At 2239 GMT on Christmas Day (25 December 2023) a Long March 11 (CZ-11) launched three Shiyan-24C experimental satellites from from a barge launch pad off Guangdong. . A Long March 11 (CZ-11) rocket launched SY24C satellites have been cataloged in a 540 x 553 x 540...
Four Tianmu-1 satellites (Tianmu-1 11-14) used for meteorological measurement using signals occultation of navigation satellite signals were successfully launched by a Chinese Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) solid fuel rocket at Jiuquan, Inner Mongolia at 0100 GMT on 25 December....
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 from Cape Canaveral, USA at 0533 GMT on 23 December 2023. The launch vehicle was carrying Starlink Group 6-32, a total of 23 second-generation constellation V2 Mini Starlink satellites. The B1058 first stage, on...
A launch of the Firefly Alpha rocket took place from the Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA, at 1732 GMT on 22 December 2023. The payload carried was the Lockheed Martin Electronically Steerable Antenna Technology Demonstrator satellite called Tantrum....
A Soyuz 2-1b rocket was launched from a snow-covered Plesetsk, Northern Russia, USA on 0848 GMT on 21 December 2023. The satellite carried was military in nature. It is thought to be a Bars-M cartography satellite. The satellite codenamed Cosmos 2574 (Kosmos-2574)...
The European Space Agency (ESA) agreed to Avio’s request in November that it take over the full operation of the Vega rocket family from Arianespace in addition to its construction duties. This suited both sides since Avio wanted more control and Arianespace was happy...
