A North Korean Chollima-1 rocket has reportedly placed an optical reconnaissance satellite into LEO after being launched at 1342 GMT on 21 November. The mission lifted off from the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground, in the north-west of the Korean peninsula, and was...
An Israeli Arrow anti-ballistic missile interceptor made the first ever direct interception of a live ballistic missile in space (above the Karman line 100 km altitude limit). The tracked ballistic missile, apparently aimed at Israel, was allegedly fired by Houthi...
At 1454 GMT on 3 November a Long March 7A (CZ-7A) rocket successfully carried the TJS-10 satellite into GTO from where it will propel itself in to GEO. The mission lifted-off from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, Hainan Island, southern China. The TJS or TJSW...
At 2250 GMT on 31 October a Long March 6A (CZ-6A) rocket successfully carried Tianhui 5 into a near 610km, sun-synchronous orbit. This mission took place from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, northern China. The TIANHUI series of satellites are traditionally...
The US Space Development Agency (SDA) has signed contracts with both York Space Systems and Northrop Grumman for the development of satellites for its mesh network known as Transport Layer Tranche 2 Alpha. Colorado based York Space Systems was awarded a US$615 million...
A SOYUZ 2-1B successfully launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia carrying the LOTOS-S1 No 8, an ELINT (Electronic Intelligence) military satellite, part of the Liana programme, to LEO on 27 October at 0600 GMT (time to be confirmed). The extra-large spacecraft,...
