Hong Kong-based satellite operator APT Satellite Company (APSTAR) announced a deal for a new satellite and launch on 10 November 2020. APSTAR signed the turnkey contract with China Great Wall Industry Corp (CGWIC) for a GEO communications satellite based on its CAST...
An Indian PSLV-DL rocket was launched at 0941 GMT on 7 November 2020 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharokota, India. Aboard was the main payload, the EOS-01 radar satellite (aka RISAT-2 BR2) for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The secondary...
The Argentina’s Adelph-1 constellation gained ten new NuSat Earth observation spacecraft (NuSats 9 – 18) in orbit when they were launched by a Chinese Long March 6 (CZ-6) from the Tiayuan launch site at 0319 GMT on 6 November 2020. The 37.5 kg spacecraft...
After a series of launch delays including an engine induced launch abort in October, the GPS III-4 (aka GPS III SV04) navigation satellite was launched successfully at 2324 GMT on 5 November by a Space X Falcon 9 from SLC-40 launch pad at the Cape Canaveral Air Force...
A Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle launched the CE-Sat-2B earth observation satellite for the Japanese Canon Electronics firm. The launch also carried nine of Planet’s Flock-4e’ earth observation cubesats into orbit. The launch took place from the...
European satellite manufacturer Thales Alenia Space (TAS) has received a construction contract from NorthStar Earth and Space, of Canada. The contract entails the construction of a 12-unit in-orbit, optical SSA fleet. LeoStella, an American joint venture between TAS...
