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China finishes its launch year with two separate Long March launches – one from Jiuquan and one from Xichang
China made two final launches in 2021. It successfully launched a Long March 2D/2 (CZ-2D/2) vehicle from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre, China, at 1113 GMT on 29 December. The vehicle was carrying the Tianhui 4 cartography satellite for the PLA (Peoples...
Another 36 OneWeb satellites are launched into orbit by a Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat
Russia successfully launched a Soyuz 2.1B/Fregat vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, near Tyuratam in Kazakhstan, at 1310 GMT on 27 December. The vehicle was carrying 36 OneWeb communications satellites. This launch brings the total of OneWeb satellites launched to...
Angara A5 Persei makes its test launch but upper stage undershoots
The launch of the newest version of the Angara A5 rocket series, the Angara A5 Persei using the new Persei (Perseus) upper stage modified from the old BLOK DM-03, did not go exactly to plan. The launch from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Northern Russia, occurred at 1900 GMT on...
Taikonauts make spacewalk from Chinese Space Station…after it dodges Starlink near misses
An EVA (Extra Vehicular Activity) spacewalk by two of the crew of Shenzhou 13 – the fourth made from the Chinese Space Station “Tiangong” – began at 1044 GMT on 26 December 2021 with the hatch of the main Tianhe module being opened. Two “taikonauts” (Chinese...
Long March 4C launches Ziyuan 1-2E imaging satellite plus a student one
China successfully launched a Long March 4C (CZ-2D) vehicle from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre, China, at 0311 GMT on 26 December 2021. The launch vehicle was carrying the Ziyuan 1-2E imaging satellite and the Xixwan_3 (CAS-9) technology demonstrator and amateur...
To the relief of many, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is launched successfully by Ariane 5
European launch provider Arianespace successfully launched an Ariane 5 ECA vehicle from Kourou Space Centre, French Guiana, at 1220 GMT on 25 December carrying the 6.2 metric ton James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The JWST was starting its 29-day transfer to the L2...
Long March 7A launches “HOTS” mission carrying experimental Shiyan 12-01 and 12-02 satellites for China
A Long March 7A (CZ-7A) rocket launched a pair of Shiyan 12 satellies, Shiyan 12-01 and Shiyan 12-02 on a mission dubbed HOTS (High Orbit Test Satellite) into a geosynchronous transfer orbit. The launch occurred from the Wenchang satellite launch centre, Hainan Island...
Inmarsat 6-F1 is launched by H-IIA rocket
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) of Japan successfully launched an H-IIA rocket (H-2A204 Upgrade (SRB-A3) variant) launch vehicle from the Tanegashima Space Centre, Japan, at 1532 GMT on 22 December. The vehicle was carrying the Inmarsat 6-F1 communications satellite...
SSTL of Guildford, Surrey, gets order from Satellite Vu
The Guildford UK-based satellite construction firm SSTL (Surrey Satellite Technology Limited), which is part of Airbus Space and Defence, has won a contract from UK-based Satellite Vu for the first satellite in its seven satellite constellation of infra red heat...
Virgin Orbit becomes launch partner for Horizon Technologies’ AMBER signals intelligence constellation
Virgin Orbit has become the "preferred" launch provider of Horizon Technologies (“Horizon”), the UK-based provider of satellite based Maritime Domain Awareness (“MDA”) through its planned AMBER signals intelligence cubesat constellation offering services to the UK's...
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