Launching at 0318 GMT on 20 June a Chinese Long March 6 (CZ-6) rocket carried Shiyan-25 into LEO. The mission took place from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, Northern China. Like many of its Shiyan-series siblings this satellite is only described as an...
While offering somewhat less than the launch cadence of its SpaceX competitor, nevertheless, the Boeing/Lockeed Martin jointly owned launch provider, the United Launch Alliance (ULA) is still making some important launches. After a delay from the day before caused by...
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket from Vandenberg, California, USA at 0719 GMT on 22 June 2023. The launch vehicle was carrying Starlink Group 5-07, a total of 47 v1.5 Starlink satellites as part of the GEN 2 (Second Generation)...
Launcher, the spacecraft delivery company, has reported that not all went to plan following the successful lift-off of its Orbiter SN3 delivery spacecraft on the SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-8 mission on 12 June. Orbiter SN3 apparently successfully separated from the...
Rocket Lab made a the first suborbital launch of its Electron rocket for a paying from Wallops Island, Virginia, USA at 0125 GMT on 18 June 2023. The mission was flown in relative secrecy but it is known to be carrying a payload codenamed DYNAMO-A on a flight called...
On 15 June 2023 at 1242 GMT Expedition 69 Flight Engineers Warren “Woody” Hoburg and Stephen Bowen began their spacewalk (US EVA-88), after they had opened the hatch of the Quest airlock. With Hoburg leading this EVA, their mission was to install IROSA (International...
