by David Todd | Dec 16, 2014 | Launches, Military space, Satellites
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) operated Atlas V rocket carried mystery payload NRO L-35 into orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). The launch took place at 0319 GMT on 13 December from the Vandenberg launch site in Calfornia. This mission used the 541...
by David Todd | Dec 11, 2014 | China, Launches, Military space, Satellites
China has launched its Yaogan 25 spacecraft and two sub-satellites using a Long March 4C launch vehicle flying out of the Jaiquan launch site in North West China. The launch occurred on 10 December at 1933GMT and the satellites were placed into a near circular...
by David Todd | Dec 1, 2014 | Military space, Russia, Satellites, Soyuz
At 2152 on 30 November a Soyuz 2-1b/Fregat M launch vehicle took off from its launch pad in Plesetsk, Northern Russia. Aboard was a navigation satellite, the second to be launched in the Glonass-K series. Built by ISS Reshetnev, the Glonass spacecraft will operate...
by David Todd | Nov 28, 2014 | Military space, Satellites
In the war for public opinion, Russian State television (Channel One) has released the “satellite image” below during November apparently showing a Ukrainian fighter jet launching a missile at Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 which was shot down over Ukraine...
by David Todd | Nov 21, 2014 | China, Launches, Military space, Satellites
Chine has launched two satellites in two days. The first was launched at 0712 GMT on 20th November by a Long March 2D flying from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre. The satellite carried was Yaogan 24 (aka Yaogan Weixing 24) which is officially for remote sensing...
by David Todd | Nov 19, 2014 | History, Military space, Russia, Satellites
An, at first sight, innocuous move by a space object has got the news media worried that a new space war is about to break out in orbit. This was after it was reported in the Financial Times that an object, 2014-028E, had been tracked moving its orbit on 28th...
