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China launches pair of Tianhui 6 cartography satellites
At 2241 GMT on 9 March, China launched a pair of Tianhui-6 satellites to sun-synchronous LEO. The mission took place from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China, and utilised a Long March 4C (CZ-4C) rocket. The two spacecraft, Tianhui-6 A and B, are described as...
SpaceX launches Falcon 9 on its third 40 OneWeb satellite mission
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral, USA at 1913 GMT on 9 March 2023. The vehicle was carrying 40 OneWeb satellites on their way to low Earth orbit.. The B1062 first stage, on its 12th flight, landed successfully back on land at Cape Canaveral...
China reveals a model of its human lunar landing craft as it pursues fast and slower strategies for lunar exploration
China has revealed a model of its lunar landing craft at the National Museum of China in Beijing, with which it hopes to carry its astronauts ('taikonuats') onto the Moon by 2030 or earlier. The model appears to have a "transfer stage" attached to it at its base, as...
H3 rocket fails on maiden flight losing ALOS 3 into sea after second stage does not ignite…as Iran’s Qaem 100 has launch failure (Updated)
Japan faces a setback in its ambitions to compete commercially with its new H3 expendable rocket after the H3-22S failed on its first flight due to second stage failure. The solid rocket boosters and the liquid propellent first stage appeared to work well as did the...
SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink Group 2-7 from Vandenberg
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket from Vandenberg, California, USA, at 1838 GMT on 03 March 2023. The launch vehicle was carrying 51 communications satellites into low Earth orbit as part of Starlink Group 2-7. The B1061 first stage - on its...
Shenzhou 15 crew completes second spacewalk from Chinese Space Station under veil of secrecy
Under a veil of secrecy, Shenzhou 15 taikonauts Fei Junlong and Zhang Lu exited the Chinese Experiment Module I (Wentian/CSS) of the Chinese Space Station for their second extravehicular activity (EVA) sometime between 28 February and 1 March 2023. The first...
Raytheon gets US$250 million contract to build missile-tracking satellites for Space Development Agency
Raytheon Technologies has secured a contract valued at over US$250 million from the US Space Development Agency (SDA) to build a constellation of seven low Earth orbit (LEO) missile-tracking satellites. The SDA will use the constellation to warn of, track, and target...
Vega launch failure cause: It was the nozzle throat degradation that done it
Arianespace has released the findings of its investigation into the Vega-C launch failure (flight VV22) which lost two Airbus Defence and Space-built Pleiades satellites ( Pleiades Neo 5 and 6). The launch took place at 0147 GMT on 21 December 2022. The P120C first...
Space Orders: US Space Force buys launch on ULA Vulcan Centaur for its NTS-3/USSF-106 mission, Starfish Space plans Otter servicing spacecraft, OQ Technology orders three cubesats from Konsberg
The US Space Force has confirmed that it has contracted for a launch of its USSF-106 navigation satellite mission carrying the NTS-3 (Navigation Technology Satellite-3) spacecraft for the US AFRL (Air Force Research Laboratory). The NTS-3 is being built by L3Harris....
SpaceX launches Crew-6 to ISS
Endeavour, a Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying four people for NASA's Crew-6 mission, is on its way to the International Space Station (ISS). SpaceX's Endeavour was launched on a Falcon 9 from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA at 0534 GMT on 2...
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