There were two launch failures from different parts of the world in one day: the US Astra Rocket 3 and China’s Kuaizhou-1A. Astra Space attempted the first orbital flight of its upcoming Astra Rocket 3 small launch vehicle on 12 September. Lifting off from the Pacific...
China successfully launched the Gaofen 11-02 satellite at 0557 GMT on 7 September on a Long March 4B (CZ-4B) from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. Gaofen 11-02 is planned to provide remote sensing services for the civil market. During the launch the first...
China has launched the CSSHQ – Chonfu Shiyong Shiyan Hangtian Qi, a reusable test spacecraft – using a Long March 2F (CZ-2F) rocket. The move is seen as a response to the US Air Force (now the US Space Force) X-37B/OTV reusable space plane. The launch, from the...
The American rocket company pioneering rocket re-usability, SpaceX, is expected to secure over US$2 billion in equity following a capital raise set to end in August. This is the second round of financing this year for the company and follows an increased round that...
At 0227 GMT, 23 August 2020 China launched the Gaofen 9-5 satellite to LEO (Low Earth Orbit) along with two small co-payloads. The mission utilised the Long March 2D (CZ-2D) rocket and lifted-off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Northern China. This marks the...
Every August, Seradata does an analysis of which nation is leading the “human” space race – or rather races – to return humans to the Moon and put them on the surface of Mars. This year progress has become clearer and the USA is very much the leading contender in both...
