The sixth Transporter rideshare mission (Transporter-6) carrying 114 satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket took place at 1456 GMT from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 3 January 2023. A SpaceX Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 for the launch which marked the first orbital attempt of the...
Much changed on Earth and in space during 2022. In July the James Webb Telescope, the largest optical telescope in space, delighted the world with stunning infrared images, revealing the most detailed view ever of the Universe. After a series of stalled attempts,...
Poland has ordered two reconnaissance satellites from Airbus Defence and Space (Airbus DS) to bolster its reconnaissance capabilities against Russia following its invasion of Ukraine. The satellites are being built by Airbus DS using the basic design of the latest...
A Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket operated by SpaceX has launched the Israeli EROS C3 reconnaissance/Earth observation satellite into a retrograde low Earth orbit of 503 x 485 km at 139.4 degrees inclination from the Vandenberg launch site in California, USA. The...
China has launched a Long March 3B-G2 (CZ-3B-G2) rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in China, carrying the Shiyan 10-02 satellite into what is thought to be a “Molniya” style highly inclined and eccentric orbit like its predecessor in the Shiyan...
On 28 December 2022 at 0934 GMT SpaceX launched their Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 2 rocket successfully from Cape Canaveral with 54 Starlink Gen2 (Generation 2) satellites aboard – the first set of the newest generation of Starlink communications satellites. SpaceX’s...
