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China launches Long March 3B and 4C rockets in a single day
It was a busy "Good Friday" for China, which launched not one, but two rockets within hours of each other on 15 April 2022. Long March 3B-G2 (CZ-3B-G2) was the first of the two. It was successfully launched into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) at 1205 GMT from the...
SpaceX is contracted for multiple launches by South Korea, also will be launching a spacecraft for Exotrail, France
South Korea, through its Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), confirmed that it had contracted SpaceX to launch the five satellites of its military "425 project" on 11 April. The deal outlines that all five units will be launched by 2025 with the first...
ESA goes for Vega-C to launch Sentinel-1C radar observer and will replace hobbled Sentinel-1B radar sat (Corrected)
The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a launch contract on behalf of the European Union with French satellite launch provider Arianespace for the launch of the third Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite. The Sentinel-1C radar satellite, which weighs in at around 2.3...
UK Amber-1 CubeSat secures place on LauncherOne mission in the first orbital space launch from UK soil (Corrected)
The Satellite Applications Catapult (Catapult), a British innovation and technology company, has contracted with launch provider Virgin Orbit to include one of its satellites on a launch planned for later this year. The contract, announced on 6 April, covers the...
Russia launches Lotos-S satellite on board Soyuz 2-1B
A Soyuz 2-1B rocket was launched at 1120 GMT on 7 April 2022 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northern Russia. It carried the Cosmos 2554 (formally the Lotos S6) spacecraft. which is a part of the Russian Liana programme. This Russian Ministry of Defence satellite is...
Long March 4C launches Gaofan-3 03
At 2347 GMT on 6 April 2022, China launched a Long March 4C from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC). Aboard the launch was the Gaofen 3-03 radar satellite which was placed into a near polar sun-synchronous low Earth orbit of 744 x 738 km at an inclination of...
Astranis buys a single dedicated Falcon 9 launch for four of its satellites
Techcrunch.com reports that spacecraft manufacturer and operator Astranis has agreed to purchase a single Falcon 9 launch to carry four of its 420 kg MicroGEO small satellite bus platforms into a transfer orbit on their way to their final geostationary Earth orbital...
Amazon’s Kuiper constellation makes “largest ever” commercial launch order: a total of 68 launches for Arianespace, Blue Origin and ULA
As part of the ramp-up towards the launching of its Kuiper mega-constellation, Amazon placed what is believed to be the largest ever set of commercial multi-launch contracts with three launch providers, Arianespace, Blue Origin and ULA, on 5 April. Officially known as...
UK Government orders TYCHE satellite from SSTL to test indigenous ISR capability for later constellation
The UK government’s Defence Equipment and Support arm has signed a GB£22 million (US$28.8 million) contract on behalf of UK Space Command with the Airbus DS-owned small satellite manufacturer Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) for the construction of a satellite...
SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket with 40 satellites on board
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket at 1624 GMT on 1 April 2022 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), Florida. The mission, which is the fourth of its kind, is SpaceX's latest rideshare mission aimed at carrying more satellites at lower costs to...
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