The month of September 2022 saw a spate of small satellite orders (plus some shared rides) made. These included: US Start-up Rogue Space Systems is planning a pair of satellites dubbed a cubesat-class spacecraft dubbed Space Robot to service and repair small...
There have long been concerns that the Earth could one day be threatened by the impact of a large object – usually an asteroid – from space. Scientists have mooted various ways of planetary defence ranging from nuclear missile strikes to asteroid deflection...
China launched to space rockets on 26 September 2022. The first up was the Long March 2D/2 (CZ-2D/2) Y68 launch of three Yaogan-36 Group 1 satellites which were launched at 1338 GMT from the Xichang launch site. Yaogan 36-01-A and B payloads were developed by CASC,...
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA at 2332 GMT on 24 September 2022. The launch vehicle was carrying 52 other Starlink satellites (Group 4-35) for the SpaceX owned communications satellite constellation. The...
The Chinese successfully launched a Kuaizhou 1A vehicle from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre, Shanxi Province, China at 2255 GMT on 24 September 2022. The vehicle was carrying Shiyan 14 & 15, two classified Chinese satellites.
ULA successfully launched a Delta IV Heavy (DELTA IVH-4050H (Upgraded) from Vandenberg, California, USA at 2225 GMT on 24 September 2022. The vehicle was carrying NRO L-91 (Orion 12), a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). Details of the...
