At 2250 GMT on 31 October a Long March 6A (CZ-6A) rocket successfully carried Tianhui 5 into a near 610km, sun-synchronous orbit. This mission took place from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, northern China. The TIANHUI series of satellites are traditionally...
The US Space Development Agency (SDA) has signed contracts with both York Space Systems and Northrop Grumman for the development of satellites for its mesh network known as Transport Layer Tranche 2 Alpha. Colorado based York Space Systems was awarded a US$615 million...
A SOYUZ 2-1B successfully launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia carrying the LOTOS-S1 No 8, an ELINT (Electronic Intelligence) military satellite, part of the Liana programme, to LEO on 27 October at 0600 GMT (time to be confirmed). The extra-large spacecraft,...
Launching at 2003 GMT on 24 October a Chinese Long March 2D rocket has carried a triplet of the Yaogan-39 series into LEO. The mission originated from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China. These satellites make up the fourth Yaogan-39 triplet and are the second...
A Qased rocket launch at 0558 GMT on 27 September from the Qased Shahroud Test Centre, Iran, carried the Noor 3 (Nour 3) electronic intelligence satellite into a 456 x 442 km orbit at 60 degrees inclination. Stage separation, Payload Deployment etc…...
In a near repeat of a mission which took place earlier this month on 6 September 2023, China has launched another Yaogan 33 satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, northwest China. This mission lifted-off at 2015 GMT on 26 September also utilising the Long...
