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Iran launches Qased launch vehicle carrying Noor 2 satellite into orbit
Iran has announced that Qased rocket has launched Noor-2 satellite from the Shahroud launch site in Iran. The orbit is reportedly circa 500 km. The satellite is believed to be a "Measurement and Signals Intelligence (MASINT) type. The time of the launch is to be...
Reasons for Feb 2022 Astra Rocket 3.3 launch failure revealed: duff technical drawing plus designers missing a weakness
The reasons have been revealed for the 20 February launch failure of the Astra Space Astra Rocket 3.3 (flight LV0008), which lost four small satellites (BAMA 1, INCA, QubeSat, RS-S1) on a NASA sponsored launch. Following a successful lift-off from the Cape Canaveral,...
Western organisations note suspected Russian space signals jamming in Ukraine
Bob Marley may have sung the lyric “We’re jammin’, jammin’, jammin’” several decades ago, but this chorus could now be appropriate in Ukraine. The jamming started just before the Russian invasion when GPS navigation signals were detected as being jammed over the...
China launches Long March 2C with forerunners to “Chinese Starlink” constellation
China successfully launched a Long March 2C (3) (CZ-2C (3)) vehicle from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre, China at 0601 GMT on 5 March 2022. The vehicle was carrying the SAST-built Yinhu 2-01 to 2-06 satellites owned by Galaxy Space which will be used as...
North Korea makes two suborbital launches to test out satellite technology (Corrected)
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) aka North Korea, announced the nation had conducted the second of two suborbital flights to test out technology for a new "reconnaissance satellite." The announcement by DPRK is thought to refer to the suborbital...
Falcon 9 launches Group 4-9 Starlink sats
The spacecraft operator and launch provider SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 vehicle from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, USA, at 1425 GMT on 3 March. The launch vehicle was carrying the 47 Starlink satellites on their Group 4-9...
ULA Atlas V puts GOES-T (GOES-18) into orbit
An Atlas V 541 rocket (using the RL10C-1 Centaur engine and four GEM-63 solid rocket boosters) operated by the Boeing/Lockheed Martin concern, the United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully put the GOES-T meteorological monitoring satellite into orbit on behalf of NOAA...
SpaceX completes third Starlink mission in a month
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 lanch vehicle carrying 50 Starlink satellites at 1712 GMT, 25 February from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, USA. The spacecraft, collectively dubbed Group 4-11, were carried up to a deployment orbit of...
Electron KS launches from Onenui carrying StriX-B (StriX-β) radar sat
The New Zealand/US launch provider Rocket Lab successfully launched an Electron KS vehicle from Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand, at 2037 GMT on 28 February. The vehicle was the first launch of their second launch pad on the Mahia Peninsula....
Terran Orbital receives three-sat order from Lockheed ahead of public listing
Lockheed Martin contracted with Terran Orbital to provide it with three microsatellites "in support of product demonstration" on 17 February. Terran Orbital is to be responsible for providing the satellites, launch procurement, integration and operations. Further...
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