In a press meeting at the Satellite 2022 conference, Hughes President and CEO Pradman Kaul confirmed that SpaceX would be launching its 500 Gbps Jupiter 3 satellite later this year. The company had previously signed a launch contract in late-2020 but at that time...
SpaceX has ridden to the rescue of low Earth orbit satellite operator OneWeb after it lost its Soyuz rides for its satellites during a series of tit-for-tat actions following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. OneWeb secured Falcon 9 launches for the satellites required to...
At 04.42 on 19 March a SpaceX Falcon 91.2FT Block 5 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida USA. It was carrying another set of 53 Starlink satellites – this one dubbed Group 4-12 to low Earth Orbit. The first stage B1051 (on its 12th...
SpaceX successfully launched another Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, at 1345 GMT on 9 March. The vehicle was carrying 48 Starlink satellites destined for fourth “shell” of the constellation at ~540 km, inclined at 53.2...
SpaceLogistics, a subsidiary of American manufacturer Northrop Grumman, announced its plans for launching its MRV satellite on 21 February. The MRV or Mission Robotic Vehicle is its next step in the evolution of its satellite servicing business. The company outlined...
The spacecraft operator and launch provider SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 vehicle from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, USA, at 1425 GMT on 3 March. The launch vehicle was carrying the 47 Starlink satellites on their Group 4-9...
