An Arianespace-operated Vega launch vehicle successfully lifted off from the Kourou launch site in French Guiana at 0142 GMT on 21 November 2018. Aboard was the 1,108kg MOHAMMED VI – B satellite is an Earth observation satellite built for the Kingdom of Morocco by...
On 19 November 2018, a SAST-built and operated Long March 2D (CZ-2D) rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan launch site in china. The launch was aiming to place a Shiyan Weixing 6 satellite into a 500km Sun-synchronous low Earth orbit as well as some smaller satellites....
Following a two-day delay the first Cygnus freighter, Cygnus NG-10, was launched on its way to the International Space Station (ISS) at 0901 GMT on 17 November 2018. The Cygnus was launched by another now Northrop product, an Antares 230 rocket – powered by two...
At 1800 GMT, 17 November 2018, another Long March 3B/YZ-1 (CZ 3B/YZ-1) lifted-off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, PRC, carrying two satellites to MEO (Medium Earth Orbit) for the Beidou constellation. This mission marks the 33rd launch of the year for China...
The launch of a Falcon 9v1.2 Block 5 rocket operated by SpaceX lifted off from SpaceX’s launch pad 39A (the former Space Shuttle pad) at the Kennedy Space Center launch site, near Cape Canaveral in Florida. It injected the Es’Hail2 communications...
India successfully launched the GSAT 29 communications satellite at 1138 GMT on a GSLV Mk III vehicle from Sriharikota on 14 November 2018. While its predecessor rocket the GSLV Mks 1 and 2 had a very poor launch record with a combined five failures out of 12, the...
