China successfully launched a Long March 6 (CZ-6) vehicle from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China, at 0219 GMT on 5 November. The vehicle was carrying the SDGSAT-1 satellite developed by the China Academy of Sciences to provide Remote Sensing data to support...
China successfully launched a Long March 2C with a YS-1 upper-stage (CZ-2C/YS-1) vehicle from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre, Chine, at 0743 GMT on 3 November. The vehicle was carrying the Yaogan 32-02-A and Yaogan 32-02-B satellites which are believed to have an...
Thales Alenia Space (TAS) has been awarded a contract to build a dual-band HTS GEO satellite for PT Telkom, Indonesia. The satellite will carry C- and Ku-band payloads and is due to be located at the 113 degrees East national slot, according to the 28 October...
Russia successfully launched a Soyuz 2-1A from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, carrying the Progress MS-18 freighter at 0000:32 GMT on 28 October. Progress MS-18 is a resupply vessel going to the International Space Station (ISS) carrying 1490 kg of general...
The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), United Arab Emirates (UAE), has selected American launch provider SpaceX to launch its next Earth Observation satellite. The spacecraft known as MBZ-SAT is planned as a follow-on to the KhalifaSat unit as a second...
ESA selected the HydroGNSS satellite from British company SSTL as its second Scout mission in March. However, its was not until 11 October that the two parties completed negotiations and signed a production contract. The freshly signed contract has an initial value of...
