China conducted the maiden flight of a four stage solid-propellant rocket dubbed the Zhongke ZK-1A (Lijian-1) at 0412 GMT o 27 July 2022 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. It carried six satellites into LEO including the SATech 01 spacecraft. The rocket, which...
French satellite operator Eutelsat and UK government part-owned OneWeb have signed a merger deal that values the latter at US$3.4 billion. The acquisition by Eutelsat will see the creation of a new company to compete in the commercial space race with Elon Musk’s...
China’s experiment module I (Wentian) has successfully docked with the Chinese Space Station to become a permanent part of it. The module – the first lab module of the Chinese space station – was launched on a Long March 5B (CZ-5B) rocket from Wenchang Satellite...
Cargo spacecraft Tianzhou 3 successfully undocked from the Chinese Space Station’s forward port on 17 July 2022 at 0259 GMT. According to Chinese space authorities, Tianzhou 3 “will re-enter under ground control at an opportune time”. The re-supply...
China launched a Long March 2C/3 (CZ-2C/3) vehicle from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre, China at 2257 GMT on 15 July 2022. The vehicle carried SuperView Neo 2-01 and 2-02 (aka Siwei Gaojing 3 and 4), a pair of Earth observation satellites, to a Sun-Synchronous low...
China successfully launched Tianlian 2-03, its data relay communications satellite, at 1630 GMT on 12 July. The satellite was onboard the Long March 3B/E (CZ-3B/E) rocket, which was launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Centre, China. Tianlian 2-03 is the seventh...
