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Tianzhou-5 freighter launched by China to resupply its space station…after Tianzhou-4 leaves to release small satellite before its re-entry burn-up
China launched the Tianzhou-5 resupply mission at 0203 GMT on 12 November. The freighter was propelled into orbit by a Long March 7 (CZ-7) rocket lifting-off from the Wenchang Space Launch Site, Hainan Island. Once placed into orbit the freighter conducted a two hour...
US Space Force X-37B/OTV-6 unmanned mini-space plane lands after 908 days in orbit
The US Space Force successfully recovered its X-37B on the Orbital Test Vehicle-6 (OTV-6) mission, after it deorbited and landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility at 1022 GMT on 12 November after a mission lasting 908 days. OTV-6 was the first...
SpaceX Falcon 9 B1051 first stage bids farewell with Galaxy 31 and 32 launch
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 launch vehicle carrying a pair of communication satellites from Cape Canaveral, USA at 1606 GMT on 12 November. The vehicle carried Galaxy 31 and 32, a pair of C-band communication satellites to a super-synchronous...
China launches Long March 6A carrying Yunhai 3 successfully to orbit…but upper stage then explodes causing debris cloud
The Chinese successfully launched a Long March 6A (CZ-6A) from Taiyan Satellite Launch Centre, China, at 2252 GMT on 11 November. The vehicle was carrying Yunhai 3, a Chinese weather and atmospheric research satellite. Officially owned by China Academy of Sciences...
SpaceLink optical data-relay constellation hangs in balance after EOS cuts financial cord
US startup SpaceLink may be forced to file for insolvency, after its Australian parent company Electro Optic Systems Holdings (EOS) announced that it would no longer fund the satellite optical data-relay constellation subsidiary. In a statement on 31 October, EOS said...
Atlas V launch puts JPSS-2 weather satellite into orbit and tests out LOFTID inflatable re-entry vehicle
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched an Atlas V 401 vehicle from Vandenberg, California, USA at 0949 GMT on 10 November. As a main payload, the launch vehicle was carrying the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)-2 environmental, meteorological and...
Chinese Space Station update: Mengtian is moved to form the final “T” shape while its Long March 5B upper stage carrier re-enters safely…then Tianzhou-4 departs
Having previously docked on 31 October 2022, on 3 November 2022 the Mengtian laboratory module has successfully finished transposition from axial to radial port of Chinese Space Station (CSS) via a robot arm. The station is now in its full T configuration. While the...
Multi-launch collaboration between European companies Exotrail and Isar Aerospace
Prospective French in-space transportation company, Exotrail, has signed an agreement with upcoming German launch provider Isar Aerospace. The contract covers several launches to low Earth (LEO) and geostationary transfer orbits (GTO) on Isar's in-development...
Intelsat orders small GEO satellite from Swissto12…as Telesat buys an in-orbit satellite for retiring Anik F-2 (Corrected)
Intelsat has ordered a small communications satellite for regional use in the geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) arc. The satellite operator placed a construction order with 3D printing specialist Swissto12 for Intelsat 45 (IS-45), a small satellite, to be based on the...
Cygnus NG-18 (Sally Ride) cargo spacecraft is launched by Antares 230+ but one of its solar arrays got stuck (Updated)
An Antares 230+ rocket operated by Northrop Grumman lifted off from the Wallops Island launch site in Virginia, USA, at 1032 GMT on 7 November. On board was a Cygnus NG-18 freighter spacecraft headed for the International Space Station (ISS) on a cargo mission for...
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