China launches 2 more BeiDou-3 satellites
On 12 February 2018, at 1.03 p.m. Beijing time (GMT +8), China launched a pair of BeiDou-3 satellites that will add to China’s BeiDou-3 navigation constellation. These will be China’s 28th...
Japanese company Interstellar launches sounding rocket Momo, aborts operation mid-flight
On 30 July 2017, at 16:31 JST (Japan Standard Time), Japan’s first private launch services company Interstellar Technologies attempted to launch its first liquid-fuel sounding rocket, Momo, from its site at...
The way forward for ISRO’s launch vehicles
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched their heaviest launch vehicle to date, GSLV MK III, in June last year and are in preparation for launching the second and last of the...
China-ESA SMILE spacecraft to launch on Vega-C in 2021
Between October 10-12, scientists from China’s space programme and the European Space Agency (ESA) conducted a review of China-ESA joint mission SMILE. During the review, they confirmed that the SMILE spacecraft...
China successfully launches APSTAR-6C satellite on the Long March 3B
APSTAR-6C satellite was launched successfully at 00:06 on May the 4th, 2018 via the Long March 3B launch vehicle from Xichang Satellite Launch Center at Sichuan province of China, according to...
Black Sky Aerospace conducts Australia’s first commercial rocket launch
Earlier today, Queensland-based Black Sky Aerospace (BSA) conducted Australia’s first ever launch carrying commercial payloads, from the nation’s only suborbital launch site in Goondiwindi, Queensland.
Today’s was a suborbital launch, with BSA’s...
JAXA & ESA to study feasibility of lunar demonstration mission ‘Heracles’
On 3 March 2018, at the International Space Exploration Forum (ISEF) held in Tokyo, Japan’s space agency JAXA and the European Space Agency (ESA) announced a joint statement which included a...
Spaceflight to launch 11 small satellites on India’s PSLV in December/January
Seattle-based satellite rideshare and mission management provider Spaceflight has announced that it will launch 11 small satellites on India's next launch.
The launch will see the PSLV C40 carry the Cartosat-2ER Earth...
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...
Arianespace to launch Malaysia’s MEASAT-3d in 2021
Malaysian telecommunications company MEASAT will launch its latest satellite, MEASAT-3d, aboard Arianespace's heavy lift launcher, Ariane 5. The Airbus-built satellite will be launched in 2021 from Arianespace's launch site at Kourou,...