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...
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA at 0338 GMT on 16 September 2023 (launch pad SLC-40). The launch vehicle was carrying Starlink Group 6-16, a total of 22 v2 Mini Starlink satellites as part of the second...
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...
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket from the SLC-4E pad at Vandenberg, California, USA at 0657 GMT on 12 September 2023. The vehicle was carrying Starlink Group 7-2, a total of 21 v2 Mini communications satellites for the Starlink...
Satellite operator Thaicom Plc has ordered a fully reconfigurable high throughput communications satellite – as yet unnamed – from Airbus Defence and Space. It will use the software-defined OneSat platform/bus design from Airbus. The communications...
