Tag: Satellites

China and Egypt have successfully launched a satellite that was jointly developed and assembled by the two countries, marking a new milestone in their space cooperation. The satellite, named MisrSat-2, was sent into orbit on Monday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, using the Long March-2C carrier rocket. It is the first 

​The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) wants companies to submit proposals by Jan. 19 for a four-to-eight satellite constellation to detect/track hypersonic and other advanced missiles of potential 

​Outer space is infinite, but the parts of space most important to life on Earth are becoming increasingly congested. Satellites vital for infrastructure, economy, and security are filling up the thousands of miles above the Earth’s surface. With this crowding comes an increase in close approaches between satellites, placing communications, navigation, weather monitoring, missile warning, and other satellites at risk.  There are many reasons to fear close approaches — also known as conjunctions — in space, even if they are accidental. From a safety perspective, accidental satellite collisions could produce thousands of pieces of long-lived debris, as happened when an
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BEIJING: China’s Zhuque-2 has become the World’s first methane propelled rocket to successfully fly into orbit. This was Landscape’s second attempt after a launch failed in December. This landmark achievement signifies a paradigm shift in the race towards cleaner, safe and reusable space travel technology. Zhuque-2 achieved the expected trajectory and completed its flight according to plan. 

​Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 07, 2023

Exolaunch USA, a significant player in launch mission management and deployment services for small satellites, has recently inked a contract with Capella Space, an American leader in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) technology. This contract centers around the deployment of Capella Space’s Acadia-5 satellite, which is set for a sun-synchronous orbit launch as part of SpaceX’s Transporter-11 missio 

​San Jose CA (SPX) Dec 08, 2023

Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) has announced a partnership with CalgaryToSpace (CTS), a student team from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, dedicated to building and operating a satellite in orbit. The collaboration involves Momentus providing transportation and orbital delivery services for CTS in 2025.

CTS has been working diligently towards the development and launch of their satellite, known as 

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set for another adventurous X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) mission later this month following the success of Chandrayaan-3 mission and successful launch of India’s first solar observation mission Aditya L1 this year.ISRO will also take up a series of space exploration missions next year and is set to take India’s understanding about outer space 

​Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2023

Denver-based aerospace company York Space Systems (York) has reported establishing communication with its BANE spacecraft shortly after launch. The satellite, carried aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, was launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base on December 1. York confirmed that it made successful first contact with the spacecraft on its first attempt, within just three hours following its depl