A South Korean satellite has made two-way communication with its ground station, officials said Wednesday, confirming the success of the country’s first-ever, self-powered, satellite deployment project. South Korea successfully launched […]
Launch Vehicle
Arianespace to launch MEASAT-3d + GSAT-24 satellites on June 22nd
Arianespace’s second launch of 2022 — the first Ariane 5 of the year — will place the MEASAT-3d and GSAT-24 satellites into geostationary transfer orbit (GEO), with the launch occurring […]
A SpaceX Falcon 9 frees Globalstar’s FM15 spare satellite successfully from Earth to orbit
On Sunday, June 19, at 12:27 a.m., ET, a SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the Globalstar FM15 satellite to LEO from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force […]
SpaceX Shoots SARah 1 Swiftly Spaceward
SpaceX continues to attract industry, media and the public’s attention as the second of three scheduled launches successfully occurred on June 18 at 7:19 a.m., PT, 14:19 UTC, for a […]
SpaceX lifts 53 Starlinks to LEO from Kennedy Space Center via Falcon 9
On Friday, June 17, 2022, SpaceX launched 53 Starlink satellites to LEO from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The instantaneous launch window was at 12:08 […]
SEAKR Engineering successfully demos optical communications on DARPA’s Mandrake 2 satellites
Originally scheduled for a January 2021 launch, a pre-launch incident damaged both Able and Baker satellites… SEAKR Engineering, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies, announced a successful demonstration of […]
SpaceX drives the Nilesat 301 satellite to orbit
On Wednesday, June 8th, the Nilesat 301 satellite was lifted to a geosynchronous transfer orbit (GEO) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida […]
Partnering for cloud-based space mission sim software are Isar Aerospace + EXOTRAIL
The launch service provider Isar Aerospace has signed in as the latest ExoOPS™ — Mission Design customer — Exotrail’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution is dedicated to space mission simulation and analysis. […]
GHGSat adds 3 more satellites to their methane emissions monitoring constellation with ADD optical sensors aboard
GHGSat launched three, new, ABB-built optical sensors into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station aboard the Transporter-5 mission late last month, doubling the […]
CORRECTION: Blue Origin launches their 5th human spaceflight mission
On Saturday, June 4th, Blue Origin successfully completed their fifth human spaceflight and the 21st flight for the New Shepard program. The astronaut crew included: Evan Dick, Katya Echazarreta, Hamish […]