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China launches GEO comsat Chinasat 19 using Long March 3B/G2
An improved version of the Chinese Long March-3B/G2 (CZ-3B/G2) rocket has successfully launched the Chinasat 19 communications satellite (aka Zhongxing-19) on a geosynchronous Transfer orbit (GTO) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre, China at 1150 GMT on 5...
Electron rocket launch puts MATS satellite into orbit…but its attempt at first stage helicopter recovery is called off
Rocket Lab successfully launched an Electron KS rocket from Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand, at 1727 GMT on 04 November 2022. The Electron was carrying MATS, a Swedish research satellite, studying waves in Earth’s atmosphere. The flight was dubbed "Catch me if you can",...
Analysis: As fighter jets move towards digital “pixelated” fractal look for their camouflage…are satellites to blame?
"Stealth" as a concept has been around since the late 1970s when the US military realised that via the use of certain shapes and radar absorbent materials, you could cut an aircraft's radar return by over 90 per cent. This meant that your side's pilots could get much...
Falcon 9 successfully launches Eutelsat’s Hotbird 13G comsat
Hotbird 13G, the sister communications satellite to Hotbird 13F, has been successfully launched by a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket flying out of Cape Canaveral, Florida. The launch took place at 0522 GMT on 3 November 2022. The Eurostar NEO bus spacecraft was built by...
Russia launches sixth Tundra missile early warning satellite
Russia launched a missile early warning satellite from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Northern Russia, on 2 November. The Soyuz 2-1b rocket lifted-off at 0648 GMT carrying the Tundra (EKS) 6 satellite into orbit. The spacecraft was then transported to its elliptical Molniya...
Falcon Heavy successfully takes its USSF-44 mission payloads all the way to GEO
One of the most powerful rockets in the world, a Falcon Heavy Block 5 (px), whose lift off consisted of a main stage with nine Merlin engines firing, supported by two booster rockets, also each with nine Merlin engines firing, was launched from from the Launch...
China launches its third large module – Mengtian – to its space station using Long March 5B
A Long March 5B (CZ-5B) rocket lifted off from its launch pad at 0737 GMT on 31 October 2022. The launch took place from Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the island of Hainan. Aboard was a key piece of the Chinese Space Station (CSS), the Mengtian experiment...
China launches Long March 2D/2 rocket carrying Shiyan 20C – as top of falling first stage embeds itself into sandy track
China successfully launched a Long March 2D/2 (CZ-2D/2) from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre, China at 0101 GMT on 29 October 2022. The vehicle was carrying Shiyan 20C - which means Experiment 20C - a mysterious Chinese satellite built by Chinese Academy of Sciences...
Falcon 9 launches 53 Group 4-31 Starlinks…as SpaceX CEO Elon Musk posts LA sky launch image on Twitter after buying social media firm
Elon Musk, the richest man in the world via his interests in the SpaceX space firm and in Tesla automobiles, celebrated both his US$44 billion purchase of the social media firm Twitter and the successful launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket by posting an image of its...
Virgin Orbit gains multi-launch order from Spire Global
The newspace operator Spire Global which provides space-based data and analytics has signed a multi satellite "Launch Service Agreement with launch provider Virgin Orbit. The first launch of this multi-launch multi-year contract will take place in 2023. Exact detals...
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