The United Kingdom’s space conference held every two years was a more muted affair this year – pun intended – as it has been forced online due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Nevertheless there were some significant announcements to be had. While the...
China conducted two launches on 27 September unfortunately however, only one of them, a Kuaizhou 1A mission carrying the Jilin-1 Gaofen-02D Earth observation satellite was a clear success. The other, which lifted-off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center at a reported...
After a year-long hiatus following a launch failure a Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) rocket has carried out an orbital mission. The launch took place from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China, at 0619 GMT, 27 September, and placed a single satellite into LEO. The...
In a surprise announcement UK newspace company In-Space Missions has been acquired by multinational defence and aerospace giant BAE Systems. Transaction was announced on 14 September and according to the In-Space Missions press release, is enacted “with...
A Tianzhou cargo freighter launched by China has docked with its space station on the same day. The mission lifted-off at 0710 GMT, propelled into orbit by a Long March 7 (CZ-7) rocket. The autonomous freighter, called Tianzhou-3, then conducted an automatic docking...
SpaceX was awarded the launch contract for the GOES U weather satellite by NASA on 10 September. A Falcon Heavy rocket will be provided by SpaceX for this launch, planned for April 2024. GOES U is the fourth and last in the current series of GOES (Geostationary...
