A ULA Atlas V 421 rocket has carried the SBIRS GEO-6 missile early warning satellite into Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) following its launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida. In addition to using the new RL10C-1-1 engine on the Centaur stage, this uprated version of...
Rocket Lab has successfully launched its Electron KS rocket from Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand at 0500 GMT on 4 August following a delay. The launch had been halted at T-minus 5 minutes and 15 seconds on 2 August, when it was originally scheduled to...
The Russian Ministry of Defence has successfully launched a Soyuz 2-1v light-class rocket with a Volga upper stage from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia at 2025 GMT on 1 August. The satellite carried has now been codenamed as Cosmos 2558 (Kosmos 2558), a generic filler...
China launched a Long March 2D/2 (CZ-2D) rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 1328 GMT on 29 July. The rocket carried a trio of Yaogon-35 satellites to LEO. This is the third batch of units with this designation. They are reported to be used for “Scientific...
China conducted the maiden flight of a four stage solid-propellant rocket dubbed the Zhongke ZK-1A (Lijian-1) at 0412 GMT o 27 July 2022 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. It carried six satellites into LEO including the SATech 01 spacecraft. The rocket, which...
A series of small spacecraft and experiment orders were announced in July. Satellite Vu has ordered the second in its small seven thermal imaging satellite constellation from the Guildford, England-based small satellite manufacturer SSTL using its DarkCarb bus design....
