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China launches second Yaogan 33 mission in a month
In a near repeat of a mission which took place earlier this month on 6 September 2023, China has launched another Yaogan 33 satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, northwest China. This mission lifted-off at 2015 GMT on 26 September also utilising the Long...
Fears mount for Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander and rover while India hangs on for a signal
Contact has been lost with India’s new Vikram lunar lander and Pragyan lunar rover after they suffered a very cold two-week-long lunar night. Hopes of waking up the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover from their sleep mode are fading fast as attempts have, as yet, only...
OSIRIS REx returns asteroid sample to Earth and prepares for its next asteroid mission
The OSIRIS-REx mission to the asteroid Bennu has returned samples to Earth, fulfilling one of its main objectives seven years after it was launched in September 2016. After a two-year outbound journey, it went into orbit around Bennu in December 2018. The following...
Falcon 9 launches Starlink Group 6-18 from Cape Canaveral, then puts Starlink Group 7-3 up from Vandenberg
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA at 0338 GMT on 24 September 2023. The vehicle was carrying Starlink Group 6-18, a total of 22 v2 Mini platform Starlink satellites as part of the second generation...
Galactic Energy of China suffers first launch failure of its Ceres-1 rocket losing insured Jilin 1 Gaofen 04B-01
The Ceres-1 Y11 launch ended in a total loss, marking the first failure for Galactic Energy, a private Chinese space company which hitherto had an unmarred 100 per cent success rate over its first nine flights. The mission lifted off at 0459 GMT on 21 September from...
Starlink Group 6-17 is launched by Falcon 9
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA at 0338 GMT on 20 September 2023. The vehicle was carrying Starlink Group 6-17, a total of 22 v2 Mini Starlink communications satellites for the second-generation...
Acadia 2 radar observation satellite becomes latest casualty in another Electron KS rocket failure
Rocket Lab launched Electron KS from Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand, at 0655 GMT on 19 September. The Electron was carrying the Acadia 2 (aka Capella-12) radar Earth observation satellite from Capella Space. The rocket’s first stage successfully separated (not...
China launches Long March 2D carrying Yaogan 39 trio
China successfully launched a Long March 2D/2 (CZ-2D/2) from Xichang Satellite Launch Centre, Sichuan Province, China at 0312 GMT on 17 August 2023. The vehicle carried a trio of Yaogan 39 Group 2 (Yaogan 39-02-A, B, C) Chinese reconnaissance satellites. The orbit...
SpaceX launches Falcon 9 with Starlink Group 6-16 aboard
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA at 0338 GMT on 16 September 2023 (launch pad SLC-40). The launch vehicle was carrying Starlink Group 6-16, a total of 22 v2 Mini Starlink satellites as part of the second...
Soyuz MS-24 is launched into orbit on Soyuz 2-1a from Baikonur on way to ISS
Soyuz MS-24 was launched via a Soyuz 2-1a rocket into orbit at 1544 GMT on 15 September 2023 from Baikonur near Tyuryatam. The launch was a crewed flight to the International Space Station. Onboard Soyuz MS-24 is Russian Commander Oleg Kononenko, Russian flight...
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