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Quantum Space announces QS-1 space situational awareness mission to Moon
Start-up Quantum Space has announced at the AIAA Ascend Conference that it will launch its own space situational awareness (SSA) pathfinder mission to cislunar space dubbed QS-1. The QS-1 spacecraft, which will be launched in October 2024 by an as yet unidentified...
Russian Progress MS-21 resupply freighter launched to ISS (Updated)
At 0020 GMT on 26 October, Russia launched the third Progress re-supply mission of the year to the International Space Station (ISS). The flight took place from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, near Tyuratam, Kazakhstan, and utilised a Soyuz 2-1a rocket. This mission was ...
On a sadder note: Apollo 9 astronaut James McDivitt and record-breaking Mir cosmonaut Valery Polyakov depart to infinity and beyond…as does Angela Lansbury
While the guys who actually set foot on the Moon get all the plaudits, in truth the Apollo programme was a series of very important missions which acted as steps towards that great achievement. One of these missions, Apollo 9 was commanded by James McDivitt who has...
Analysis: Rishi Sunak replaces short-lived UK Prime Minister Liz Truss with cuts probably falling on space (at least for now)
After a disastrous time in office of less than two months, UK Prime Minister Liz Truss lost the support of the Conservative Party and has handed in her resignation. She is being replaced by Rishi Sunak, the man she beat in the previous Conservative Party leadership...
Two Soyuz launches from across Russia place multiple satellites into orbit: two mystery inspectors, three Gonets-M comsats plus a Skif-D demosat
Two different Soyuz rocket versions flew from launch sites at either end of Russia on 21 and 22 October. The first mission occurred at 1920 GMT, 21 October and saw a Soyuz 2-1v mission fly from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the North of Russia. The mission reportedly...
India renames its GSLV Mk 3 rocket LVM3 and then launches it successfully with 36 OneWeb satellites aboard
India’s space agency, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), successfully launched an LVM3-2 vehicle on a flight called LVM3 M2 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India, at 1837 GMT on 22 October 2022. The vehicle was carrying 36 other OneWeb...
SpaceX Falcon 9 launches 54 Starlinks in Group 4-36
A Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket launched 54 Starlink v1.5 satellites as part of Group 4-36 at 1451 GMT on 20 October 2022 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The SLC-40 pad was used. The reusable booster B1062 on its tenth flight, landed down range on the drone ship A...
Euclid and Hera missions are bounced off their Soyuz and Ariane 6 launches to be rescued by SpaceX
Now that the European Space Agency (ESA) has accepted that the Ariane 6 will not launch before late 2023, with knock-on effects on its later flights, and bearing in mind the unavailability of Soyuz rockets due to the War in Ukraine, the agency has decided to move two...
China launches second Yaogan 36 triplet
China launched a Long March 2D (CZ-2D) rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on 14 October. The mission which lifted-off at 1912 GMT carried three satellites to LEO. The mission reportedly launched the second Yaogan 36 triplet of satellites. These spacecraft...
NASA’s Crew 4 returns to Earth on Crew Dragon
After a one day delay caused by bad weather at the landing site, The SpaceX operated Crew Dragon NASA Crew 4 (Freedom) space capsule undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) IDA-3 port at 1605 GMT on 14 October 2022 with astronauts with Kjell Lindgren,...
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