In what has come to be a routine for SpaceX at 0235 GMT on 12 July 2024 a Falcon 9 v1.2FT Block 5 rocket rose from its launch pad at Vandenberg, California USA. It was carrying Starlink Group 9-3, a set of 20 v2 Mini communications satellites, 13 of which had...
At 2341 GMT on 10 July 2024, an upgraded version of the Hyperbola 1 (SQX-1) four stage solid propellant rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan launch site in China. Aboard were three Yunyao-1 weather satellites (Yunyao-1 15, 16 and 17) which are owned by Tianjin Yunyao...
Criticised for its very long development time, its ‘out of date’ non-reusable technology, and for its still too high launch price, nevertheless, Ariane 6, Europe’s new launch vehicle, has been finally launched from the Kourou, French Guiana launch...
A Chollima-1 rocket failed to reach orbit after the vehicle suffered an explosion just two minutes into its flight. The North Korean rocket, carrying the Malligyong-1 F4 reconnaissance satellite, was launched from the Sohae site at Tongchang-Ri, North Korea, at 1344...
A US$175 million insurance claim has been filed for the ‘total loss’ of the SkyTerra-1 communications satellite, after its 22 m diameter main mesh antenna developed a fault, Seradata understands. No details have been released by its owner, Ligado Networks (formerly...
Middle Eastern satellite operator Yahsat’s subsidiary Thuraya has lost the communications payload on one of its satellites. The Thuraya-3 communications satellite, located over 98.5 degrees east in geostationary Earth orbit (GEO), had a serious payload anomaly on 15...