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SATELLITE 2023: Arianespace prefers to look further into the future as 2023 is set to see low number of its launches
At the Launcher Roundtable at SATELLITE 2023 Arianespace CEO, Stéphane Israël, talked about his company's activities for the coming years. He outlined what Arianespace expected to achieve this year: the launch of the major ESA interplanetary science mission...
NASA unveils new spacesuits for Artemis astronauts moon landing
A new style, for a new space era – that’s the message NASA wants to send with the unveiling of brand new spacesuits for the return to the Moon, designed by Axion Space. The Artemis III spacesuit prototype, the AxEMU, was unveiled during a “Moon 2 Mars” festival hosted...
UPDATED: With its cash about to run out Virgin Orbit suspends operations and lays off staff – then falls into Chapter 11
While it has been expected for a while, CNBC broke the story that Virgin Orbit had taken the decision to have an “operational pause” meaning that it would temporarily lay off (furlough) staff and suspend operations. With a cash burn of about US$40-50 million a quarter...
SATELLITE 2023: Regional GEO operators talk about LEO constellation threat… not the end of the world yet
Seradata Data Manager Matt Wilson dissects how some of the biggest names in regional GEO operators really feel about the rise of low Earth orbit (LEO) constellations The chief execs of the heavyweight regional GEO operators sat down to discuss the advance of low Earth...
SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Dragon CRS-27 spacecraft to deliver cargo, cubesats and experiments to ISS (Updated)
A Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 successfully launched the Dragon CRS-27 cargo craft on its International Space Station (ISS) resupply flight for NASA. The launch took place at 0030 GMT on 15 March from the former Space Shuttle and Saturn V pad LC-39A at the Kennedy Space...
SATELLITE 2023: Relativity Space CEO talks about future launch market
During the SATELLITE 2023 Tuesday opening session the chief executives of Eutelsat, Viasat, Globalstar, and Intelsat, were joined by the CEO of upcoming launch provider Relativity Space, Tim Ellis. His presence provided a viewpoint from a differing orbit to that of...
SATELLITE 2023: Updates on Project Kuiper and surprise antennas reveal
For the Tuesday opening keynote talk at the SATELLITE 2023 show in Washington DC, Dave Limp, the Senior Vice President of devices & services at Project Kuiper, gave attendees an update on the progress of the Amazon LEO constellation. He confirmed that the first...
Chinese launch remote sensor satellite on Long March 2C
China successfully launched a Long March 2C from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre at 0402 GMT on 13 March. The vehicle was carrying Horus 2, a remote sensing satellite for the Egyptian Space Agency. The satellite successfully entered its planned orbit, according to...
SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance returns ending NASA Crew 5 mission
The Crew Dragon - NASA Crew 5 (Endurance) - safely splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida, USA on 12 March at 0202 GMT. After an automated 11 minute de-orbit burn the craft re-entered and deployed its main chutes at an approximate...
Proton M launches Russian Luch 5X (Olymp K-2) spacecraft suspected as being designed for signals intelligence of other satellites
A Proton M/Breeez-M rocket successfully launched the Luch 5X satellite, also known as the Olymp K-2 spacecraft, at 2312 GMT on 12 March 2023, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Via a parking orbit, the satellite was placed into a GTO - geosynchronous transfer orbit from...
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