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Shenzhou 15 crew completes second spacewalk from Chinese Space Station under veil of secrecy
Under a veil of secrecy, Shenzhou 15 taikonauts Fei Junlong and Zhang Lu exited the Chinese Experiment Module I (Wentian/CSS) of the Chinese Space Station for their second extravehicular activity (EVA) sometime between 28 February and 1 March 2023. The first...
Raytheon gets US$250 million contract to build missile-tracking satellites for Space Development Agency
Raytheon Technologies has secured a contract valued at over US$250 million from the US Space Development Agency (SDA) to build a constellation of seven low Earth orbit (LEO) missile-tracking satellites. The SDA will use the constellation to warn of, track, and target...
Vega launch failure cause: It was the nozzle throat degradation that done it
Arianespace has released the findings of its investigation into the Vega-C launch failure (flight VV22) which lost two Airbus Defence and Space-built Pleiades satellites ( Pleiades Neo 5 and 6). The launch took place at 0147 GMT on 21 December 2022. The P120C first...
Space Orders: US Space Force buys launch on ULA Vulcan Centaur for its NTS-3/USSF-106 mission, Starfish Space plans Otter servicing spacecraft, OQ Technology orders three cubesats from Konsberg
The US Space Force has confirmed that it has contracted for a launch of its USSF-106 navigation satellite mission carrying the NTS-3 (Navigation Technology Satellite-3) spacecraft for the US AFRL (Air Force Research Laboratory). The NTS-3 is being built by L3Harris....
SpaceX launches Crew-6 to ISS
Endeavour, a Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying four people for NASA's Crew-6 mission, is on its way to the International Space Station (ISS). SpaceX's Endeavour was launched on a Falcon 9 from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA at 0534 GMT on 2...
Astra Rocket 3.3 failure cause: a burn through caused by blocked regenerative cooling…after ground testing-implied incorrect design assumptions
Astra Space has released its investigation findings into the Astra Rocket 3.3 launch failure which lost a pair of NASA's TROPICS-1 mission satellites. The TROPICS-1 mission launched on 12 June 2022 on Astra’s Rocket 3.3, serial number LV0010. The rocket completed a...
Rocket Lab receives four mission multilaunch contract from Capella Space
On 28 February 2023, American companies Rocket Lab and Capella Space announced a new multi-launch contract covering four missions. Capella has contracted Rocket Lab to launch four of its improved commercial SAR satellites - known as "Acadia" - individually on each of...
SpaceX launches new design V2 Mini satellites as Starlink Group 6-1 on a Falcon 9 rocket
SpaceX is transitioning to a new design of spacecraft as it takes its Starlink constellation forward. The Starlink Group 6-1 mission was launched on a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket at 2313 GMT on 27 February from Cape Canaveral, Florida, as part of the Starlink Gen 2...
Babcock consortium secures £400 million UK military contract beating Airbus and Lockheed Martin
British defence company Babcock have won a £400 million contract to manage Skynet, the UK Ministry of Defence's (MoD) military satellite communications system. Babcock will manage the MoD's constellation as a consortium along with partners: SES, GovSat and Intelsat,...
Astroscale raises US$76 million for on-orbit servicing
Orbital debris removal company Astroscale has raised US$76 million at the close of a Series G fundraising round. The latest boost brings Astroscale's total funding to US$376 million since the company was set up in 2013. Based in Japan, Astroscale is developing...
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