Launching at 2003 GMT on 24 October a Chinese Long March 2D rocket has carried a triplet of the Yaogan-39 series into LEO. The mission originated from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China. These satellites make up the fourth Yaogan-39 triplet and are the second...
A Qased rocket launch at 0558 GMT on 27 September from the Qased Shahroud Test Centre, Iran, carried the Noor 3 (Nour 3) electronic intelligence satellite into a 456 x 442 km orbit at 60 degrees inclination. Stage separation, Payload Deployment etc…...
In a near repeat of a mission which took place earlier this month on 6 September 2023, China has launched another Yaogan 33 satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, northwest China. This mission lifted-off at 2015 GMT on 26 September also utilising the Long...
China successfully launched a Long March 2D/2 (CZ-2D/2) from Xichang Satellite Launch Centre, Sichuan Province, China at 0312 GMT on 17 August 2023. The vehicle carried a trio of Yaogan 39 Group 2 (Yaogan 39-02-A, B, C) Chinese reconnaissance satellites. The orbit...
The Firefly Alpha rocket took off from Vandenberg, California, at 0228 GMT on 15 September in an unexpected launch. The vehicle’s third flight was part of a programme to demonstrate a responsive space mission launch for the US Space Force. Firefly Aerospace released...
Launching at 0430 GMT on 10 September a Chinese Long March 6A (CZ-6A) rocket carried the Yaogan 40 mission into a 800 km polar orbit. This mission took place from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, northern China. Chinese state media refers to this mission in a...
