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Shenzhou 14 undocks from the Chinese Space Station before its crew’s safe return to Earth
On 4 December 2022 Shenzhou 14 with its three taikonauts (Chinese astronauts) Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe, aboard, left the Chinese Space Station (CSS), undocking from the Tianhe core module's nadir port of the at 0430 GMT. The taikonauts had been onboard the...
Spacewalking astronauts install an International Space Station roll-out solar array
On 3 December 2022 Flight Engineers Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio opened the hatch for a spacewalk at 1216 GMT to set about their primary objective to install an International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array (iROSA). This will augment power generation for the 3A...
Eutelsat orders software defined GEO sat from Thales with an eye to future interoperability with OneWeb in LEO
Thales Alenia Space (TAS) announced, on 1 December, that it had received an order for a software-defined satellite from Eutelsat. The satellite, known as Flexsat, is being built with an eye to GEO-LEO connectivity ahead of the expected Eutelsat/OneWeb merger. It will...
Soyuz 2-1B rocket puts suspected signals intelligence sat Cosmos 2565 into orbit
A Russian Soyuz-2.1b rocket has put the Cosmos 2564 (Kosmos 2565) satellite into orbit. The codename indicates a military launch from the Plesetsk launch site at 2110 GMT on 30 November 2022. Lift off was at Given the likely intended final 900 km circular orbit (the...
Arianespace wins orders for five Vega-C missions to carry Copernicus satellites and a dual Ariane 6 launch for Intelsat
Rounding off November with an impressive haul, European launch provider Arianespace has announced seven orders for its launch vehicles. The first five came from the European Commission in support of the European Copernicus earth observation programme. The remaining...
Upcoming American in-orbit servicer Starfish Space contracts with launch arranger to get its demonstrator into orbit
On 9 November Starfish Space an American newspace company contracted with Launcher a compatriot to carry its first demonstration satellite into orbit. Launcher will utilise its Orbiter OTV which has been manifested on a SpaceX Transporter mission planned for Summer...
China launches Shenzhou-15 crew to the CSS
China launched a Long March 2F/G (CZ 2F/G) rocket carrying the Shenzhou-15 crewed mission to the CSS. The mission lifted-off at 1508 GMT on 29 November from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China. The three taikonauts onboard are Zhang Lu, Deng Qingming, and Fei...
Sirius XM orders two more direct radio broadcasting satellites from Maxar
Sirius XM has ordered two direct radio broadcasting communications satellites from the US/Canadian firm Maxar Technologies. Following on from an earlier order for SXM-9 and -10, SXM-11 and -12 have been ordered with a view to launching them in the 2026-2027 time...
US Space Systems Command orders three more GPS IIIF navsats (Updated)
US Space Systems Command has used an option to order three more GPS IIIF satellites from Lockheed Martin. The satellites are the GPS IIIF-18, -19 and -20. The value of the add-on contract is US$744 million. The original US$7.2 billlion GPS-IIIF procurement contract...
Soyuz 2-1B Fregat launches Cosmos 2564 – believed to be last Glonass-M navsat
A Soyuz 2-1B Fregat launched Cosmos 2564 (Kosmos 2564) which is believed to be Glonass-M 61 - the last Glonass-M (Uragan-M) navigation satellite as part of the Russian military constellation with the Glonass K series now taking over. The launch took place from the...
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