The German Aerospace Centre DLR has formally selected the Arianespace Ariane 5 launch vehicle to launch its experimental communications satellite H2Sat (Heinrich Hertz) – also known as the Heinrich Hertzsat – in 2021 or 2022. In a separate development...
At 1836 GMT, 12 December, an Arianespace Ariane 5 heavy-lift rocket lifted-off from the ELA 3, Kourou, French Guiana, carrying four spacecraft for the European global navigation satellite system, Galileo. The Ariane 5 flew in its rarely used “ES version”,...
Lifting off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China, a Long March 3B-G2 (CZ 3B-G2), medium lift rocket has carried the ALCOMSAT-1 satellite to a Geosynchronus Transfer Orbit (GTO). From this orbit, the spacecraft’s own engines will transport it to its...
Upcoming launch services provider Virgin Orbit, have announced that they have been selected by the US Department of Defense (DoD), to launch a Space Test Program (STP) payload using their air-launched LauncherOne light launch vehicle. The launch is scheduled to take...
The US State of New Mexico’s attempt to attract more high tech industry state via its recent US$500,000 funding of the US/Romanian launch firm ARCA Space has recently come under fire. This is mainly because it was given on the basis of attracting business which...
The US military is now under orders from the US Congress to end the use of any commercial satellites that have been launched by Russian or Russian-sourced rockets. The ban comes into play from 2023 onwards and raises doubts over the commercial viability of the Proton...
