China successfully launched a Long March 4B (CZ-4B) rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 0308 GMT on 4 August. The mission carried three satellites, of which the primary one was the environmental monitoring unit, TECIS-1. TECIS-1 (Terrestrial Ecosystem...
The main stage of a Long March 5B (CZ-5B) rocket stage which was used to launch the Wentian module to the Chinese Space Station on 24 July, safely fell back to Earth on 30 July at circa 1645 GMT. The re-entry, while safely achieved, caused international controversy...
China launched a Long March 2D/2 (CZ-2D) rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 1328 GMT on 29 July. The rocket carried a trio of Yaogon-35 satellites to LEO. This is the third batch of units with this designation. They are reported to be used for “Scientific...
China conducted the maiden flight of a four stage solid-propellant rocket dubbed the Zhongke ZK-1A (Lijian-1) at 0412 GMT o 27 July 2022 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. It carried six satellites into LEO including the SATech 01 spacecraft. The rocket, which...
French satellite operator Eutelsat and UK government part-owned OneWeb have signed a merger deal that values the latter at US$3.4 billion. The acquisition by Eutelsat will see the creation of a new company to compete in the commercial space race with Elon Musk’s...
China’s experiment module I (Wentian) has successfully docked with the Chinese Space Station to become a permanent part of it. The module – the first lab module of the Chinese space station – was launched on a Long March 5B (CZ-5B) rocket from Wenchang Satellite...
