While the primary purpose of the SpaceX Starlink large low Earth orbit satellite constellation is a commercial communications service, as has been seen in Ukraine, it has a significant military application. And so SpaceX is now pivoting towards this as it hopes to...
On 4 December 2022 Shenzhou 14 with its three taikonauts (Chinese astronauts) Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe, aboard, left the Chinese Space Station (CSS), undocking from the Tianhe core module’s nadir port of the at 0430 GMT. The taikonauts had been onboard...
On 1 December 2022 Thales Alenia Space (TAS) announced it had received an order for a software-defined satellite from Eutelsat. The satellite for the European operator is known as Flexsat and is being built with an eye for GEO-LEO connectivity ahead of the expected...
Rounding off November with an impressive haul, European launch provider Arianespace has announced seven orders for its launch vehicles. The first five came from the European Commission in support of the European Copernicus earth observation programme. The remaining...
On 9 November Starfish Space an American newspace company contracted with Launcher a compatriot to carry its first demonstration satellite into orbit. Launcher will utilise its Orbiter OTV which has been manifested on a SpaceX Transporter mission planned for Summer...
China launched a Long March 2F/G (CZ 2F/G) rocket carrying the Shenzhou-15 crewed mission to the CSS. The mission lifted-off at 1508 GMT on 29 November from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China. The three taikonauts onboard are Zhang Lu, Deng Qingming, and Fei...
