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Falcon 9 launches 53 Starlink satellites (Group 4-16)
A SpaceX Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket was launched From Cape Canaveral in Florida USA at 2127 GMT on 29 March . It was carrying 53 Starlink satellites (Group 4-16) for the SpaceX low Earth orbit communications satellite constellation. The launch's reusable first...
Angara 1.2 launches single small military imaging satellite from Plesetsk but it fails in orbit (Updated)
Russia launched its small rocket, the Angara-1.2 from the Plesetsk launch site at 1955 GMT on 29 April. A military satellite codenamed Cosmos 2555 (Kosmos-2555) was launched into a very low Sun-synchronous 294 x 279 km orbit at 96.5 degrees inclination. The exact...
Long March 11H makes cold launch lift off from ship to put five Jilin-1 imaging satellites into orbit
A Long March 11H (CZ-11H) was launched from a ship/barge called the Tai Rui located in the Yellow Sea off China at 0330 GMT on 30 April 2022. On board were five Jilin-1 commercial imaging satellites which were deployed successfully into a sun-synchronous low Earth...
Russian spacewalkers work hard on ISS Nauka module’s European robot arm
On 28 April 2022 Expedition 67 Flight Engineers and Roscosmos Cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev began their EVA (Russian spacewalk 53) when they exited the Poisk module airlock at 1458 GMT. Their mission was to continue activating the new European robotic arm...
China launches Long March 2C carrying two Siwei Earth observation satellites
China successfully launched a Long March 2C (CZ-2C) launch vehicle from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre at 0411 GMT on 29 April. The vehicle was carrying two Earth observation spacecraft, Siwie 01 and Siwie 02. These 540 kg low Earth orbit – Sun synchronous...
Lord David Willetts appointed as Chairman of UK Space Agency
Lord David Willetts has been formally appointed as Chairman of the UK Space Agency by the UK Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng. The former MP and government minister will oversee the work of the agency, led by CEO Dr Paul Bate, as it attempts to pursue the goal of the...
Opinion: Commercial satellite imagery firm Maxar becomes a sort of “hero” of the Ukraine conflict as it lets world know what is going on
In the battle for world opinion with respect to the war in Ukraine, most now decry Russia for its initial invasion and for its subsequent behaviour. And satellite imagery has been key to this. NATO is providing everything it can to Ukraine short of actual military...
On a lighter note: Barbie is in space
It has been announced by her manufacturer Mattel that the girls doll Barbie, who has been dressing in space inspired clothes since the 1960s, is in space with her friend on the International Space Station (ISS). Her mission is as part of Mattel's collaboration with...
Capella Space scores US$97 million in Series C funding as demand for SAR satellite tech grows
Earth observation start up Capella Space has secured US$97 million in its latest Series C fundraising round. According to the newspace company, the new money will be put towards growing its satellite imagery and analytics services after it saw an "exponential" surge...
SpaceX launches four person crew mission to ISS, uses new Dragon capsule (Updated)
At 0752 GMT on 27 April a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried the NASA Crew-4 mission to Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The launch took place from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, and saw a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule start its journey to the ISS. This is the first launch of this...
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