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Progress MS-18 resupply mission launched to the ISS
Russia successfully launched a Soyuz 2-1A from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, carrying the Progress MS-18 freighter at 0000:32 GMT on 28 October. Progress MS-18 is a resupply vessel going to the International Space Station (ISS) carrying 1490 kg of general...
SpaceX to launch Earth observation MBZ-SAT for UAE in 2023
The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), United Arab Emirates (UAE), has selected American launch provider SpaceX to launch its next Earth Observation satellite. The spacecraft known as MBZ-SAT is planned as a follow-on to the KhalifaSat unit as a second...
ESA confirms selection of SSTL for second Scout mission, HydroGNSS
ESA selected the HydroGNSS satellite from British company SSTL as its second Scout mission in March. However, its was not until 11 October that the two parties completed negotiations and signed a production contract. The freshly signed contract has an initial value of...
EO satellite launched for Chinese company on Kuaizhou-1A
Launching from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Northern China, a Kuiazhou-1A rocket has orbited the Jilin-1 Gaofen 02F, Earth Observation satellite. The mission took place at 0619 GMT on 27 October and saw the satellite placed into a LEO sun-synchronous orbit at...
Investment in newspace for ABL Space Systems, recently renamed Hedron, and ispace of Japan
Prospective American launch provider ABL Space Systems announced the closure of an extension to its previously successful Series B funding round (which closed in March) on 25 October. The original Series B funding round raised US$170 million for the company. This...
UAE announces Venus and asteroids space mission
Having achieved a major success with its Hope probe mission to orbit Mars, the United Arab Emirates is to launch another unmanned space probe, this one going to the planet Venus, and beyond to the asteroids between Mars and Jupiter. The plan is for the spacecraft to...
H-2A rocket successfully launches QZS 1R navigation signals satellite
Japan successfully launched a H-2A202 (SRB-A3) vehicle from the Tanegashima Launch Centre, Japan, carrying the Quazi Zenith Satellite 1R (QZS 1R), a navigational signals satellite built by Misibushi Electric Corp (MELCO) for the Japanese Cabinet Satellite Intelligence...
Kleos Space orders fourth CubeSat cluster and along with Varda Space secures spots on Falcon 9 rockets
Kleos Space has ordered its fourth cluster of four satellites, known as KLEOS OBSERVER MISSION, from ISISpace. As part of the order the four CubeSats will be manifested on a mid-2022 SpaceX rideshare mission by Spaceflight Inc. The Dutch CubeSat manufacturer has...
Space debris mitigation technology test satellite launched by China
China has launched a further technology test satellite in its SHI JIAN series. The mission lifted-off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China, at 0127 GMT on 24 October and utilised a Long March 3B/G2 (CZ-3B/G2) rocket. The satellite, known as Shi Jian 21...
Successful Ariane 5 launch of SES-17 and Syracuse 4A comsats acts as confidence booster for launch of NASA’s US$10 billion JWST
Having been delayed one day by a ground systems issue, and then a further one hour's wait to check out a pressurisation issue on its main stage, at 0210 GMT on 24 October, an Ariane 5 ECA+ successfully launched from Guiana Space Centre, Kourou, French Guiana. It was...
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