China launches new set of classified Yaogan-43 satellites Original Publication Date: 2024-09-03 09:53 China launches second group of classified Yaogan-43 satellites. Long March 4B rocket lifted off from inland Xichang Satellite Launch Center, southwest China. No details regarding the satellites ...

Orbex working towards 2025 first launch Original Publication Date: 2024-08-18 23:05 Orbex is developing a small launch vehicle for smallsats in constellations. Chief executive Phil Chambers said the company is shooting for a 2025 launch. He said Orbex still plans to focus on the small end of ...

EnduroSat gets order for Botswana’s debut satellite Original Publication Date: 2024-07-03 06:00 Botsat-1 would have a hyperspectral sensor to gather ground composition data. Botswana is the world’s top producer of diamonds by value. The sector accounts for just under a third of the country’s ...

China’s Landspace aims to build a stainless steel rocket Original Publication Date: 2023-11-22 23:08 Chinese launch startup Landspace has unveiled plans to develop a reusable stainless steel rocket. The Zhuque-3 (Vermillion Bird 3) will use stainless propellant tanks and clusters of Tianque ...

Original Publication Date: 2023-03-31 09:22 Top Chinese space official has called for the country to speed up its plans to develop lunar infrastructure. Yang Mengfei of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) Yang stressed that in terms of the industrial market, China ...

SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches first U.S. national security mission Original Publication Date: 2022-11-01 15:01 USSF-44 was SpaceX’s 50th launch of 2022. USSF-44 was a direct-to-geostationary orbit launch. It carried two Space Force satellites and small rideshare payloads. Both side boosters ...

NASA and SpaceX to study possible private Hubble servicing mission Original Publication Date: 2022-09-30 12:30 NASA, SpaceX to study concept to send Crew Dragon spacecraft to Hubble. Mission would raise Hubble’s orbit back to where it was when it was deployed. SpaceX has extensive experience ...

Congress asks for more transparency into New Shepard failure investigation Original Publication Date: 2022-09-16 09:17 Reps. Don Beyer (D-Va.) and Brian Babin (R-Texas) sought more details into the investigation. They wrote that their interest stems from the fact that New Shepard also carries ...