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Russia launches sixth Tundra missile early warning satellite
Russia launched a missile early warning satellite from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Northern Russia, on 2 November. The Soyuz 2-1b rocket lifted-off at 0648 GMT carrying the Tundra (EKS) 6 satellite into orbit. The spacecraft was then transported to its elliptical Molniya...
Falcon Heavy successfully takes its USSF-44 mission payloads all the way to GEO
One of the most powerful rockets in the world, a Falcon Heavy Block 5 (px), whose lift off consisted of a main stage with nine Merlin engines firing, supported by two booster rockets, also each with nine Merlin engines firing, was launched from from the Launch...
China launches its third large module – Mengtian – to its space station using Long March 5B
A Long March 5B (CZ-5B) rocket lifted off from its launch pad at 0737 GMT on 31 October 2022. The launch took place from Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the island of Hainan. Aboard was a key piece of the Chinese Space Station (CSS), the Mengtian experiment...
China launches Long March 2D/2 rocket carrying Shiyan 20C – as top of falling first stage embeds itself into sandy track
China successfully launched a Long March 2D/2 (CZ-2D/2) from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre, China at 0101 GMT on 29 October 2022. The vehicle was carrying Shiyan 20C - which means Experiment 20C - a mysterious Chinese satellite built by Chinese Academy of Sciences...
Falcon 9 launches 53 Group 4-31 Starlinks…as SpaceX CEO Elon Musk posts LA sky launch image on Twitter after buying social media firm
Elon Musk, the richest man in the world via his interests in the SpaceX space firm and in Tesla automobiles, celebrated both his US$44 billion purchase of the social media firm Twitter and the successful launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket by posting an image of its...
Virgin Orbit gains multi-launch order from Spire Global
The newspace operator Spire Global which provides space-based data and analytics has signed a multi satellite "Launch Service Agreement with launch provider Virgin Orbit. The first launch of this multi-launch multi-year contract will take place in 2023. Exact detals...
Quantum Space announces QS-1 space situational awareness mission to Moon
Start-up Quantum Space has announced at the AIAA Ascend Conference that it will launch its own space situational awareness (SSA) pathfinder mission to cislunar space dubbed QS-1. The QS-1 spacecraft, which will be launched in October 2024 by an as yet unidentified...
Russian Progress MS-21 resupply freighter launched to ISS (Updated)
At 0020 GMT on 26 October, Russia launched the third Progress re-supply mission of the year to the International Space Station (ISS). The flight took place from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, near Tyuratam, Kazakhstan, and utilised a Soyuz 2-1a rocket. This mission was ...
On a sadder note: Apollo 9 astronaut James McDivitt and record-breaking Mir cosmonaut Valery Polyakov depart to infinity and beyond…as does Angela Lansbury
While the guys who actually set foot on the Moon get all the plaudits, in truth the Apollo programme was a series of very important missions which acted as steps towards that great achievement. One of these missions, Apollo 9 was commanded by James McDivitt who has...
Analysis: Rishi Sunak replaces short-lived UK Prime Minister Liz Truss with cuts probably falling on space (at least for now)
After a disastrous time in office of less than two months, UK Prime Minister Liz Truss lost the support of the Conservative Party and has handed in her resignation. She is being replaced by Rishi Sunak, the man she beat in the previous Conservative Party leadership...
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