In what was just the second Indian launch of the year, following on from a PSLV mission in February, a GSLV 2 rocket has suffered a launch failure destroying its satellite payload. The rocket lifted-off at 0013 GMT on 12 August from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre,...
Northrop Grumman launched a Cygnus resupply spacecraft on one of its Antares launch vehicles from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at the Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, on 10 August. It was the company’s 16th cargo resupply mission under NASA contract and will...
The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has contracted for an optical communications satellite to help facilitate its adoption among the UK Armed Forces. The contract was awarded on 9 August and went to UK-based In-Space Missions. The satellite is to be known as Titania, and...
The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has contracted for an optical communications satellite to help facilitate its adoption among the UK Armed Forces. The contract was awarded on 9 August and went to UK-based In-Space Missions. The satellite is to be known as Titania, and...
It appears that on 16 July SpaceX approached Swarm Technologies with a purchase offer that would see it become a “direct wholly-owned subsidiary” of SpaceX. The deal was revealed in a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) filing concerning the transfer...
A GEO communications satellite was successfully launched by a Long March 3B/G3 (CZ-3B/G3) vehicle from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China, at 1630 GMT on 5 August. The vehicle was carrying the Chinasat 2E satellite which officially is intended to provide...
