A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted-off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 0209 GMT on 5 August. Carried by the rocket were 51 Starlink satellites of Group 4-20 destined for the constellation’s “Shell 2” located at 540 km, inclined at 53.2 degrees. However, marking the...
Cosmonauts commander Oleg Artemyev and flight engineer Denis Maveev opened the hatch of the Poisk module on the International Space Station (ISS) at 1325 GMT on 2 September to complete a series of outstanding tasks which were abandoned after their aborted EVA on 17...
Having had its previous launch attempt on 29 August scrubbed by an engine temperature sensor issue, a second attempt to launch the giant SLS rocket carrying the Orion capsule on an uncrewed Artemis I test flight was delayed again on 3 September. This time it was a...
Fundraising in the world of newspace has continued for companies in the USA and China during August. Xona Space Systems American newspace company Xona Space Systems (Xona) announced that it had completed a round of fundraising on 3 August. The company raised...
The demand for small satellites experienced a mini-boom in August as demonstrated by a flurry of new orders. It started with Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT). The small satellite manufacturer announced on 9 August that it had been chosen to produce 18 CubeSats for...
At 0341 GMT on 28 August SpaceX launched a batch of 54 Starlink satellites to LEO. The mission utilised its Falcon 9 rocket and lifted-off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The mission had been planned to utilise the neighbouring Kennedy Space Center facility however, due...
