China launched a Long March 2D (CZ-2D) rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on 14 October. The mission which lifted-off at 1912 GMT carried three satellites to LEO. The mission reportedly launched the second Yaogan 36 triplet of satellites. These spacecraft...
At 2253 GMT on 12 October China conducted a Long March 2C/3 (CZ-2C/3) launch that was a surprise to many Western observers. The mission from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Northern China carried the HJ-2E (Huanjing Jianzai 2E) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)...
The NASA DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) experimental asteroid collision mission has been declared a major scientific success. This was after telescopes on Earth ascertained that the orbit of the 160-metre-wide asteroid, Dimorphos, had been significantly...
At 2343 GMT on 8 October, China launched a Long March 2D (CZ-2D) rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center to LEO. The payload carried was the ASO-S (Advanced Space-borne Solar Observatory) solar observation mission which is intended to monitor the sun 24 hours...
A Chinese Long March 11H (CZ-11H) mainly solid rocket launch vehicle reportedly launched a pair of Centispace commercial navigation satellites from the DeBo-3 barge at 1310 GMT on 7 October 2022. The satellites, Centispace-1 S5 and S6, with a mass of approximately...
There are many space conferences every year, some specialising in military space hardware and applications, some aimed squarely at the commercial market, but when it comes to international space flight – and especially space agencies – there is perhaps only one...
