by Mark Williamson | Jun 17, 2021 | China, Launches, Personal spaceflight, Satellites, Seradata News, space station
China launched its first crew to the Tianhe core module of the formative China Space Station (CSS) on 17 June 2021, marking an historic development for this relatively new spacefaring nation. The Shenzhou-12 spacecraft was launched to a 380 km low Earth orbit on a...
by Matt Wilson | Jun 16, 2021 | Launches, Military space, Satellites, Seradata News
The USA successfully launched a Minotaur 1 vehicle for the US National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) at 1335 GMT on 15 June from Wallops Island Flight Facility, Virginia, USA. The vehicle was carrying the NRO L-111A, NRO L-111B and NRO L-111C satellites which are owned...
by Matt Wilson | Jun 14, 2021 | Launches, Military space, Satellites, Seradata News
A Pegasus-XL air-launched rocket successfully launched with ODYSSEY (Tacrl2) from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, at 0811 on 13 June 2021. The Pegasus is operated by Northrop Grumman, and is launched from a modified Stargazer L-1011 aircraft inherited from...
by Matt Wilson | Jun 11, 2021 | China, Launches, Military space, Satellites, Seradata News
China successfully launched a Long March 2D (CZ-2D) vehicle from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China, at 0303 GMT on 11 June 2021. The vehicle was carrying four satellites: BEIJING 3, a commercial earth observation satellite; HAISI 2, a civil SAR remote sensing...
by Matt Wilson | Jun 7, 2021 | commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX
SpaceX conducted a mission from Cape Canaveral, Florida, launching a customer satellite into a geostationary transfer orbit (GTO). The launch took place at 0426 GMT on 6 June, and carried the 7,000 kg SXM-8 satellite for Sirius XM. The satellite will now propel itself...
by Matt Wilson | Jun 4, 2021 | International Space Station, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX
SpaceX successfully launched the Dragon CRS 22 resupply mission to the ISS at 1729 GMT on 3 June from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA. The mission in service to NASA is carrying 3,328 kg of cargo, supplies, and hardware. Of this an important part are the first...
