The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has inaugurated a new medium version of its PSLV rocket called the PSLV-DL which uses only two PSOM-XL strap on rockets instead of the more normal six. The first launch of this newly modified rocket on the PSLV-C44 flight...
After suffering a delay for a month while a small hydrogen leak was repaired, a United Launch Alliance (ULA)-operated Delta IV Heavy rocket successfully lifted off from the Vandenberg launch site. Lifting off at 1910 GMT on 19 January 2019, the rocket placed a mystery...
A Chinese military communications satellite Chinasat 2D (Zhongxing-2D) – the third in the series of military Shentong 2 class satellites – was launched by a Long March 3B-G3 (CZ-3B-G3) rocket at 1703 GMT on 10 January 2018. The launch using a Long March...
China has launched its new YZ-3 upper stage attached to its Long March 2D (CZ-2D) rocket. The launch of the Long March 2D/YZ-3 occurred from the Jiuquan launch site at 0800 GMT on 29 December 2018. The launch carried a satellite called Chongqing test satellite (aka...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has hailed the successful Dombarovsky launch of a new boost-glide hypersonic long-range missile called Avangard, which successfully struck its target 6,000km away in the Kamchatka peninsula in a late December test. Putin went on to...
China has launched the mysterious TJS-3 satellite from the Xichangh launch centre using a Long March 3B-G2 rocket. The launch took place from the Xichang launch site at 1653 GMT on 24 December 2018. Called the Tongxin Jishu Shiyan Weixing-3 (TJS-3), the satellite is...
