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Satellite 2022: EchoStar Hughes reveals that SpaceX will be launching its long coming Jupiter 3 satellite
In a press meeting at the Satellite 2022 conference, Hughes President and CEO Pradman Kaul confirmed that SpaceX would be launching its 500 Gbps Jupiter 3 satellite later this year. The company had previously signed a launch contract in late-2020 but at that time...
Satellite 2022: Telesat’s Lightspeed constellation now expecting first launch in 2025
Speaking at the Satellite 2022 conference in Washington D.C. Erwin Hudson, Vice President, Telesat Lightspeed System Development, of Telesat revealed that even his satellites - despite them being early in their production - had been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic...
OneWeb calls and SpaceX answers with launch contract to complete constellation after Soyuz cancellations
SpaceX has ridden to the rescue of low Earth orbit satellite operator OneWeb after it lost its Soyuz rides for its satellites during a series of tit-for-tat actions following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. OneWeb secured Falcon 9 launches for the satellites required to...
Falcon 9 launches Starlink satellites Group 4-12 from Cape Canaveral…but seven maybe faulty
At 04.42 on 19 March a SpaceX Falcon 91.2FT Block 5 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida USA. It was carrying another set of 53 Starlink satellites - this one dubbed Group 4-12 to low Earth Orbit. The first stage B1051 (on its 12th...
Soyuz 2-1A launches Soyuz MS-21 to ISS with its cosmonaut crew of three
Russia successfully launched a Soyuz 2-1A vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome near Tyuratam in Kazakhstan at 1555 GMT on 18 March. The craft was carrying the Soyuz MS-21 craft with a crew of Cosmonaut's Oleg Artemiev, Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov and WAS planned...
Astronauts install “mod kit’ as work continues on the ISS Power Augmentation program
On 15 March 2022 NASA astronauts Kayla Barron and Raja Chari opened the hatch at 1212 GMT to begin their spacewalk (US EVA-79). This mission was to install a “mod kit” on power channel 3A’s Mast Canister Assembly (MCA) located on the Starboard-4 (S4) Truss and to...
Long March 4C launches Yaogan 34-02 for China
At 0709 GMT on 17 March 2022, a Long March 4C (CZ-4C) rocket was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Centre China. It was carrying Yaogan 34-02. This is officially a remote sensing/Earth observation satellite. The spacecraft is built by SAST. However, analysts are...
Further fallout from Russo-Ukraine war on aerospace industry
While the main effects of the Russian invasion of Ukraine have already become apparent, most noticeably by the cancellation of the Soyuz launches of OneWeb satellites and probably Galileo as well, and the engine/stage supply issues affecting rockets such as Antares...
On its return from mishap, Astra Space’s Astra Rocket 3.3 delivers its payloads into orbit (Updated & Corrected)
In a return to flight following a February launch failure, an Astra Space Rocket 3.3 (Astra Rocket 3.3) on flight LV0009 was launched from the Pacific Space Complex in Kodiak Island, Alaska, at 1622 GMT on 15 March. As part of its contracted mission "Astra 1" for the...
Russian invasion of Ukraine makes Russian satellites very difficult to insure fully (Updated)
The Russian government’s official policy on its invasion of Ukraine – and its lack of success – seems to be “Don’t mention the War!”. Yet despite media restrictions most of Russia’s public realises that something is going on. Most obviously, Western commercial...
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