China has carried out 55 international commercial launches to date
The China National Space Administration (CNSA) recently announced that it has completed 55 commercial launches for international customers to date, under its commercial arm the China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC).
This...
KARI contracts MDA for lunar mission communication subsystems
South Korea's space agency, the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), has awarded a contract worth over US$5.74 million (CA$7 million) to Canadian company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA).
Under the contract, MDA...
JAXA announces new asteroid flyby mission to Phaethon
Today, Japan's space agency the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced the details of a new mission to study interplanetary dust, scheduled to launch in 2022 via JAXA's Epsilon rocket.
Known as...
Astroscale ready to ship 1st microsatellite, signs agreement with JAXA for 2nd mission
After raising a total of US$53 million over the past 3 years, Singapore/Japan startup Astroscale has announced that its first microsatellite, IDEA OSG 1, is ready to be shipped for launch....
China says 2020 Mars mission progressing smoothly
China’s space agency, the China National Space Administration (CNSA), has confirmed its 2020 Mars mission consisting of an orbiter, lander and rover, saying that the project is progressing smoothly.
Speaking at...
Thailand’s mu Space Corp picks Blue Origin as launch partner
Yet another agreement involving a NewSpace startup has been signed at this year’s International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Adelaide, following announcements by Fleet, Saber Astronautics, and satsearch.co.
mu Space Corp, a startup...
Indonesia successfully launches two sounding rockets
Indonesia’s space agency LAPAN has successfully conducted two test flights of two of its sounding rockets, the RX 450 and RX 1220. The launches took place last week at the Space...
Arianespace announces contract with SSL to launch BSAT-4b for Japanese operator
As the annual Japan Week event opened, Arianespace announced a new contract with SSL (a Maxar Technologies company) for an Ariane 5 mission in 2020 to orbit the BSAT-4b satellite for...
China launches more BeiDou-3 satellites with search and rescue capabilities
At 10:07 p.m. Beijing time (UTC+8) on September 19, China launched another pair of BeiDou-3 navigation satellites using the Long March-3B rocket, from Xichang Satellite Launch Centre – the standard launch...
Rocket Lab partners with KSAT for ground station support, to deliver complete smallsat solution
US/New Zealand launch provider Rocket Lab has partnered with Norway-based Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT), who will be the sole provider of ground station services for Rocket Lab's Electron launch vehicle and...
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