SpaceX successfully launched another Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, at 1345 GMT on 9 March. The vehicle was carrying 48 Starlink satellites destined for fourth “shell” of the constellation at ~540 km, inclined at 53.2...
The United States Space Force (USSF) has outlined how it is moving forward with its Electro-Optical/Infrared Weather System (EWS) programme to replace its in-situ fleet of DMSP satellites stemming from the cold-war era, at the end of February. These Defense...
SpaceLogistics, a subsidiary of American manufacturer Northrop Grumman, announced its plans for launching its MRV satellite on 21 February. The MRV or Mission Robotic Vehicle is its next step in the evolution of its satellite servicing business. The company outlined...
Bob Marley may have sung the lyric “We’re jammin’, jammin’, jammin’” several decades ago, but this chorus could now be appropriate in Ukraine. The jamming started just before the Russian invasion when GPS navigation signals were detected as being jammed over the...
China successfully launched a Long March 2C (3) (CZ-2C (3)) vehicle from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre, China at 0601 GMT on 5 March 2022. The vehicle was carrying the SAST-built Yinhu 2-01 to 2-06 satellites owned by Galaxy Space which will be used as...
The spacecraft operator and launch provider SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 vehicle from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, USA, at 1425 GMT on 3 March. The launch vehicle was carrying the 47 Starlink satellites on their Group 4-9...
