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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...
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...
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