The effects of Russia’s war with Ukraine are being felt in unexpected places. Elon Musk, CEO and Founder of SpaceX, has taken a hand in the progress of the war – and been strongly criticised for doing so. Meanwhile, Russia is running out of munitions and is allegedly...
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket (Atlas V 551 (RL10C-1-1)/GEM-63) was launched at 1247 GMT on 10 September 2022 on flight number AV 551 from Cape Canaveral SLC-41. The mission is a – flight number AV-102, carrying the secret NRO L-107 mission for...
Launching at 1814 GMT on 6 September a Chinese Long March 4C (CZ-4C) rocket has carried the Yaogan 33-03 satellite into a 700 km LEO. The mission lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, northwest China. Chinese state media describes the Yaogan 33...
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket from Vandenberg launch site in California, USA at 1425 GMT on 2 September 2023. The vehicle was carrying eleven Tranche 0 Transport Layer 0 relay (A and B class) satellites and two Tranche 0 Tracking Layer...
At 0736 GMT on 31 August a Chinese Long March 2D (CZ-2D) rocket carried a triplet of satellites into LEO. The mission lifted-off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China. The three payloads on this mission were identified as a new Yaogan-series, Yaogan-39....
North Korea attempted to launch what was described in state media as a Malligyong-1 reconnaissance satellite on 23 August at around 1850 GMT. The mission was apparently a do-over of an unsuccessful launch in May but turned out to be an unfortunate moment of déjà vu...
