The US Air Force X-37B mini-shuttle/reusable spacecraft not only broke its own mission duration record on its fifth flight, its unannounced release of unidentified spacecraft, if true, would make it illegal under international law, explains guest writer and...
At 0854 GMT on 18 December, the launch took place of a Russian-build Soyuz ST-A/Fregat M launch vehicle. The launch took place from the Sinnamary launch site, near Kourou in French Guiana. The first payload released was the COSMO-SKYMED Second Generation 1 spacecraft...
Post-mortems on the UK General Election, which returned Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson to office with a majority of 80, have identified three major factors. Most important was Brexit. Labour and the Liberal Democrats hoped to use the election to their...
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) celebrates its 70th year since its founding as a bulwark to the then threat of the Soviet Union and its allies. Nevertheless, as its leaders meet near Watford, England, there were cracks in the alliance. The most serious...
The Plesetsk launch site in Northern Russia was the location from where a Russian military “space situational awareness” satellite was launched from. The launch by a Soyuz 2-1v rocket occurred at 1752 GMT on 25 November 2019. The spacecraft dubbed Cosmos...
A Long March 3B/YZ-1 (CZ-3B/YZ-1) rocket lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, South-western China, on 23 November, at 00.55 GMT. The mission is to aid the Chinese satellite navigation system, Beidou – Compass in English. On board the rocket were two...
