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Small satellite orders Sept round up: Space Robot servicers, Rashid lunar rovers, QKD coders, methane monitors and radar sats
The month of September 2022 saw a spate of small satellite orders (plus some shared rides) made. These included: US Start-up Rogue Space Systems is planning a pair of satellites dubbed a cubesat-class spacecraft dubbed Space Robot to service and repair small...
DART strikes asteroid Dimorphos in orbit-changing experiment
There have long been concerns that the Earth could one day be threatened by the impact of a large object – usually an asteroid – from space. Scientists have mooted various ways of planetary defence ranging from nuclear missile strikes to asteroid deflection...
Two Chinese Long March launches put six satellites into LEO on same day: Yaogan 36-01A, B and C plus Shiyan 16A and B and Shiyan 17
China launched to space rockets on 26 September 2022. The first up was the Long March 2D/2 (CZ-2D/2) Y68 launch of three Yaogan-36 Group 1 satellites which were launched at 1338 GMT from the Xichang launch site. Yaogan 36-01-A and B payloads were developed by CASC,...
Falcon 9 launches another batch of Starlink satellites for SpaceX – this one of 52 Group 4-35 satellites
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA at 2332 GMT on 24 September 2022. The launch vehicle was carrying 52 other Starlink satellites (Group 4-35) for the SpaceX owned communications satellite constellation. The...
Kuaizhou 1A launches Shiyan 14 & 15 pair of Chinese satellites
The Chinese successfully launched a Kuaizhou 1A vehicle from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre, Shanxi Province, China at 2255 GMT on 24 September 2022. The vehicle was carrying Shiyan 14 & 15, two classified Chinese satellites.
ULA’s Delta Heavy launches secret L-91 payload for NRO
ULA successfully launched a Delta IV Heavy (DELTA IVH-4050H (Upgraded) from Vandenberg, California, USA at 2225 GMT on 24 September 2022. The vehicle was carrying NRO L-91 (Orion 12), a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). Details of the...
Russian Soyuz rocket launches Soyuz MS-22 with cosmonaut pair and NASA “exchange” astronaut aboard
While geopolitical events are now seriously effecting US-Russian relations and even Russo-Kazakh ones, it was still business as normal when it comes to crewed launches at the Baikonour Cosmodrome near Tyuratam, Kazakhstan. At 1354 GMT on 21 September 2022 a Soyuz...
China launches “environment detection” satellite Yunhai 1-03
At 2315 GMT on 20 September a Long March 2D (CZ-2D) rocket lifted-off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China. The rocket carried the Yunhai 1-03 satellite to LEO. This satellite is the third in a series of meteorological satellites utilised by the China...
More space insurers head for the exit: Allianz & Aspen Re (Corrected)
Despite improved profitability in the space insurance market after a series of losing or flat years, several long-time space insurers are reported to be heading for the exit. Seradata understands that the Munich-headquartered underwriting firm Allianz has decided to...
Falcon 9 launches 54 Group 4-34 Starlink comsats from Cape Canaveral
After several attempts were called off due to bad weather, SpaceX finally successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 from Cape Canaveral, USA at 0018 GMT on 19 September 2022. The vehicle was carrying 54 other SpaceX Starlink satellites as the Group 4-34 mission...
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