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SpaceLink optical data-relay constellation hangs in balance after EOS cuts financial cord
US startup SpaceLink may be forced to file for insolvency, after its Australian parent company Electro Optic Systems Holdings (EOS) announced that it would no longer fund the satellite optical data-relay constellation subsidiary. In a statement on 31 October, EOS said...
Atlas V launch puts JPSS-2 weather satellite into orbit and tests out LOFTID inflatable re-entry vehicle
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched an Atlas V 401 vehicle from Vandenberg, California, USA at 0949 GMT on 10 November. As a main payload, the launch vehicle was carrying the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)-2 environmental, meteorological and...
Chinese Space Station update: Mengtian is moved to form the final “T” shape while its Long March 5B upper stage carrier re-enters safely…then Tianzhou-4 departs
Having previously docked on 31 October 2022, on 3 November 2022 the Mengtian laboratory module has successfully finished transposition from axial to radial port of Chinese Space Station (CSS) via a robot arm. The station is now in its full T configuration. While the...
Multi-launch collaboration between European companies Exotrail and Isar Aerospace
Prospective French in-space transportation company, Exotrail, has signed an agreement with upcoming German launch provider Isar Aerospace. The contract covers several launches to low Earth (LEO) and geostationary transfer orbits (GTO) on Isar's in-development...
Intelsat orders small GEO satellite from Swissto12…as Telesat buys an in-orbit satellite for retiring Anik F-2 (Corrected)
Intelsat has ordered a small communications satellite for regional use in the geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) arc. The satellite operator placed a construction order with 3D printing specialist Swissto12 for Intelsat 45 (IS-45), a small satellite, to be based on the...
Cygnus NG-18 (Sally Ride) cargo spacecraft is launched by Antares 230+ but one of its solar arrays got stuck (Updated)
An Antares 230+ rocket operated by Northrop Grumman lifted off from the Wallops Island launch site in Virginia, USA, at 1032 GMT on 7 November. On board was a Cygnus NG-18 freighter spacecraft headed for the International Space Station (ISS) on a cargo mission for...
China launches GEO comsat Chinasat 19 using Long March 3B/G2
An improved version of the Chinese Long March-3B/G2 (CZ-3B/G2) rocket has successfully launched the Chinasat 19 communications satellite (aka Zhongxing-19) on a geosynchronous Transfer orbit (GTO) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre, China at 1150 GMT on 5...
Electron rocket launch puts MATS satellite into orbit…but its attempt at first stage helicopter recovery is called off
Rocket Lab successfully launched an Electron KS rocket from Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand, at 1727 GMT on 04 November 2022. The Electron was carrying MATS, a Swedish research satellite, studying waves in Earth’s atmosphere. The flight was dubbed "Catch me if you can",...
Analysis: As fighter jets move towards digital “pixelated” fractal look for their camouflage…are satellites to blame?
"Stealth" as a concept has been around since the late 1970s when the US military realised that via the use of certain shapes and radar absorbent materials, you could cut an aircraft's radar return by over 90 per cent. This meant that your side's pilots could get much...
Falcon 9 successfully launches Eutelsat’s Hotbird 13G comsat
Hotbird 13G, the sister communications satellite to Hotbird 13F, has been successfully launched by a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket flying out of Cape Canaveral, Florida. The launch took place at 0522 GMT on 3 November 2022. The Eurostar NEO bus spacecraft was built by...
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