On 8 August 2023, Earth Observation (EO) imagery provider and satellite operator BlackSky contracted with Rocket Lab for five further Electron rocket launches. This deal continues a relationship between the two companies which has seen Blacksky satellites launch on...
Telesat’s Lightspeed constellation is fully financed after the Canadian company awarded MDA with a contract to build 198 satellites; in the process eschewing Thales Alenia Space and saving the satellite operator a cool US$2 billion. The new contract with MDA, a...
The month of August usually has a slew of small satellite orders thanks to the Small Satellite Conference in Logan, Utah. GHGSat shows confidence in Spire’s Space-as-a-Service offer by ordering a second cluster of CubeSats. Under the agreement, Spire will build,...
Two recent Chinese launches have been made from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. The first launch was a large Long March 3B/E (CZ-B/E) rocket which launched at 1726 GMT on 12 August 2023. It put the Ludi-Tance-4 (01) radar satellite into a Geosynchronous Transfer...
A Ceres-1 (Gushenxing-1) rocket built by private Chinese company Galactic Energy successfully launched from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China at 0404 GMT on 10 August. The mission reportedly carried seven satellites into LEO however, despite there being a...
A Soyuz 2-1b/Fregat M rocket sent Russia’s Luna 25 lander, also known as the Luna-Glob, into orbit from Vostochny cosmodrome in far eastern Russia, at 2310 GMT on 10 August. The lander and the Fregat M stage were placed into an initial parking orbit of 280 x 267 km at...
