Launching from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Northern China, a Kuiazhou-1A rocket has orbited the Jilin-1 Gaofen 02F, Earth Observation satellite. The mission took place at 0619 GMT on 27 October and saw the satellite placed into a LEO sun-synchronous orbit at...
Having achieved a major success with its Hope probe mission to orbit Mars, the United Arab Emirates is to launch another unmanned space probe, this one going to the planet Venus, and beyond to the asteroids between Mars and Jupiter. The plan is for the spacecraft to...
Kleos Space has ordered its fourth cluster of four satellites, known as KLEOS OBSERVER MISSION, from ISISpace. As part of the order the four CubeSats will be manifested on a mid-2022 SpaceX rideshare mission by Spaceflight Inc. The Dutch CubeSat manufacturer has...
China has launched a further technology test satellite in its SHI JIAN series. The mission lifted-off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China, at 0127 GMT on 24 October and utilised a Long March 3B/G2 (CZ-3B/G2) rocket. The satellite, known as Shi Jian 21...
Having been delayed one day by a ground systems issue, and then a further one hour’s wait to check out a pressurisation issue on its main stage, at 0210 GMT on 24 October, an Ariane 5 ECA+ successfully launched from Guiana Space Centre, Kourou, French Guiana. It...
The maiden orbital launch of the KSLV-II (NURI) rocket, South Korea’s first domestically built launch vehicle, took place at 0800 GMT on 21 October. The three-stage vehicle carried a 1.5 metric ton dummy satellite payload. The 200 metric ton KSLV-II (NURI) rocket was...
