On 28 September 2021, NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), a Government of India company under Department of Space (DOS) signed an contract with Arianespace to launch its GSAT-24 telecommunications satellite. The satellite will be launched on an Ariane 5 ECA rocket in the...
Hiber Global, a start-up company based in the Netherlands, which intended to launch a fleet of IoT (Internet of Things) satellites has had to alter its plans. During September 2021 it submitted proceedings to the US FCC to surrender its authorisations for its planned...
The Italian Space Agency (ASI) has contracted with SpaceX to conduct a mission at short notice to ensure a civilian/military SAR satellite is launched this year. The satellite in question is the second COSMO SkyMed Second Generation unit known as CSG-2. This mission...
China conducted two launches on 27 September unfortunately however, only one of them, a Kuaizhou 1A mission carrying the Jilin-1 Gaofen-02D Earth observation satellite was a clear success. The other, which lifted-off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center at a reported...
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket has carried the NASA Landsat 9 (and four co-payloads) into low Earth orbit (LEO). The mission lifted-off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA, at 1812 GMT on 27 September. For this mission the Atlas V utilised...
After a year-long hiatus following a launch failure a Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) rocket has carried out an orbital mission. The launch took place from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China, at 0619 GMT, 27 September, and placed a single satellite into LEO. The...
