China’s Long March 2C launches China-France CFOSat, Belarus’ BSUSat-1, 6 Chinese smallsats
Today, at 8:43 a.m. Beijing time (GMT+8), China’s Long March 2C rocket launched the China France Oceanography Satellite (CFOSat) from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre. Piggybacking on the satellite were Belarus’ first...
China launches Sino-Italian satellite Zhangheng-1, two ESA CubeSats & 4 others
On 2 February 2018 at 3:15pm Beijing time (GMT+8), China launched Zhangheng-1, also known as China Seismo Electromagnetic Satellite (CSES) along with six other satellites. These included 2 CubeSats from the...
China completes Mars lander collision avoidance test
China has announced the completion of its Mars lander collision avoidance test, and this is also the first time China has made public the progress of its Mars mission spacecraft. ...
The ALE-2 “shooting star” satellite to launch on Rocket Lab’s Electron
Tokyo-based NewSpace company ALE will be launching its
second satellite, ALE-2, with Rocket Lab’s Electron on 25 November. ALE-2 will attempt
to realize the company’s aim of producing man-made shooting stars, with the
hope...
Bangabandhu-1 successfully launched via SpaceX’s Falcon 9
On Friday, May 11th at 4:14 p.m. EDT, SpaceX successfully launched Bangabandhu Satellite-1 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, according to SpaceX's press release. Following stage...
Gilmour Space to conduct first suborbital launch in Q3 2018
Gilmour Space Technologies, a rocket company based in Australia/Singapore, has just announced it is on track for its first suborbital test launch scheduled for the third quarter of this year.
This is...
Japan Unveils Second Michibiki Satellite to be Launched Late 2017
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), has unveiled its second Michibiki satellite, which will be launched along with two other satellites from the Michibiki family later this year.
The Michibiki satellites, also known...
Interview: Founder of OrbitX on sustainable launches, the Philippines’ space industry
Last week, the Philippines' first rocket company Orbital Exploration Technologies announced its plans to develop a suborbital two-stage rocket, OrbitX Haribon SLS-1, powered by a propellant of renewable kerosene derived from...
Rocket Lab successfully conducts first commercial launch of Electron rocket
Today, at 16:50 New Zealand time (GMT+13), US/New Zealand rocket company Rocket Lab successfully conducted the first commercial launch of its Electron orbital rocket, and has confirmed that all payloads have...
China Launches Shijian-13, Continuing Trend of Launch Successes
China National Space Administration’s communications satellite, Shijian-13, was successfully launched aboard a Long March 3B (Chang Zheng 3B) rocket at 7.03 p.m local time.
It appears the launch was a public one,...
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