A Proton M/Breeez-M rocket successfully launched the Luch 5X satellite, also known as the Olymp K-2 spacecraft, at 2312 GMT on 12 March 2023, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Via a parking orbit, the satellite was placed into a GTO – geosynchronous transfer orbit...
At 2241 GMT on 9 March, China launched a pair of Tianhui-6 satellites to sun-synchronous LEO. The mission took place from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China, and utilised a Long March 4C (CZ-4C) rocket. The two spacecraft, Tianhui-6 A and B, are described as...
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral, USA at 1913 GMT on 9 March 2023. The vehicle was carrying 40 OneWeb satellites on their way to low Earth orbit.. The B1062 first stage, on its 12th flight, landed successfully back on land at Cape Canaveral...
Japan faces a setback in its ambitions to compete commercially with its new H3 expendable rocket after the H3-22S failed on its first flight due to second stage failure. The solid rocket boosters and the liquid propellent first stage appeared to work well as did the...
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket from Vandenberg, California, USA, at 1838 GMT on 03 March 2023. The launch vehicle was carrying 51 communications satellites into low Earth orbit as part of Starlink Group 2-7. The B1061 first stage –...
Raytheon Technologies has secured a contract valued at over US$250 million from the US Space Development Agency (SDA) to build a constellation of seven low Earth orbit (LEO) missile-tracking satellites. The SDA will use the constellation to warn of, track, and target...
