The Chinese successfully launched a Long March 2D/2 (CZ-2D/2) from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre, Inner Mongolia, China at 0054 GMT on 15 October 2023. The launch vehicle was carrying Yunhai-1 04, a Chinese meteorological satellite. Yunhai (meaning Cloud-Sea) is a...
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA at 2301 GMT on 13 October 2023. The vehicle was carrying Starlink Group 6-22, a total of 22 (V2-mini) satellites for the second-generation Starlink constellation. The reusable...
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon Heavy from Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida, USA at 1419 GMT on 13 October 2023. The vehicle was carrying Psyche. Psyche is a spacecraft that will be specifically study the metallic asteroid of the same name: 16 Psyche. The...
While the formal order has yet to be signed, Mongolia’s Ministry of Digital Development has reported Thales Alenia Space to supply Chingis, a Ku-band communcations satellite for geostationary operation over 113.6 degrees East. The satellite will use a version of...
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket from Vandenberg, California, USA at 0743 GMT on 9 October 2023. The vehicle was carrying Starlink Group 7-4, group of 21 v2 Mini bus spacecraft for the second-generation constellation of Starlink satellites....
Delayed by a few days because of a technical issue, the Vega 1 rocket was finally, and successfully, launched on flight VV23 at 0136 GMT on 9 October from Centre Spatial Guyanais in Kourou, French Guiana. Aboard was the 450 kg Airbus DS-built THEOS-2, an Earth...
