On its launch from the Onenui Station on Mahia peninsula, New Zealand on 2 May 2022 an Electron KS rocket successfully put 34 small satellites into orbit on a rideshare mission. The rocket’s payload included 24 SpaceBee store/forward Internet of Things (IoT)...
A SpaceX Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket was launched From Cape Canaveral in Florida USA at 2127 GMT on 29 March . It was carrying 53 Starlink satellites (Group 4-16) for the SpaceX low Earth orbit communications satellite constellation. The launch’s reusable...
China successfully launched a Long March 2C (CZ-2C) launch vehicle from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre at 0411 GMT on 29 April. The vehicle was carrying two Earth observation spacecraft, Siwie 01 and Siwie 02. These 540 kg low Earth orbit – Sun synchronous...
In the battle for world opinion with respect to the war in Ukraine, most now decry Russia for its initial invasion and for its subsequent behaviour. And satellite imagery has been key to this. NATO is providing everything it can to Ukraine short of actual military...
Earth observation start up Capella Space has secured US$97 million in its latest Series C fundraising round. According to the newspace company, the new money will be put towards growing its satellite imagery and analytics services after it saw an...
At 0752 GMT on 27 April a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried the NASA Crew-4 mission to Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The launch took place from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, and saw a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule start its journey to the ISS. This is the first launch of this...
