Satellite News

Independent visual observations seem to confirm that the recently launched Kwangmyongsong 3-2 is indeed tumbling in orbit.

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Thales Alenia Space, the manufacturer of the Yamal-402 satellite for Gazprom Space Systems, has carried out the fourth and the final manoeuvre to place the satellite into a planned geostationary orbit.

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China’s space probe Chang’e-2 has successfully conducted a manoeuvre in which it flew by the asteroid Toutatis, about seven million km away from the Earth.

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