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Group 6-22 batch of 22 Starlink v2 Mini satellites are launched by a Falcon 9
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA at 2301 GMT on 13 October 2023. The vehicle was carrying Starlink Group 6-22, a total of 22 (V2-mini) satellites for the second-generation Starlink constellation. The reusable...
Psyche asteroid mission is sent on its way by Falcon Heavy
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon Heavy from Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida, USA at 1419 GMT on 13 October 2023. The vehicle was carrying Psyche. Psyche is a spacecraft that will be specifically study the metallic asteroid of the same name: 16 Psyche. The...
Mongolia to order comsat from Thales Alenia Space…while Intelsat taps Relativity Space’s Terran-R for launches
While the formal order has yet to be signed, Mongolia's Ministry of Digital Development has reported Thales Alenia Space to supply Chingis, a Ku-band communcations satellite for geostationary operation over 113.6 degrees East. The satellite will use a version of...
Starlink Group 7-4 is launched by Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket from Vandenberg, California, USA at 0743 GMT on 9 October 2023. The vehicle was carrying Starlink Group 7-4, group of 21 v2 Mini bus spacecraft for the second-generation constellation of Starlink satellites....
Vega 1 finally launches…only for two of its satellites to fail to separate
Delayed by a few days because of a technical issue, the Vega 1 rocket was finally, and successfully, launched on flight VV23 at 0136 GMT on 9 October from Centre Spatial Guyanais in Kourou, French Guiana. Aboard was the 450 kg Airbus DS-built THEOS-2, an Earth...
UK advertising guru Trevor Beattie flies with five others to edge of space on board Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo
The Galactic 04 flight of the suborbital spaceplane SpaceShipTwo Unity took place on 6 October 2023. The flight was dubbed Galactic 04. Carrier aircraft VMS Eve took off from Spaceport America in New Mexico, USA, at 1528 GMT on 6 October 2023 with SpaceShipTwo VSS...
Amazon Kuiper constellation launches prototype pair aboard ULA Atlas V
A ULA operated Atlas V 501 (RL10C-1) rocket was launched on its Flight AV-104 carrying a pair of KuiperSat spacecraft - dubbed KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2. The launch took place from Cape Canaveral at 1806 GMT on 7 October 2023. The spacecraft are prototype...
Miura 1 first atmospheric suborbital flight underperforms slightly but retires a lot of risk
Although Spanish launch firm PLD Space declared that its Miura 1 suborbital test rocket achieved “all technical objectives” on its maiden flight, in truth the flight did not achieve its planned altitude and was meant to have flown higher. Miura 1’s debut launch took...
IAC 2023 Baku: Elon Musk dials into conference to talk about how Starship is making a more exciting future
Elon Musk’s virtual appearance at the International Astronautical Congress 2023 is dissected by Seradata Data Manager and reporter Matt Wilson, who did make it to Baku in-person. Elon Musk, CEO and founder of SpaceX, made a remote appearance at the annual congress on...
SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink Group 6-21 from Cape Canaveral
After a short weather related delay, SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral, USA at 0536 GMT on 5 October 2023 after short delay due to poor weather conditions at the launch site. The launch vehicle was carrying Starlink Group...
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