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Indonesian communications satellite Satria launched by SpaceX
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket from the Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA at 2221 GMT on 18 June. The vehicle was carrying SATRIA, ("Satellite of the Republic of Indonesia"), a Ka-band high-throughput...
Rocket Lab makes “HASTE” first Electron suborbital flight for DoD hypersonic payload
Rocket Lab made a the first suborbital launch of its Electron rocket for a paying from Wallops Island, Virginia, USA at 0125 GMT on 18 June 2023. The mission was flown in relative secrecy but it is known to be carrying a payload codenamed DYNAMO-A on a flight called...
NASA astronauts on spacewalk complete installation of iROSA number six
On 15 June 2023 at 1242 GMT Expedition 69 Flight Engineers Warren “Woody” Hoburg and Stephen Bowen began their spacewalk (US EVA-88), after they had opened the hatch of the Quest airlock. With Hoburg leading this EVA, their mission was to install IROSA (International...
China sets domestic record with the launch of 41 Jilin-1 Earth observation satellites into LEO
A Long March 2D/2 (CZ-2D/2) rocket, built by SAST, carried 41 Jilin-1 satellites into LEO from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China, after lifting off at 0530 GMT on 15 June. The event marked the most satellites launched at one time by a Chinese rocket. Onboard...
Transporter 8 mission launched successfully by Falcon 9
The multi-satellite ride mission Transporter-8 with 72 spacecraft aboard was successfully delivered into orbit from SLC-4E at Vandenberg, California, USA, at 2135 GMT on 12 June 2023. A full list of the cubesats - carried were is on the Seradata Launch and Spacecraft...
Successful installation of another iROSA on spacewalk
Expedition 69 Flight Engineers Stephen Bowen and Warren "Woody" Hoburg began their spacewalk (US EVA-87) from the Quest airlock on 9 June at 1325 GMT. Their mission was to install an IROSA (International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array) to augment power generation...
Starlink Group 5-11 is launched by Falcon 9
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket from the SLC-40 pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA at 0710 GMT on 12 June 2023. The vehicle was carrying Starlink Group 5-11, a total of 52 of the smaller v1.5 Starlink satellites. Starlink Group 5-11 is...
Firefly Aerospace acquires Spaceflight Inc to expand on-orbit services
Texas-based Firefly Aerospace, a start-up rocket manufacturer and launch provider, has acquired Spaceflight Inc in a move to boost its on-orbit services, the company announced on 8 June. Spaceflight Inc is a leading commercial smallsat launch arranger, which also...
Orders: US Space Force makes allocations to SpaceX and ULA, Apogeo books Vigoride, Intelsat makes MEP order, OroraTech to get eight more sats from Spire, Lockheed Martin books small sat onto Firefly Alpha
The US Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC) has allocated twelve FY23 National Security Space (NSS) launch bookings under the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 Launch Service Procurement contract to SpaceX and to the United Launch Alliance. Six Falcon...
Lijian-1 rocket reportedly puts 26 satellites into orbit in its second mission but not all are confirmed
At 0410 GMT on 7 June 2023, the second launch of the Lijian-1 (Kinetica-1) rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Inner Mongolia, China reportedly put 26 satellites into orbit. This rocket built by CAS Space (partially owned by the Chinese Academy of...
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