SSI News
SpaceX conducts a Starlink launch after two month hiatus
SpaceX conducted its latest mission in service of its Starlink constellation on 13 November. The launch which carried 53 satellites lifted-off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 1219 GMT. The Falcon 9 rocket released the payloads into a LEO deployment orbit. From here...
Arianespace Vega rocket launches French SIGINT satellite triplet
The third Vega mission of 2021 launched a triplet of French military "Earth observation" satellites on 16 November. The launch managed by European launch provider Arianespace lifted-off from Kourou, French Guiana, at 0927 GMT. The three satellites are known as CERES...
NASA gives Intuitive Machines contract to carry rovers and scientific payloads to lunar surface
NASA has awarded the Houson, Texas-based firm Intuitive Machines a US$77 million contract to deliver scientific and rover payloads to the Moon as part of its IM-3 Nova-C lander mission to the Moon in 2024. The delivery is part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload...
SES picks Thales to build two new GEO sats to ensure continuation of service at 19.2 East
SES has ordered two Ku-band GEO satellites from fellow European company Thales Alenia Space (TAS). The new spacecraft are to be called ASTRA 1P and ASTRA 1Q. They are planned to occupy the company’s prime 19.2 degrees East orbital slot over Europe, according to the...
Rocket Lab Electron launch puts two BlackSky satellites into orbit as parachuted first stage floats to a splashdown
The Rocket Lab Electron KS (R) rocket successfully put two BlackSky Gen 2 multispectral imaging satellites into orbit at 0138 GMT on 18 November 2021 as part of the BlackSky Global constellation. The launch took place from the Mahia Peninsula in the North Island of...
Optus selects Arianespace to launch Optus 11 satellite on Ariane 6 in 2023
Australian GEO satellite operator Optus (Singtel Optus) has selected Arianespace to launch its next satellite in 2023. The spacecraft known as Optus 11 is planned as a HTS replacement for the older Optus D1 satellite which is already 15 years old. Arianespace is...
Japan launches rare Epsilon rocket carrying multiple small satellites
A Japanese enhanced Epsilon rocket launched a multi-satellite mission on 9 November at 0055 GMT. The launch took place from the Uchinoura Space Center, Southern Japan, and carried nine small satellites in a JAXA-sponsored mission. The satellites were carried to a...
ISS alarm caused by debris cloud created by Russia via anti-satellite missile strike on dead Cosmos 1408 satellite (Updated)
Russia has conducted its fourth ground-based anti-satellite (ASAT) missile test and, in doing so, it threatened the safety of the International Space Station (ISS). A Russian A-235/PL-19 Nudol missile was launched on 15 November from Plesetsk in Northern Russia....
Hawkeye 360 closes Series D financing raising US$145 million
Hawkeye 360 an American newspace company developing a satellite-based Radio frequency geo-intelligence product, completed a Series D round of financing on 8 November. This new funding is reportedly valued at US$145 million, and takes the total raised by the company to...
Crew Dragon – NASA Crew 2 undocks from the ISS and returns to Earth…then Crew Dragon – NASA Crew 3 is launched by Falcon 9 on way to space station
On 8 November 2021 at 1905 GMT, Crew Dragon - NASA Crew 2 Endeavour autonomously undocked from the IDA-3 /PMA-3 port of the International Space Station (ISS) with NASA Crew 2 astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet and Japan...
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