Southern Launch to build an orbital launch site in South Australia
Southern Launch, a company based in Adelaide, South Australia, announced today that it will build an orbital launch facility at Whalers Way on the Southern tip of the Eyre Peninsula.
The Whalers...
April to May 2017 – Important Launches from India and China
Every month’s an exciting month for launches, but April and May 2017 are looking to be particularly action-packed for India and China.
In April, China is slated to launch its...
Axelspace’s first sat for Earth Observation constellation successfully orbited
On December 27th 2018 at 11:07 JST (02:07 UTC), the microsatellite GRUS, developed by Japanese startup Axelspace Corporation, was successfully orbited. The launch took place from Russia's Vostochny Cosmodrome using the...
Japan successfully launches Michibiki 3 satellite for navigation constellation
After delays on August 11 and 12, after which the launch was scrubbed and postponed, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) finally launched its Michibiki 3 satellite on August 19, at...
Cubesats from Malaysia, Bhutan & the Philippines on SpaceX’s Dragon launch
Today, at 5.42 a.m. UTC, SpaceX launched its 15th Cargo Resupply Mission (CRS) to the International Space Station (ISS), with the Falcon 9 lofting the Dragon cargo spacecraft into orbit.
Along with...
China launches lunar orbiter, commencing Chang’e 4 moon mission
At 5:28 a.m. on 21 May 2018, China launched its lunar relay satellite known as Queqiao, along with 2 other microsatellites. The three satellites will orbit the moon, marking the commencement...
JAXA Launches Mitsubishi’s H-2A Carrying Japanese Military Satellite
At approximately 9.20 a.m. today, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched its Mitsubishi H-2A rocket from the Tanegashima launchpad, carrying a Japanese military satellite, IGS Radar-5 into orbit.
The launch, which...
Japan launches reconnaissance satellite IGS-Radar 6
Yesterday at 13:20 JST (GMT+9), Japan’s space agency JAXA successfully launched IGS-Radar 6, a reconnaissance satellite that will add to its Information Gathering Satellite (IGS) series.
The launch took place at Tanegashima...
Bangladesh’s Bangabandhu-1 launch postponed to March 2018
Bangladesh’s first telecommunications satellite Bangabandhu-1, will likely be launched in March 2018 by SpaceX’s Falcon 9, from Cape Canaveral. This is 3 months later than planned, the original launch date being...
Chinese government launch site conducts first 2 commercial launches
This week, two Chinese NewSpace startups conducted suborbital launches at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, one of the launch sites owned by China’s space agency, the China National Space Administration (CNSA). These...
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