While Rocket Lab had been enjoying recent success, both in terms of launches and sales, the wheels suddenly came off with the failure of its Electron rocket on 4 July. The launch vehicle took off from the Mahia Peninsula launch site in New Zealand at 2116 GMT. All...
OneWeb, the partially completed low Earth orbit (LEO) communications satellite constellation, currently moribund in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, has at least for now been rescued. For having already raised (and used) US$3.4 billion to build and launch 74...
China successfully launched the Gaofen Multimedia and Xibaipo Star satellites at 0310 GMT on 3 July 2020 on a Long March 4B (CZ-4B) launch vehicle from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in China. Gaofen X is a high resolution (sub 1 metre) multi-mode electro-optical...
Having previously announced its intention to award Rideshare Services NOCA contracts on 16 June to five start-up small launcher companies, Aevum, Astra, X-Bow, Rocket Lab, Space Vector and VOX Space for two ride share missions each over the next two years, the...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully launched the third GPS-3 (GPS III-3) navigation satellite into a transfer orbit on its way to its Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) operational location at 2010 GMT on 30 June 2020. The launch site was Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA. The...
The UK Government is reportedly providing £500 million as part of one of the bids for the partially completed OneWeb low Earth orbit (LEO) communications satellite constellation, which is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. With a UK version of the EU’s Galileo...
