Commercial space station operator Vast has signed a contract with SpaceX for the launches of its first space station and a crew mission (announced on 10 May). A Falcon 9 will launch the space station module called Haven-1 in the late summer of 2025. A second launch...
A Long March 2F/G (Y16) launched Shenzhou 16 with three Chinese astronauts (“Taikonauts”) on board on their way to the China Space Station “Tiangong”. The launch took placed at 0131 GMT on 30 May 2023 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in...
An Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) GSLV Mk II rocket (GSLV 2 CUSP 4) was successfully launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, India at 0512 GMT on 29 May 2023. It carried NVS-01, a replacement satellite for IRNSS-1G. The 2,232 kg NVS 01 is, in...
On 2114 GMT on 26 May 2023, a Soyuz 2-1a/Fregat launched a Kondor-FKA No 1 satellite for Roscosmos. The 1,050 kg Kondor-FKA No. 1 is used for radar imaging. The launch took place from the Vostochniy spaceport in far eastern Russia. The spacecraft was apparently...
The Arabsat-owned communications satellite BADR-8 aka Arabsat-7B was launched by a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 from Cape Canaveral at 0430 GMT on 27 May 2023. The 4,500 kg uses the Airbus DS-built Eurostar-NEO satellite bus design which will use its electric propulsion...
At 0346 GMT on 26 May a Rocket Lab Electron KS rocket launched itself on a mission for NASA from the Mahia pad 1B in New Zealand. On board were a pair of TROPICS spacecraft: TROPICS SV-03 and TROPICS SV-07. The spacecraft were deployed into a 556 x 537 km orbit at...
