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Chinese Kuaizhou-1A rocket launches Longjiang-3 – a prototype of its equivalent of Starlink
A Chinese CASIC-operated Kuaizhou-1A solid rocket launch vehicle was launched at 0235 GMT on 9 June 2023 from the Jiuquan launch site in Inner Mongolia. Aboard was the Longjiang-3 high-bandwidth communications test satellite. The satellite is built by the Harbin...
Falcon 9 puts Dragon CRS-28 resupply freighter into orbit on way to ISS
The SpaceX operated Dragon CRS-28 cargo ship on behalf of NASA was launched by a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket at 1547 GMT on 5 June 2023 on its way to the International Space Station (ISS). The launch took place from the Kennedy Space Center's Pad 39A. Update...
China’s crewed Shenzhou 15 undocks from Chinese Space Station and lands as Tianzhou 5 cargo craft returns to CSS
Shenzhou 15, with its crew of three (Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu) aboard, undocked from the forward port of the Tianhe module of the Chinese Space Station (CSS Tiangong) at 1329 GMT on 3 June 2023. After making a re-entry burn Shenzhou 15 landed in Inner...
Russian Express AM-5 comsat suffers from thermal control problem akin to its sister satellite (Corrected)
Russian communications satellite Express AM-5 (Ekspress-AM 5) has suffered a thermal control loop/heat pipe failure, Russianspaceweb.com reported at 0130 GMT on 3 June. The official report on 5 June said that part of its Ku-band communications payload had to be turned...
Falcon 9 launches Starlink Group 6-4 from Cape Canaveral
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA at 1220 GMT on 04 June 2023. The rocket was carrying Starlink Group 6-4, a total of 22 of the larger second generation V2 mini Starlink satellites. The B1078...
Opinion: There are warnings from the present and from the past about AI computers
Scientists working on Artificial Intelligence (AI) computer systems - including Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, the company responsible for ChatGPT, and Geoffrey Hinton, a computer scientist known as the 'godfather of artificial intelligence' - have issued a statement to...
Viasat completes US$6.3 billion Inmarsat acquisition in a major satcom merger
Global Fixed Service Satellite (FSS) operator Viasat Inc has closed its long awaited acquisition of Inmarsat, a British satellite telecommunications company, following months of regulatory review. The deal, which was completed on 31 May, will see the two entities...
Falcon 9 launches from Vandenberg with 52 Starlink Group 2-10 satellites aboard
A Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket was launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 0602 GMT on 31 May 2023. There were 52 Starlink v1.5 communications satellites aboard as the Starlink Group 2-10 batch for its GEN1 constellation. At T+8 minutes 39 seconds...
North Korean Chollima-1 maiden launch ends in second stage failure – sets off neighbours’ alarms
North Korea attempted to orbit a military reconnaissance satellite Malligyeong-1 using its new Chollima-1 rocket from a pad at the Sohae launch site at 0629 GMT on 30 May 2023. While the first stage operated successfully and was separated during normal flight the...
Fleet Space raises US$33 million for satellite enabled mineral exploration
Australian newspace company Fleet Space Technologies has secured AUS $50 million (US $33 million) in a Series C fundraising round to grow its satellite-enabled mineral exploration services. The funding was led by existing investor Blackbird, an Australasian venture...
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