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Isar Aerospace raises US$165 million as it readies for Spectrum maiden launch
German satellite launch company Isar Aerospace has raised US$165 million in a Series C round. The new injection of funds comes at a a fortuitous time for the startup, as it prepares for the inaugural flight of its launch vehicle Spectrum in the second half of 2023....
Space Insurance: Premium rates remain stable for now but underwriter sentiment turns against Arianespace
Twice a year, Seradata takes a small survey of space underwriters to find out what typical premium rates are for rocket launches, and typical GEO and SSO (Sun-synchronous orbit) satellites (the results are available in a report on the documents section of the Seradata...
Damaged Soyuz MS-22 returns to Earth without its crew aboard
The Roscosmos Soyuz MS-22/ISS-68S spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) Rassvet module at 0957 GMT on 28 March in preparation for an automated landing in Kazakhstan. The uncrewed craft performed a re-entry burn 55 minutes after undocking and...
Israel makes Shavit-2 launch of new Ofeq-13 satellite – believed to be for radar reconnaissance
Israel has launched a Shavit-2 launch vehicle from the Palmachim launch site in Israel at circa 2110 GMT on 28 March. The launch was towards the West, across the Mediterranean, putting the spacecraft, believed be an IAI-built Tecsar-class Synthetic Aperture Radar...
Seven IRIDE SAR and optical satellites order goes to Thales Alenia Space
European space manufacturer Thales Alenia Space has been awarded a contract to build seven satellites for the Italian IRIDE constellation. Six of the 170 kg satellites will be equipped with synthetic aperture radar (SAR) that will be able to image the ground through...
South Korean sub-orbital vehicle Hanbit-TLV completes first test flight from Brazil
South Korean company INNOSPACE has launched a sub-orbital rocket from the Alcântara Launch Center, Brazil. The mission took place at 1752 GMT on 19 March and saw the Hanbit-TLV vehicle fly on a sub-orbital trajectory. The mission was primarily intended to test a...
LMV3-2 launches 36 OneWeb satellites allowing full service
Having lost its access to space via Soyuz rockets after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, OneWeb turned to other launch providers. One of these was the commercial arm of ISRO which began offering the GSLV 3 - now called the LMV3 rocket. Thus at 0430 GMT on 26 March 2023...
Blue Origin notes nozzle failure as reason for the failure of its NS-23 suborbital flight
Blue Origin has noted the failure mechanism which doomed the unmanned flight New Shepard NS-23 suborbital spacecraft. After its lift off at 1401 GMT on 12 September 2022 at T+ 1 minute 5 seconds the New Shepard booster (NS Propulsion Module Tail 3) suffered an...
Starlink Group 5-5 is launched by Falcon 9
The Starlink Group 5-5 (56 satellites) was made by a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 from Cape Canaveral, Floriday, USA, at 1543 GMT on 24 March 2023. The Starlink v1.5 satellites were going into the Starlink Gen 2 shell at 43 degrees inclination. The launch included the...
Electron rocket launches Blacksky Global 19 and 21
At 0914 GMT on 24 March 2023, Rocket Lab successfully launched their Electron KS rocket (in reusable waterproofed trim to attempt splashdown recovery of first stage) from Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. Onboard was Blacksky Global 19 and 21, a pair of 55 kg Earth...
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