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Inmarsat 6F-2 is likely total loss after power fault during slow orbit raising
As if the increasing likelihood of a total insurance loss claim for the Viasat-3 Americas satellite was not enough, Viasat has received more bad news. Inmarsat, its newly acquired subsidiary, has found itself in the unenviable position of making an insurance claim for...
North Korea suffers launch failure on re-flight attempt losing spy satellite
North Korea attempted to launch what was described in state media as a Malligyong-1 reconnaissance satellite on 23 August at around 1850 GMT. The mission was apparently a do-over of an unsuccessful launch in May but turned out to be an unfortunate moment of déjà vu...
Rocket Lab successfully launches Acadia-1 on Electron using pre-flown engine
Rocket Lab successful launched an Electron at 2345 GMT on August 24, from Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. The vehicle carried Acadia-1, a new generation Earth observation satellite from Capella Space. The Electron first stage splashed down in the Pacific Ocean and was...
SpaceX launches first “Group 7” Starlink mission for its constellation
Launching at 0937 GMT on 22 August, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried 21 satellites into LEO. The mission took place from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA, and marked the first as part of the Starlink constellation's "Group 7". These 21 approximately 800 kg...
India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission makes history with successful Moon landing
India has become the first nation ever to land a spacecraft near the South Pole of the Moon, as well as only the fourth nation in the world to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon, after the US, the former Soviet Union and China. After a 19-minute descent from...
Lockheed and Northrop receive orders for 72 more Transport Layer satellites from the SDA
The SDA announced on 21 August that it had awarded Tranche 2 contracts for 72 satellites (36 each) to Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman. These satellites will be for its Transport Layer data-relay constellation. The contractors will build and operate their...
Soyuz 2-1A launches Progress MS-24 re-supply craft
A Soyuz 2-1A launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam) carrying the Progress MS-24 re-supply craft on 23 August at 0108 GMT. The crafts two-day flight will end when it autonomously docks with the Zvezda service module of the International Space Station (ISS) on...
China launches Gaofen 12-04 for Earth observation
China successfully launched a Long March 4C from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre, China at 1745 GMT on 20 August, marking the 484th flight mission of the Long March series carrier rockets. The vehicle was carrying Gaofen 12-04, a remote sensing Earth observation...
BAE Systems to buy Ball Aerospace in US$5.6 billion deal
British defence company BAE Systems plans to acquire Ball Corporation’s aerospace subsidiary for US$5.6 billion in cash. The deal, pegged as one of the biggest acquisitions by a UK company this year, is also BAE’s biggest, making public the extent of its ambition to...
SpaceX launches 22 satellites in first of back-to-back Starlink missions
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral, USA at 0336 GMT on 17 August. The vehicle was carrying Starlink Group 6-10, a total of 22 second-generation Starlink satellites. The B1067 first stage landed on the drone barge “A Shortfall of Gravitas”...
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