On Friday, December 18, a Soyuz 2.1b rocket launched from the Vostochny Cosmodrome – Russia’s spaceport in the far east of the nation in Amur. Onboard the rocket was a payload of 36 OneWeb satellites, which is similar in concept to Elon Musk’s Starlink broadband service. When the Russian space […]
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Five payloads include classified remote sensing satellite and a first commercial SAR sat HELSINKI — China successfully carried out a first launch of the new Long March 8 medium-lift rocket late Monday, marking a small step towards Chinese rocket reusability. The 50.3-meter-long, 356-ton Long March 8 lifted off at 11:37 p.m. […]
A new satellite is orbiting the Earth that is capable of snapping high resolution images of nearly any place on our planet – and is powerful enough to penetrate the walls of buildings. Capella-2, designed by Capella Space, is strapped with cameras, sensors and uses Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) that […]
New Long March 8 expected to be vehicle for testing state-owned vertical landing and reuse plans. HELSINKI — China has rolled out a Long March 8 to the pad for the first launch of a rocket that will later be adapted for vertical landing and reuse. The Long March 8 […]
WASHINGTON — The Italian government has ordered two additional Cosmo-SkyMed radar imaging satellites from Thales Alenia Space and tapped Telespazio to upgrade the constellation’s ground segment under a contract announced Dec. 15. The Italian Defense Ministry and Italian Space Agency (ASI) are funding the project, which provides synthetic aperture radar […]
Suvarnabhumi Airport, Thaland: Smooth surfaces like runways appear dark to radar There is only one way to get persistent vision of the Earth’s surface, and that is with satellite radar. Take a look at these images – they’re the latest product from the San Francisco start-up Capella Space. The “spot” […]
Rocket 3.2 before launch at Kodiak spaceport in Alaska. Astra There’s a new name to take seriously in the commercial space launch game following the launch on Tuesday of Astra’s Rocket 3.2 from the Pacific Spaceport Complex on Alaska’s Kodiak Island. This was the second in a series of three […]
WASHINGTON — Small launch vehicle developer Astra Space fell just short of reaching orbit on its second launch attempt Dec. 15, but the company is “beyond ecstatic” with the performance of the rocket. Astra’s Rocket 3.2 vehicle lifted off from Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska at 3:55 p.m. Eastern. The […]