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China launches Shenzhou-15 crew to the CSS
China launched a Long March 2F/G (CZ 2F/G) rocket carrying the Shenzhou-15 crewed mission to the CSS. The mission lifted-off at 1508 GMT on 29 November from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China. The three taikonauts onboard are Zhang Lu, Deng Qingming, and Fei...
Sirius XM orders two more direct radio broadcasting satellites from Maxar
Sirius XM has ordered two direct radio broadcasting communications satellites from the US/Canadian firm Maxar Technologies. Following on from an earlier order for SXM-9 and -10, SXM-11 and -12 have been ordered with a view to launching them in the 2026-2027 time...
US Space Systems Command orders three more GPS IIIF navsats (Updated)
US Space Systems Command has used an option to order three more GPS IIIF satellites from Lockheed Martin. The satellites are the GPS IIIF-18, -19 and -20. The value of the add-on contract is US$744 million. The original US$7.2 billlion GPS-IIIF procurement contract...
Soyuz 2-1B Fregat launches Cosmos 2564 – believed to be last Glonass-M navsat
A Soyuz 2-1B Fregat launched Cosmos 2564 (Kosmos 2564) which is believed to be Glonass-M 61 - the last Glonass-M (Uragan-M) navigation satellite as part of the Russian military constellation with the Glonass K series now taking over. The launch took place from the...
ISRO PSLV launches EOS-06 plus eight other satellites
A PSLV-XL launch vehicle launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India at 0626 GMT on 26 November. It carried nine satellites. The main payload was a one metric ton satellite called EOS-06, also known as Oceansat-3. It is primarily an ocean observation monitoring...
SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Dragon CRS-26 cargo delivery mission to ISS
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket from the Kennedy Space Centre (KSC), Florida, USA at 1920 GMT on 26 November. The launch vehicle was carrying the Dragon CRS-26, a NASA sponsored commercial resupply mission to the International Space...
China launches Long March 2D/2 carrying three Yaogan 36 Group 3 suspected reconnaissance/SIGINT satellites
China successfully launched a Long March 2D/2 (CZ-2D/2) from Xichang Satellite Launch Centre, China at 1223 GMT on 27 November. The launch vehicle was carrying the Yaogan 36 Group 3 (Yaogan 36-03-A, -B and -C). Earlier Yaogan 36 groups were reconnaissance satellites...
MPR-1 lunar rover is being built by STELLS while Canadensys Aerospace gets lunar rover contract from Canadian Space Agency
The Canadian space start-up firm STELLS has announced that it is working on a rover to go to the Moon. The rover is called Mobile Power Rover-1 (MPR-1) which will be battery powered with its power recharged by solar arrays. The rover has also the ability to recharge...
ESA Ministerial: budget increase saves former ExoMars rover “Rosalind Franklin” as ESA shows off its next astronauts including the first parastronaut
Despite a feeling that Europe has been “left behind” in the race between China and the US – especially by firms such as SpaceX – it was nonetheless surprising in these difficult economic times that European nations managed to raise ESA’s budget by 17 per cent,...
Advanced Space receives US$72 million for AFRL Oracle mission
Finalising a contest started earlier this year in March the USA's Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded a US$72 million contract to Advanced Space LLC. Advanced Space is currently operating the NASA CAPSTONE mission in Lunar orbit. This most recent award...
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