A series of small spacecraft and experiment orders were announced in July. Satellite Vu has ordered the second in its small seven thermal imaging satellite constellation from the Guildford, England-based small satellite manufacturer SSTL using its DarkCarb bus design....
Dmitry Rogozin, the controversial head of Russian space agency Roscosmos, has been removed from office by Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov has replaced him. It is not known if Rogozin was fired or whether Putin has other plans for...
A Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket was successfully launched from the Cape Canaveral launch site on the coast of Florida at 0044 GMT on 15 July 2022. It was launching the Dragon CRS-25 freighter spacecraft mission, aka SpX-25 (Dragon C208 reusable craft on its third...
NASA has reported a serious communications issue with its CAPSTONE mission, which was intended to test an orbit for future lunar exploration plans. Following its launch by an Electron rocket on 28 June, after a series of burns, the Lunar Photon converted kick stage...
Rocket Lab successfully launched an Electron rocket from Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand, at 0955 GMT on 28 June, to an initial low Earth parking orbit. The Electron was carrying CAPSTONE (Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation...
NASA’s plans for unmanned and later human launches to the Moon have been given the green light to proceed after its new, but much delayed, heavy-lift launch vehicle, the SLS, passed a fuelling and countdown test during its fourth Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR). As with...
