IHI Aerospace (IA) – the defence division of Japanese engineering corporation IHI Corporation – has signed a contract for the launch of two earth observation satellites later this year in its first commercial launch order. The two synthetic aperture Rader...
Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket will carry HawkEye 360 satellites when it embarks on its much anticipated first launch from Wallops Island, Virginia, USA, late this year. It has to date only launched from OneNui Station, on the Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. As part...
After a two and half hour delay due to high ground winds, SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral, USA at 1751 GMT on 21 April 2022. The vehicle was carrying 53 Starlink satellites (Group 4-14) for the Starlink low Earth orbit...
OneWeb, a UK-based low Earth orbit (LEO) communications satellite constellation operator, has announced that it has contracted with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to supply at least two launches. The UK government and the Indian conglomerate Bharti...
US Vice President Kamala Harris has announced that the USA will no longer actively test anti-satellite (ASAT) interceptions – at least not with direct ascent missile systems. The announcement, in a speech at the Vandenberg launch base in California, comes after...
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket from Vandenberg, California, USA, at 1313 GMT on 17 April, carrying a secret payload under the mission name NRO L-85 for the US National Reconnaissance Office. The reusable first stage of the Falcon 9 vehicle (B1071 on...
