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Iran’s Zoljanah 1 (Zuljanah 1) rocket launches for second time on suborbital flight
Iran's Zoljanah 1 (Zuljanah 1) rocket launched for a second time on a suborbital flight on 26 June 2022. The first suborbital launch took place successfully on 15 January 2021. Details are sketchy but it is thought that this launch also took place from Shahroud in the...
China launches three Yaogan 35 satellites from Xichang
Three Yaogan-35 Group 02 satellites were launched from the launch site of Xichang, China by a Long March 2D (CZ-2D) rocket at 0222 GMT on 23 June 2022. The three satellites are thought to be similar to the YAOGAN 35 trio of remote sensing satellites launched in...
First Ariane 5 launch of 2022: MEASAT 3D and GSAT-24 successfully deployed
At 2150 GMT on 22 June 2022, two communications satellites MEASAT 3D and GSAT-24 were successfully launched on the first Ariane 5 launch of 2022. Before the launch of the Ariane 5 ECA+ had been delayed by 47 minutes by ground systems issues at the launch site in...
Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum rocket is booked to launch D-Orbit ION…as Evolution Space signs its first major launch customer
The Italian firm D-Orbit's ION Satellite Carrier orbital transfer and delivery vehicle has had a ride booked for it on the yet-to-fly Isar Aerospace rocket. The launch is expected to take place in 2023 or 2024 with the spacecraft carrying several cubesats for...
Kuaizhou-1A launches from Jiuquan carrying mysterious Tianxing-1 satellite
A Kuaizhou-1A small solid rocket launch vehicle was launched from the Jiuquan launch site in the Gobi Desert, Northern China, at 0208 GMT on 22 June, carrying the Tianxing-1 satellite into orbit. It marks a successful return to operations after a second stage launch...
Attempt to raise ISS orbit with Cygnus NG-17 fails…but it works five days later (Updated)
An attempt to raise the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) using a rocket engine on the attached Cygnus NG-17 (Piers Sellars) cargo freighter spacecraft failed at 1520 GMT on 20 June. The spacecraft, which had been docked at the Earth-facing port of the...
South Korea successfully completes second test flight of Nuri rocket
At 0700 GMT, 21 June, the Nuri (KSLV-II) launch vehicle lifted-off from the Naro Space Center, South Korea. This success marks the second test flight for the indigenous South Korean rocket, after the late-flight failure of its first launch in October 2021. The mission...
Space Launches: Three up in less than three days for Space X Falcon 9…but one is a mystery
In a flurry of activity, SpaceX performed three separate Falcon 9 launches in less than three days. At 1609 GMT on 17 June, a SpaceX Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket carried 53 Starlink v1.5 Group 4-19 communications satellites to orbit for SpaceX itself. The mission...
Seven satellites trapped on Vigoride-3 (VR-3) after power fault
The Momentus Space Vigoride-3 (VR-3) satellite delivery spacecraft has reportedly failed to release seven of its nine satellite payloads. This follows a serious power shortfall since its launch on the Falcon 9 Transporter-5 flight on 25 May. The cause is believed to...
Another Astra rocket failure: this time two NASA TROPICS hurricane monitoring satellites are lost
After a two-hour delay due to a problem with the Liquid Oxygen storage/conditioning, Astra Space launched its Astra Rocket 3.3 (flight LV0010) from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA at 1743 GMT on 12 June 2022. But all did not subsequently go to plan. The lift off, fairing...
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