Kleos Space has ordered its fourth cluster of four satellites, known as KLEOS OBSERVER MISSION, from ISISpace. As part of the order the four CubeSats will be manifested on a mid-2022 SpaceX rideshare mission by Spaceflight Inc. The Dutch CubeSat manufacturer has...
The Italian Space Agency (ASI) has contracted with SpaceX to conduct a mission at short notice to ensure a civilian/military SAR satellite is launched this year. The satellite in question is the second COSMO SkyMed Second Generation unit known as CSG-2. This mission...
SpaceX has received contracts to launch two communication satellites to GEO during 2023. Both missions are set to use the mainstay Falcon 9 rocket. The first arrived on 8 September and was signed by Yahsat, UAE. This contract covers the launch of its upcoming...
SpaceX was awarded the launch contract for the GOES U weather satellite by NASA on 10 September. A Falcon Heavy rocket will be provided by SpaceX for this launch, planned for April 2024. GOES U is the fourth and last in the current series of GOES (Geostationary...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, carrying a four-person crew in one of its Crew Dragon capsules. Lift-off for the mission known as “Inspiration4” was at 0002 GMT, 16 September, and the Resilience capsule was placed into a 200...
SpaceX launched 51 Starlink satellites on Tuesday, 14 September at 0355 GMT from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. This was the tenth launch and landing of this Falcon 9 first stage booster (B1049). The first stage then...
