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Wentian lab module docks at Chinese space station after Long March 5B launch
China’s experiment module I (Wentian) has successfully docked with the Chinese Space Station to become a permanent part of it. The module – the first lab module of the Chinese space station – was launched on a Long March 5B (CZ-5B) rocket from Wenchang Satellite...
Russian and European rare joint spacewalk completed
Russian cosmonaut and ISS Commander Oleg Artemyev and ESA astronaut Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti made a spacewalk together on 21 July. This was the sixth excursion outside the ISS so far this year and a rare Russian/European joint EVA (Extra Vehicular...
SaxaVord Spaceport construction fires up with seven launch providers already onboard
At the northernmost edges of the UK lies Unst, one of the North Isles of the Shetland Islands. The quiet island off the Northeast of the Scottish Mainland only has a population of 632. And yet, it will soon be home to a main plank of the UK space effort, the SaxaVord...
SpaceX breaks own record for annual launches as it flies another two Falcon 9 Starlink flights
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, USA, at 1739 GMT on 22 July. The vehicle was carrying 46 Starlinks of Group 3-2 which were being placed into the third...
Impulse Space books its Mars Lander ride on Relativity’s Terran-R rocket
The private Impulse Space firm which is planning a private lander mission to Mars has booked its ride for its way to the planet. It has announced that its Mars Cruise Vehicle and Mars Lander will take a flight on board Relativity Space's Terran reusable rocket. The...
Tianzhou 3 cargo ship undocks from Chinese Space Station
Cargo spacecraft Tianzhou 3 successfully undocked from the Chinese Space Station's forward port on 17 July 2022 at 0259 GMT. According to Chinese space authorities, Tianzhou 3 "will re-enter under ground control at an opportune time". The re-supply vessel originally...
L3Harris and Northrop Grumman get contracts to build 14 Tracking Layer (Tranche 1) satellites apiece
The US Space Development agency has awarded two contracts to build 28 infra-red wide-field-of-view tracking satellites for its new Tracking Layer constellation, aimed at detecting and tracking ballistic and manoeuvring hypersonic missile flights. The Tracking Layer...
Raytheon buys UK Space Situational Awareness specialist NORSS but looks to Star Wars lasers to counter drone menace on Earth
The US defence firm Raytheon which is moving away from what it was most famous for air launched missiles - especially the long-standing AIM-9 Sidewinder family - is now fully engaged in space. During the Farnborough International Airshow 2022, it was announced that...
Chinese Long March 2C successfully launches SAR satellite pair
China launched a Long March 2C/3 (CZ-2C/3) vehicle from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre, China at 2257 GMT on 15 July 2022. The vehicle carried SuperView Neo 2-01 and 2-02 (aka Siwei Gaojing 3 and 4), a pair of Earth observation satellites, to a Sun-Synchronous low...
SpaceX launches 53 Group 4-22 Starlink satellites using Falcon 9 rocket
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral, USA at 1420 GMT on 17 July 2022. The vehicle was carrying 53 Starlink satellites as part of the Group 4-22 set for the Starlink constellation. The B1051 reusable first stage, flying on...
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