Following delays caused by both the weather and the launch vehicle, at 1752 GMT, on 22 September, the seventh HTV (HTV-7) resupply freighter was launched to the ISS by its Mitsubishi Industries (MHI) supplied H-2B rocket. The freighter, which will be docking with the...
The commercial electronic intelligence (ELINT) satellite constellation start-up company Kleos Space has formally ordered a launch to carry its satellites into orbit on an Electron rocket in mid 2019. The recently ordered multiple (number undisclosed) GomSpace-built...
Arianespace has been selected by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) to launch KOMPSAT-7. Stephane Israël, Arianespace CEO, and Lim Cheol-Ho, President of the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), signed the KOMPSAT-7 launch contract to this effect on...
After internal Israeli political pressure over national strategic concerns forced the necessary funding, the new AMOS-8 communications satellite for the Israeli satellite operator Space Communication (Amos Spacecom) had its construction confirmed on 3 September as...
A Chinese Long March 3B/YZ-1 successfully launched the BEIDOU-3 M13 and BEIDOU-3 M14 satellites into Medium Earth Orbit at 1407 GMT on 19 September from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre, Sichuan Province, China. The one metric ton satellites were built by the SECM...
While the USA frets about the activities of certain Russian inspection satellites, and France frets about the activities of certain Russian eavesdropping satellites another satellite in orbit has caused raised eyebrows amongst orbital analysts. And this one is...
