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Angosat-2 is dropped off just above GEO by Proton-M launch using Blok DM-03 upper stage
A Proton M/Blok DM-03 launched the AngoSat 2 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome near Tyuratam, Kazahkstan on 12 October at 1500 GMT. The launch was for the Angolan National Space Programme Office which owns the satellite. The Russian-built AngoSat 2 satellite...
NASA DART asteroid strike mission wows scientists with its kinetic results
The NASA DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) experimental asteroid collision mission has been declared a major scientific success. This was after telescopes on Earth ascertained that the orbit of the 160-metre-wide asteroid, Dimorphos, had been significantly...
Late movie review: Ad Astra’s tense “Apocalypse Now” odyssey to Neptune similarly disappoints on arrival
Since joining the Slingshot Aerospace empire we at Seradata have become more used to its salute/entreaty: "Ad Astra!". So it seemed only right that, having missed it during the pandemic, we belatedly review the space exploration set movie under that name. There have...
Epsilon rocket loses eight satellites in launch failure
An Epsilon-2 Adv CLPS rocket was launched from Uchinoura, Kagoshima, Japan, at 0050 GMT on 12 October 2022, but failed to achieve orbit after its second stage was detected to have a fault during flight. When it became apparent that orbit would not be achieved, the...
Exotrail wins CNES contract for two orbital demonstration missions
French start-up Exotrail has won a contract with the French Space Agency CNES for two orbital demonstration missions. The first mission is planned for 2024 and will involve a demonstration of Exotrail's on-orbit transfer vehicle, dubbed SpaceVan, to show off its...
After one month in limbo CAPSTONE lunar mission is recovered
After being in a slow spin for nearly a month, NASA's CAPSTONE (Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment) mission to the Moon was confirmed as being recovered to full three axis control on 7 October. Advanced Space, which...
China launches ASO-S solar observatory to LEO
At 2343 GMT on 8 October, China launched a Long March 2D (CZ-2D) rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center to LEO. The payload carried was the ASO-S (Advanced Space-borne Solar Observatory) solar observation mission which is intended to monitor the sun 24 hours...
Rocket Lab launches GAzelle satellite
Rocket Lab successfully launched its Electron KS rocket at 1709 GMT on 7 October from Onenui Station, Māhia Peninsula New Zealand. The rocket carried the GAzelle satellite, previously known as OTB 3. GAzelle, developed by General Atomics, carried an Argos...
Glonass K1-17 is launched successfully by Soyuz 2-1b/Fregat
On 10 October 2022 at 0252 GMT the Glonass K1-17 navigation satellite was launched successfully by a Soyuz 2-1b/Fregat rocket from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia. This is the second satellite in 2022 sent to replenish the Russian military Glonass navigation...
Falcon 9 launches GEO satellite pair Galaxy 33 & 34
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA at 2305 GMT on 08 October 2022. The vehicle was carrying Galaxy 33 & 34, a pair of C-band communications satellites owned by Intelsat on their way to their final Geostationary...
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