital rocket launches and for satellites launched despite Starlink’s design change
The number of launches has broken the all-time record – again. This year there were 223 orbital launch attempts, which breaks last year’s record of 186 attempts. This continues the trend since 2019, and the general trend since 2005, of an ever-increasing number of...
SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink Group 6-35
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA at 2235 GMT on 07 January 2024. The vehicle was carrying Starlink Group 6-35, a total of 23 v2 Mini Starlink communications satellites for the second-generation Starlink...
ULA back in the game with Vulcan-Centaur maiden launch despite fate of Peregrine
The Peregrine PM-1 lunar lander began its journey to the Moon on 8 January on board a Vulcan-Centaur 542 rocket launched on its maiden flight from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 0718 GMT. If it succeeds in its landing attempt on 23 February, it will become the first US...
Kuaizhou-1A launches four Tianmu weather sats
China's first launch of 2024 was of four Tianmu radio-occultation weather satellites of the Tianmu constellation. At 1120 GMT on 5 January 2024 a Kuaizhou-1A solid rocket lifted off from Jiuquan carrying the Tianmu-1 15-18. These satellites examine how navigation...
SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Ovzon-3 comsat on its way to eventual GEO operating position
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA at 2304 GMT on 3 January. On board was the small communications satellite Ovzon-3, which will be operated by the Swedish/US firm Ovzon over 59.7 degrees East in...
Charles Ergen’s empire reunited as Echostar completes acquisition of DISH
Echostar completed its acquisition of its sister company DISH Network, a US satellite TV provider, on the cusp of the new year. The deal, first announced in August 2023, has brought together DISH Network’s satellite technology and 5G network with EchoStar’s satellite...
SpaceX starts its 2024 campaign with Falcon 9 launch of Starlink Group 7-9 including some to test direct-to-cell phone signals
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket from Vandenberg, California, USA at 0344 GMT on 03 January 2024. The launch vehicle was carrying Starlink Group 7-9, a total of 21 v2 Mini Starlink satellites for its second generation constellation....
New SpaceX Launch Order: India’s GSAT-20 comsat to be launched on Falcon 9
India has announced that its planned GSAT-20 communications satellite (aka GSAT-N2) will be launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch in Q2 2024. The 4,700 kg GSAT-20 spacecraft is defined as a Ka-band high thoughput satellite (HTS). The satellite is being financed...
PSLV-DL carries XPoSAT astronomy satellite and POEM-3 payload module attached to fourth stage into orbit
A launch of the PSLV-DL (flight number PSLV-C58) from Satish Dhawann Space Centre, Sriharikota, India took place at 0340 GMT on 1 January 2024 marking the first launch of the New Year. It was carrying XPoSAT - an X-ray astronomy satellite (official name is X-ray...
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