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China continues deployment of its Yaogan 35 series of satellites
The Chinese successfully launched a Long March 2D (CZ-2D) vehicle from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China at 1737 GMT on 19 August 2022. The vehicle was carrying the fourth Yaogan 35 triplet - the third such group launched this year - of military reconnaissance...
SpaceX Dragon CRS-25 undocks and returns off the coast of Florida
SpaceX's Dragon CRS-25 successfully undocked from the forward port of the Harmony module of the International Space Station (ISS) at 1505 GMT on 19 August. The uncrewed CRS-25 resupply spacecraft made a parachute-assisted splashdown off the coast of Florida at 1853...
SpaceX adds 53 Starlink Group 4-27 satellites to its launch tally
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral, USA at 1921 GMT on 19 August. The vehicle was carrying Starlink Group 4-27, which consists of 53 Starlink satellites. The B1062 first stage successfully landed on the drone barge “A Shortfall of Gravitas”...
SpaceX Starship chosen to launch Sky Perfect JSAT satellite in 2024
While others have launch options, Japanese satellite operator Sky Perfect JSAT Corporation has become the first to formally select SpaceX’s Starship/Super Heavy rocket – often just called Starship – to launch its Superbird-9 satellite. The launch to geosynchronous...
D-Orbit and $1.2 billion SPAC merger falls apart
Italian satellite delivery company D-Orbit and Breeze Holdings Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), have cancelled a planned merger. D-Orbit initially announced its plans for a merger with the SPAC in January. The deal valued D-Orbit at...
Russian spacewalk cut short after spacesuit battery power fluctuates
ISS Commander Oleg Artemyev and fellow Roscosmos Cosmonaut Denis Matveev began their six and half hour scheduled extravehicular activity (EVA) when they opened the Poisk module airlock at 1353 GMT on 17 August. However, all did not go well. The cosmonaut pair's...
Analysis: USA falls back in great space race as China plans interim heavy-lift rocket for quicker human lunar landings (Updated)
Every August – the silly season when hard news is hard to come by – this column does its bit to help out with an analysis of the runners and riders in the “Great Space Race”. We rate space nations’ space programmes in the form of bookmaker’s odds, according to which...
Synspective of Japan anticipates launch of its third SAR satellite by Rocket Lab in September
Synspective Inc., Japan, has announced that its first commercial unit, known as StriX-1, is expected to be launched in September. The SAR satellite will be the third such for the company, which refers to the two preceding units - StriX-ALPHA and -BETA - as...
SpaceX launches 46 Starlink Group 3-3 satellites
SpaceX successfully launched 46 Starlink satellites onboard a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, at 2140 GMT on 12 August. The satellites are identified as Group 3-3, part of SapceX's Starlink LEO communications constellation. The spacecraft which...
D-Orbit to launch 20 Astrocast nanosatellites on ION Satellite Carrier
Astrocast has ordered the launch of 20 nanosatellites from Italian new-space company D-Orbit. Through multiple missions over the course of three years, D-Orbit will arrange the launch of the Swiss company's nanosatellites aboard the ION Satellite Carrier, D-Orbit's...
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