When 36 OneWeb satellites launch on March 25 RUAG Space has critical mission products onboard like the satellite dispenser that was customized for the mega satellite constellation… On March 25 OneWeb will launch another 36 broadband satellites aboard a Soyuz launch vehicle from the Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russia. OneWeb is building a communications network with a constellation of low-Earth-orbit satellites that will deliver affordable internet access around the world. As […]
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UPDATE: Astroscale’s ELSA-d Launch Is Rescheduled
Astroscale has informed all that GK Launch Services has postponed the launch of the firm’s ELSA-d has been rescheduled to Monday, March 22, at 06:07 UTC. The company’s launch livestream will be hosted by the company’s Founder and CEO, Nobu Okada, from Tokyo and will include live coverage of the Baikonur Cosmodrome liftoff. Coverage will […]
Arianespace To Send 36 OneWeb Satellites To Orbit Via Soyuz
The next Arianespace mission is planned from Vostochny Cosmodrome with Soyuz on March 25, 2021, to deliver 36 satellites into orbit. By operating this fifth flight on behalf of OneWeb, Arianespace will bring the total fleet to 146 satellites in LEO. Flight ST30, the second commercial mission performed by Arianespace and its Starsem affiliate from […]
From Baikonur, 38 SmallSats Preparing For Push To Orbit By GK Launch Services
On March 20, at 9:07 a.m., Moscow Time, a launch of the Soyuz-2 launch vehicle with the Fregat upper stage by GK Launch Services is scheduled from the Baikonur Cosmodrome that will deliver 38 spacecraft from 18 countries into three Sun Synchronous Orbits (SSO). CAS500-1 smallsat of the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), a government-funded […]
China Lifts Fourth Group Of Yaogan-31 Sats To Orbit
On Friday, March 12, the fourth group of China’s Yaogan-31 remote sensing satellites were sent into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 10:19 a.m. (Beijing Time) Saturday. The satellites were carried by a Long March-4C rocket and have entered their planned orbits. These satellites will be used for electromagnetic environment […]
China’s Long March 7A Sends Shiyan-9 To Orbit
On Friday, March 12, 2021, China successfully launched their Long March 7A rocket from Hainan — exactly one year after a failed first attempt with this launch vehicle. The Long March 7A lifted off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch site and carried the Shiyan-9 satellite. The Long March 7A is a three-stage rocket with four […]
SpaceX Continues Their Historic Starlink Launches
On Sunday, March 14, at 6:01 a.m. EDT, SpaceX launched 60 Starlink satellites from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This was the ninth launch and landing of this Falcon 9 first stage booster, which previously supported launch of Crew Dragon Demo-1, RADARSAT Constellation, SXM-7, and five Starlink missions. A video […]
UPDATE: SpaceX Starlink March Mission Success
On Thursday, March 11 at 3:13 a.m., EST, SpaceX launched 60 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This was the sixth launch and landing of this Falcon 9 booster, which previously supported launch of NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the International Space […]
USSF Awards Four Task Orders For FY21 Phase 2 Launch Missions
The Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), in partnership with the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), awarded four National Security Space missions to Space Exploration Technologies, Inc. (SpaceX) and United Launch Alliance (ULA) under the Phase 2 Launch Service Procurement contracts on March 9, 2021. SMC’s Launch Enterprise awarded USSF-36 and NROL-69 to SpaceX (both using […]
Kleos Space’s 3rd Satellite Cluster Launch Set For December
Kleos Space S.A. (ASX:KSS, Frankfurt:KS1, Kleos or Company) has signed a new contract with rideshare provider Spaceflight Inc. to launch the company’s third satellite cluster, (KSF2), in December of 2021 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to further grow the firm’s constellation. The four KSF2 Polar Patrol Mission satellites will launch into a 500- to […]