The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has fined communications satellite operator DISH Network US$150,000 for its failure to move its Echostar 7 satellite to either a fast re-entry or a graveyard orbit, in the first ever fine issued for space debris by the...
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA at 0200 GMT on 30 September 2023. The vehicle was carrying Starlink Group 6-19, a total of 22 v2 Mini satellites for the second-generation Starlink constellation. The...
French satellite operator Eutelsat Communications SA and UK government part-owned OneWeb have completed an all-share merger, to create Eutelsat Group, a new entity raring to compete in the commercial space race with Elon Musk’s Starlink and Jeff Bezos’s Project...
A Qased rocket launch at 0558 GMT on 27 September from the Qased Shahroud Test Centre, Iran, carried the Noor 3 (Nour 3) electronic intelligence satellite into a 456 x 442 km orbit at 60 degrees inclination. Stage separation, Payload Deployment etc…...
In a near repeat of a mission which took place earlier this month on 6 September 2023, China has launched another Yaogan 33 satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, northwest China. This mission lifted-off at 2015 GMT on 26 September also utilising the Long...
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA at 0338 GMT on 24 September 2023. The vehicle was carrying Starlink Group 6-18, a total of 22 v2 Mini platform Starlink satellites as part of the second generation...
