The Chinese successfully launched a Long March 2D (CZ-2D) vehicle from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China at 1737 GMT on 19 August 2022. The vehicle was carrying the fourth Yaogan 35 triplet – the third such group launched this year – of military...
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral, USA at 1921 GMT on 19 August. The vehicle was carrying Starlink Group 4-27, which consists of 53 Starlink satellites. The B1062 first stage successfully landed on the drone barge “A Shortfall of Gravitas”...
While others have launch options, Japanese satellite operator Sky Perfect JSAT Corporation has become the first to formally select SpaceX’s Starship/Super Heavy rocket – often just called Starship – to launch its Superbird-9 satellite. The launch to geosynchronous...
Italian satellite delivery company D-Orbit and Breeze Holdings Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), have cancelled a planned merger. D-Orbit initially announced its plans for a merger with the SPAC in January. The deal valued D-Orbit at...
Synspective Inc., Japan, has announced that its first commercial unit, known as StriX-1, is expected to be launched in September. The SAR satellite will be the third such for the company, which refers to the two preceding units – StriX-ALPHA and -BETA – as...
Astrocast has ordered the launch of 20 nanosatellites from Italian new-space company D-Orbit. Through multiple missions over the course of three years, D-Orbit will arrange the launch of the Swiss company’s nanosatellites aboard the ION Satellite Carrier,...
