Rocket Lab made a the first suborbital launch of its Electron rocket for a paying from Wallops Island, Virginia, USA at 0125 GMT on 18 June 2023. The mission was flown in relative secrecy but it is known to be carrying a payload codenamed DYNAMO-A on a flight called...
The US Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has allocated twelve FY23 National Security Space (NSS) launch bookings under the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 Launch Service Procurement contract to SpaceX and to the United Launch Alliance. Six...
North Korea attempted to orbit a military reconnaissance satellite Malligyeong-1 using its new Chollima-1 rocket from a pad at the Sohae launch site at 0629 GMT on 30 May 2023. While the first stage operated successfully and was separated during normal flight the...
After spending 276 days in orbit, China’s unmanned mini-shuttle/spaceplane, dubbed the CSSHQ 1, landed on 8 May following its second flight in orbit. No TV coverage of the landing was released, or even its landing time, but the China Aerospace Science and Technology...
Northrop Grumman is developing a geostationary communications satellite in a bid for a military contract worth US$2.4 billion. The aerospace and defence giant will have to compete with Boeing to develop Protected Tactical Satcom (PTS) prototype satellites. Both...
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket from Vandenberg, California, USA at 1529 GMT on 2 April 2023 on a mission for the Space Development Agency. The SDA-0A dubbed launch was carrying a pair of “Tracking Layer” spacecraft, SV1 and...
