At 0227 GMT, 23 August 2020 China launched the Gaofen 9-5 satellite to LEO (Low Earth Orbit) along with two small co-payloads. The mission utilised the Long March 2D (CZ-2D) rocket and lifted-off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Northern China. This marks the...
On a lighter, but slightly grimmer note, the cause of the sudden illness of noted critic of Russia’s President Putin, Alexei Navalny has not yet been fully proven, but is believed as being due to an alleged cholinesterase inhibitor either imbibed by him in tea...
On behalf of the US Department of Defense, the US Air Force has awarded launch contracts as part of the National Security Space Launch (Phase 2) programme to two launch providers: the United Launch Alliance (ULA) and SpaceX. These are set to take place between 2020...
The US-based launch vehicle start up firm ABL Space Systems has reported that it has received two US Air Force launch contracts – one as a technology demonstration contract and one for three subsequent launches in 2022 – worth US$44.5 million. In addition,...
The recent attempted anti-ship ballistic missile tests by Iran against a mock-up of a modern-day US aircraft carrier in effect mimicked the “Rods from the Gods” attacks from above that US and Japanese carrier borne dive bomber aircraft did during World War...
US Space Command has formally protested about the Russian “inspection satellite” Cosmos 2543 releasing a high-velocity space object – believed to be a missile projectile. It notes that the suspected missile, object Sat Cat No 45915, was released on 15...
