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Analysis: Putin removes Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin from office…then decides to exit ISS
Dmitry Rogozin, the controversial head of Russian space agency Roscosmos, has been removed from office by Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov has replaced him. It is not known if Rogozin was fired or whether Putin has other plans for...
Falcon 9 launches Dragon CRS-25 cargo freighter to ISS (Corrected)
A Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket was successfully launched from the Cape Canaveral launch site on the coast of Florida at 0044 GMT on 15 July 2022. It was launching the Dragon CRS-25 freighter spacecraft mission, aka SpX-25 (Dragon C208 reusable craft on its third...
European Vega-C rocket successfully launches on maiden flight
After a short technical delay, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) new Vega-C rocket, operated by Arianespace, was successfully launched at 1313 GMT on 13 July from Guiana Space Centre, Kourou. The primary payload, Lares 2, a laser reflectivity satellite to test...
Chinese data relay satellite Tianlian blasts off
China successfully launched Tianlian 2-03, its data relay communications satellite, at 1630 GMT on 12 July. The satellite was onboard the Long March 3B/E (CZ-3B/E) rocket, which was launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Centre, China. Tianlian 2-03 is the seventh...
US spy satellite NROL-162 launches on Rocket Lab Electron
Rocket Lab successfully launched an Electron carrying a classified US mission from Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand, at 0630 GMT on 13 July. The Electron was carrying NROL-162: the first of two responsive space missions, also known as “Wise One Looks Ahead”, for the...
SpaceX Falcon 9 launches 46 Starlink Group 3-1 satellites successfully
Amid foggy weather a Falcon 9 carrying 46 Starlink satellites (Starlink v1.5 Group 3-1) was successfully launched by SpaceX from Vandenberg, USA, on 11 July. Following the launch the B1063 first stage successfully landed on the drone barge, named “Of Course I Still...
SpaceX successfully completes 50th Starlink launch on Falcon 9
A Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket carrying 53 Group 4-21 Starlink satellites has been successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, USA by SpaceX. The launch took place at 1311 GMT on 7 July. This was the 50th Starlink carrying launch of a Falcon 9. Following the launch...
Russia launches fourth Glonass-K navsat using Soyuz 2-1B Fregat M rocket
A Russian Soyuz 2-1B Fregat-M vehicle successfully launched the Glonass K1-4 navigation satellite from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northern Russia at 0918 GMT on 7 June. Glonass K1-4 (aka Glonass K16L) is the fourth Glonass-K upgraded Russian navigation spacecraft...
Airbus wins US$692 million contract to provide buses for US T1TL military constellation
Airbus US Space and Defense has been picked to provide 42 satellite bus platforms to Northrop Grumman for the US Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer (T1TL) constellation. T1TL is a low Earth orbit (LEO) mesh network of small satellites, which...
CAPSTONE suffers communications woes as it approaches Moon…but they were only temporary
NASA has reported a serious communications issue with its CAPSTONE mission, which was intended to test an orbit for future lunar exploration plans. Following its launch by an Electron rocket on 28 June, after a series of burns, the Lunar Photon converted kick stage...
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