The UK government’s Defence Equipment and Support arm has signed a GB£22 million (US$28.8 million) contract on behalf of UK Space Command with the Airbus DS-owned small satellite manufacturer Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) for the construction of a satellite...
China successfully launched a 50 m long Long March 6A (CZ-6A) launch vehicle built by SAST from Taiyuan launch site in China at 0950 GMT on 29 March 2022. The launch was the maiden flight of the launch vehicle which uses a two YF-100 engine core and single YF-100...
Terran Orbital Corporation (Terran Orbital) announced that it had completed its SPAC merger on 25 March and expected to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on 28th. The transaction saw it merge with the Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC),...
North Korea successfully launched its first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) on a high arcing test flight from a base in Sunan, North Korea, at 0534 GMT on 24 March. The missile is thought to be a Hwasong-17 rocket launched from a mobile platform, similar to...
The Russians successfully launched a Soyuz 2-1A/Fregat vehicle from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia, at 1248 GMT on the 22 March 2022. The launch vehicle was carrying the Meridian M10 satellite which will be used to provide communications over the northern latitudes from...
At 0709 GMT on 17 March 2022, a Long March 4C (CZ-4C) rocket was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Centre China. It was carrying Yaogan 34-02. This is officially a remote sensing/Earth observation satellite. The spacecraft is built by SAST. However, analysts are...
