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Violent second-stage separation triggered chain of events that prevented maiden SSLV final stage burn…but next SSLV flies OK
An investigation by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) into the failure of the maiden flight of its latest rocket, the SSLV, has revealed that an exceptional shock during separation compromised the guidance system. The SSLV-D1 launch seemed to go well with...
Starlink Group 5-3 is launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9
At 0758 GMT on 2 February 2023 a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 successfully launched 53 Starlink Gen2 satellites (Group 5-3) from LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA.Their intended eventual operational orbit once they have raised themselves from their initial...
South Korea shifts Kompsat 6 and CAS500-2 missions from Russian launchers
Following international bidding, South Korea has settled on an Arianespace Vega C rocket to launch Kompsat 6 (Arirang 6), the South Korean vice-minister for Science, Oh Tae-seog, announced on 1 February. The contract replaces one previously held with International...
SpaceX launches another batch of Starlinks plus ION-SCV9 delivery spacecraft testing separation system
A Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 was launched from the Vandenberg Space Force base in California at 1615 GMT on 31 January. Aboard was a batch of 49 Starlink satellites (Group 2-6) for the SpaceX Starlink constellation. ION-SCV 9 (SCV 0009) — InOrbit NOW Satellite Carrier...
US sanctions SPACETY for supplying radar imagery to Russian Wagner Group in Ukraine
Just as Ukraine's military campaign has been supported by US commercial spacecraft operating firms — with SpaceX and Maxar providing broadband communications and Earth imagery respectively — a Russian private army group has apparently also benefitted from the help of...
SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink Group 5-2
On 26 January 2023, at 0932 GMT, a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 successfully launched 56 Starlink Gen2 satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Their intended orbit is eventually into a circular orbit at an altitude of 530 km,...
Tianwen 1 mission’s Zhurong-1 Mars rover may have expired in its sleep
SpaceNews reports (quoting the South China Morning Post) that the Zhurong 1 Mars rover as part of the Tianwen 1 mission for China has failed to make contact in December as planned after its period of hibernation during the Northern Hemisphere Martian winter since 18...
Japan completes its first launch of the year of the radar reconnaissance satellite IGS RADAR-7
Kicking off its launch year, Japan has placed a radar reconnaissance satellite into near-500 km sun-synchronous low Earth orbit (LEO). The IGS RADAR-7 satellite was launched at 0150 GMT on 26 January by a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) H-2A202 rocket. This mission...
New orders: Isar Aerospace, SpaceX, Raytheon, Advance Space, Clyde Space and Xplore
European launch service company Isar Aerospace and US-based Spaceflight, which offers rides to orbit for satellites, have announced a multi-launch services agreement using Isar Aerospace launch vehicles. Under the agreement, Spaceflight secured one dedicated Spectrum...
Tom Cruise may have saved cinema industry with Top Gun-Maverick but he has even higher movie plans with space station studio module now ordered
While action film actor Tom Cruise has his detractors, you cannot say he is not successful. Recently starring in the Top Gun - Maverick, the long awaited successor to the Top Gun (1986) film that originally made him a major star, he is credited with bringing back, and...
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