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SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Ovzon-3 comsat on its way to eventual GEO operating position
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA at 2304 GMT on 3 January. On board was the small communications satellite Ovzon-3, which will be operated by the Swedish/US firm Ovzon over 59.7 degrees East in...
Charles Ergen’s empire reunited as Echostar completes acquisition of DISH
Echostar completed its acquisition of its sister company DISH Network, a US satellite TV provider, on the cusp of the new year. The deal, first announced in August 2023, has brought together DISH Network’s satellite technology and 5G network with EchoStar’s satellite...
SpaceX starts its 2024 campaign with Falcon 9 launch of Starlink Group 7-9 including some to test direct-to-cell phone signals
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket from Vandenberg, California, USA at 0344 GMT on 03 January 2024. The launch vehicle was carrying Starlink Group 7-9, a total of 21 v2 Mini Starlink satellites for its second generation constellation....
New SpaceX Launch Order: India’s GSAT-20 comsat to be launched on Falcon 9
India has announced that its planned GSAT-20 communications satellite (aka GSAT-N2) will be launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch in Q2 2024. The 4,700 kg GSAT-20 spacecraft is defined as a Ka-band high thoughput satellite (HTS). The satellite is being financed...
PSLV-DL carries XPoSAT astronomy satellite and POEM-3 payload module attached to fourth stage into orbit
A launch of the PSLV-DL (flight number PSLV-C58) from Satish Dhawann Space Centre, Sriharikota, India took place at 0340 GMT on 1 January 2024 marking the first launch of the New Year. It was carrying XPoSAT - an X-ray astronomy satellite (official name is X-ray...
Long March 2C with YZ-1 upper stage launches three internet satellites for China
At 0013 GMT on 30 December 2023, a Long March 2C/YZ-1 (CZ-2C/YZ-1S) was launched from Jiuquan launch site carrying a suspected set of three broadband internet communications satellites as prototypes for a Chinese internet satellite constellation. The satellites are...
Falcon Heavy is launched with X-37B mini-spaceplane aboard…then a few hours later a Falcon 9 is launched from nearby Cape Canaveral carrying Starlink Group 6-36
After being delayed by weather earlier in the month, a Falcon Heavy rocket (using Block 5 boosters) was finally launched at 0107 GMT on 29 December 2023 from Pad LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA with the seventh mission of the Boeing-built US military...
Soyuz-2-1v launches Russian military satellite from Plesetsk
A Russian military satellite of unknown nature was launched into orbit by a launch of a Soyuz 2-1v small launch vehicle at 0703 GMT on 27 December from the Plesetsk launch site in Northern Russia. The exact nature of the satellite has not yet been disclosed. A single...
Two Chinese launches: Long March 11 launches Shiyan-24C trio while Long March 3B puts two Beidou navsats into orbit
At 2239 GMT on Christmas Day (25 December 2023) a Long March 11 (CZ-11) launched three Shiyan-24C experimental satellites from from a barge launch pad off Guangdong. . A Long March 11 (CZ-11) rocket launched SY24C satellites have been cataloged in a 540 x 553 x 540...
Quartet of Tianmu-1 satellites launched by a Kuaizhou-1A on 25th December and then a second set launched two days later
Four Tianmu-1 satellites (Tianmu-1 11-14) used for meteorological measurement using signals occultation of navigation satellite signals were successfully launched by a Chinese Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) solid fuel rocket at Jiuquan, Inner Mongolia at 0100 GMT on 25 December....
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