SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral, USA at 2101 GMT on 29 March. The vehicle carried a payload of 56 Starlink Group 5-10 satellites. All of the satellites onboard were deployed around 65 minutes after lift off, as planned. While the second...
At 1957 GMT on 29 March 2023, a Russian Soyuz-2-1v launch vehicle lifted off from the Plesetsk launch site in Northern Russia carrying a military satellite codenamed Cosmos 2568 (Kosmos 2568). The satellite is believed to be the fourth in the series of EO-MKA (EMKA)...
Twice a year, Seradata takes a small survey of space underwriters to find out what typical premium rates are for rocket launches, and typical GEO and SSO (Sun-synchronous orbit) satellites (the results are available in a report on the documents section of the Seradata...
The Roscosmos Soyuz MS-22/ISS-68S spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) Rassvet module at 0957 GMT on 28 March in preparation for an automated landing in Kazakhstan. The uncrewed craft performed a re-entry burn 55 minutes after undocking and...
Israel has launched a Shavit-2 launch vehicle from the Palmachim launch site in Israel at circa 2110 GMT on 28 March. The launch was towards the West, across the Mediterranean, putting the spacecraft, believed be an IAI-built Tecsar-class Synthetic Aperture Radar...
European space manufacturer Thales Alenia Space has been awarded a contract to build seven satellites for the Italian IRIDE constellation. Six of the 170 kg satellites will be equipped with synthetic aperture radar (SAR) that will be able to image the ground through...
