China successfully launched the Hai Yang 2B aka HY-2B (English translation: Ocean 2B/Marine 2B satellite) at 2257 GMT on 24 October on a Long March 4B (CZ-4B) launch vehicle from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in China. The satellite will be used for...
At 0145 GMT on 20 October 2018, an Ariane 5 ECA rocket successfully launched the Bepi-Columbo unmanned joint mission to Mercury. There are two main spacecraft plus a carrier spacecraft on the mission. The Mercury Transfer Module (MTM) can be regarded as the main...
While the US Congress or the Russians themselves may not like it, a Russian RD-180 engine was used to successfully launch a US military communications satellite at 0415 GMT on 17 October. The 6,168 kg Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite No. 4, (AEHF 4)...
At 0423 GMT, 15 October 2018, another Long March 3B rocket this year lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, PRC, carrying two BEIDOU-3 M satellites to MEO (Middle Earth Orbit) to bolster the “third phase” of their indigenous Beidou satellite...
OHB Italia, the Italian offshoot of the German OHB Systeme firm, has awarded a launch order for a Vega launch for the National Advanced Optical System (NAOS) under the term of a turnkey contract between OHB Italia and the Luxembourg’s Directorate of Defence. The...
The Soyuz-FG rocket carrying the crewed Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft, which was launched at 0840 GMT on 11 October 2018 from the Baikonur launch site near Tyuratam in Kazakhstan, has suffered a fault during its climb into orbit and failed to achieve orbital velocity. A...
