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Launch Orders: Intelsat puts IS-45 on an Ariane 6 launch…as Firefly books three launches from L3Harris and its Bikini time for PSLV
While the much delayed debut of Ariane 6 has yet to take place - it is now expected in 2024 at the earliest - the satellite firm Intelsat still has faith in it. It has made a launch order to Arianespace for its Intetlsat 45 (IS-45) communications satellite as a...
Starlink Group 7-2 is launched by a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket from the SLC-4E pad at Vandenberg, California, USA at 0657 GMT on 12 September 2023. The vehicle was carrying Starlink Group 7-2, a total of 21 v2 Mini communications satellites for the Starlink...
Orders: Thaicom buys a flexible Onesat bus satellite from Airbus
Satellite operator Thaicom Plc has ordered a fully reconfigurable high throughput communications satellite - as yet unnamed - from Airbus Defence and Space. It will use the software-defined OneSat platform/bus design from Airbus. The communications satellite is...
Telesat orders 14 SpaceX Falcon 9 launches for Lightspeed
SpaceX has agreed to launch satellites for the Lightspeed constellation, the brainchild of its major competitor Telesat. The private company founded by Elon Musk, which dominates the commercial space scene, had agreed to provide 14 launches for Telesat on its Falcon...
SpaceX reveals what went wrong on Super Heavy/Starship maiden flight as it awaits FAA permission to fly again
Although its Super Heavy/Starship system is full stacked and ready for refuelling at the Boca Chica launch site in Texas, SpaceX has yet to get permission from the US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) to make its second orbital flight attempt. After completing its...
SpaceX Falcon 9 launches another set of 22 Starlink v2 Mini satellites for constellation: Group 6-14…as Musk is accused of not switching it on to help Russian Navy
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA at 0312 GMT on 9 September 2023. The launch vehicle was carrying Starlink Group 6-14, a total of 22 v2 Mini Starlink satellites for the second generation (GEN 2) Starlink...
ULA Atlas V launches NRO L-107 “Silent Barker” secret satellite mission
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket (Atlas V 551 (RL10C-1-1)/GEM-63) was launched at 1247 GMT on 10 September 2022 on flight number AV 551 from Cape Canaveral SLC-41. The mission is a - flight number AV-102, carrying the secret NRO L-107 mission for the...
Virgin Galactic makes another commercial suborbital flight
Virgin Galactic has made another commercial suborbital launch. Carrier aircraft VMS Eve took off from Spaceport America in New Mexico, USA at 1434 GMT on 8 September 2023 with SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity slung underneath. . This was the third commercial mission for...
Japan launches astronomy mission XRISM and SLIM Lunar lander
A Japanese H-2A rocket flying in its 202 configuration has carried two satellites, a space telescope and a Lunar lander, into orbit. The mission lifted-off from the Tanegashima Space Center, southern Japan, at 2342 GMT on 6 September. The larger payload...
China launches Yaogan 33-03 mission on a Long March 4C
Launching at 1814 GMT on 6 September a Chinese Long March 4C (CZ-4C) rocket has carried the Yaogan 33-03 satellite into a 700 km LEO. The mission lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, northwest China. Chinese state media describes the Yaogan 33...
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