A Soyuz 2-1b rocket was launched from a snow-covered Plesetsk, Northern Russia, USA on 0848 GMT on 21 December 2023. The satellite carried was military in nature. It is thought to be a Bars-M cartography satellite. The satellite codenamed Cosmos 2574 (Kosmos-2574)...
While the Soviet Union became famous during the 1960s and 1970s for running space event tracking ships, it also had ground based deep space communications facilities. One of these, along with its dish array, is located in Vitino, in the Saky district of...
Russia launched the Artika-M 2 (Artika-M No 2) polar weather satellite from Baiknonur launch site near Tyuratam in Kazakhstan at 0917 GMT on 16 December 2023 on a Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat. The satellite was sent into highly inclined (62.8 degrees inclination) Molniya orbit. ...
Launching from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China, a Long March 2F rocket has reportedly successfully carried a Chinese reusable spaceplane into LEO. There has been no official confirmation of the launch time from Chinese sources but observers believe lift-off...
At 0158 GMT on 10 December three Yaogan 39-05 reconnaissance satellites related to signals intelligence (Yaogan 39-05-A, -B and -C) were launched on a Long March 2D/2 (CZ-2D/2) rocket launched from Xichang in China. China has never formally admitted to launching...
The Small SAR Technology Experimental Payload (S-STEP), a 100 kg Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite owned by Hanwha Systems, was launched into a 650 km Sun-synchronous orbit by the maiden flight of South Korea’s new solid rocket called TLV (Test Launch Vehicle). TLV...
