A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted-off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 0209 GMT on 5 August. Carried by the rocket were 51 Starlink satellites of Group 4-20 destined for the constellation’s “Shell 2” located at 540 km, inclined at 53.2 degrees. However, marking the...
Synspective Inc., Japan, has announced that its first commercial unit, known as StriX-1, is expected to be launched in September. The SAR satellite will be the third such for the company, which refers to the two preceding units – StriX-ALPHA and -BETA – as...
OneWeb signed a “launch services agreement for multiple launches” with upcoming American launch provider Relativity Space on 30 June. According to the announcement, the agreement includes an undisclosed number of future missions utilizing its...
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral, USA at 1835 GMT on 25 May 2022. Transporter-5 is the fifth “Transporter” rideshare mission from SpaceX. The reusable B1061 first stage, on its eighth flight, successfully...
Satellogic, the South American newspace company, announced on 4 May a new contract with SpaceX to launch 68 of its Earth observation satellites on an unspecified number of future launches. These missions are set to begin in “early 2023”. The parties are currently...
Japanese newspace company, iQPS Inc, has contracted with American launch provider Virgin Orbit for the launch of its fifth satellite. iQPS is building a 36 unit fleet of SAR-equipped (Synthetic Aperture Radar) small satellites to provide high-resolution imagery with...
