Marking the first launch of December a Falcon 9 rocket from SpaceX has lifted-off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 2312 GMT on 2 December. The mission carried a reduced Starlink count of 48 satellites – compared to the previous mission to this orbital shell...
A prospective Ukrainian Lunar exploration company Lunar Research Service (LRS) has contracted to manifest a payload on the maiden launch of a German micro launcher. The Kiev-based company signed the contract with Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA) on 18 November. It...
China has successfully launched the Chinasat 1D (aka Zhongxing 1D aka Feng Huo 2D) communications satellite on a Long March 3B-G3 (CZ-3B-G3) launch vehicle from Xichang Satellite Launch Centre, China, at 1640 GMT on 26 November. While never admitting its military...
Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems (Tyvak) has received an order from the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for a spacecraft to conduct research in Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO). The contract was specifically awarded by the Space Vehicles directorate of the AFRL and was...
Russia launched the fifth satellite in its EKS (Tundra) series of missile early warning satellites at 0109 GMT, 25 November. The mission utilised a Soyuz 2-1B rocket equipped with a Fregat upper-stage from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. The satellite was deployed into a...
A Kuaizhou-1A rocket from ExPace Technology has launched a small satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China. The mission took place at 2341 GMT on 24 November and orbited the Shiyan 11 spacecraft. It is unclear as to capabilities of this satellite but...
