An Israeli Arrow anti-ballistic missile interceptor made the first ever direct interception of a live ballistic missile in space (above the Karman line 100 km altitude limit). The tracked ballistic missile, apparently aimed at Israel, was allegedly fired by Houthi...
At 1454 GMT on 3 November a Long March 7A (CZ-7A) rocket successfully carried the TJS-10 satellite into GTO from where it will propel itself in to GEO. The mission lifted-off from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, Hainan Island, southern China. The TJS or TJSW...
Virgin Galactic has completed its sixth sub-orbital, space tourism, flight of the year on 2 November. This mission started at 1502 GMT when the VMS Eve carrier aircraft lifted-off from the Spaceport America, New Mexico. At 1545 GMT VSS Unity was released from Eve to...
At 2250 GMT on 31 October a Long March 6A (CZ-6A) rocket successfully carried Tianhui 5 into a near 610km, sun-synchronous orbit. This mission took place from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, northern China. The TIANHUI series of satellites are traditionally...
The US Space Development Agency (SDA) has signed contracts with both York Space Systems and Northrop Grumman for the development of satellites for its mesh network known as Transport Layer Tranche 2 Alpha. Colorado based York Space Systems was awarded a US$615 million...
Shenzhou 16 with crew, Commander Jing Haipeng, Gui Haichao and Zhu Yangzhu aboard, successfully undocked from the Tianhe nadir port of the Chinese Space Station at 1237 GMT on 30 October. The spacecraft completed a final fly-around the Chinese Space Station that had...
