The much awaited first flight of the US SLS (Space Launch System) launch vehicle carrying the NASA Artemis I test flight of the uncrewed Orion spacecraft (plus 10 cubesat spacecraft) around the Moon has had to wait. An initially suspected hydrogen bleed issue meant...
Global satellite operator Intelsat revealed, on 18 August, that it had lost control of its direct broadcast satellite Galaxy 15, blaming geomagnetic storms. It now looks like the operator has also lost control of the satellite payload which shut itself down...
Launching from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, Shanxi, China, at 0301 GMT on 24 August, a Long March 2D (CZ-2D) rocket has placed an Earth Observation satellite into LEO. The satellite is identified as Beijing 3B and is a follow-on unit to Beijing 3A – launched...
China conducted a Kuaizhou-1A launch at 0236 GMT on 23 August, from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. The payload, identified as Chuangxin-16 (CX-16), was successfully carried to LEO by the rocket. The satellite was reportedly built by Innovation Academy for...
The Chinese successfully launched a Long March 2D (CZ-2D) vehicle from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China at 1737 GMT on 19 August 2022. The vehicle was carrying the fourth Yaogan 35 triplet – the third such group launched this year – of military...
While others have launch options, Japanese satellite operator Sky Perfect JSAT Corporation has become the first to formally select SpaceX’s Starship/Super Heavy rocket – often just called Starship – to launch its Superbird-9 satellite. The launch to geosynchronous...
