December 27th, 2021 by
The first launch of OneWeb communications satellites in 2022 is scheduled for February from the Guiana Space Center, according to Dmitry Loskutov, CEO of Glavkosmos.
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December 27th, 2021 by
Rocket: Chang Zheng 4C; Payload: ZY-1 02E [Ziyuan-1 02E]; Date: 26 December 2021, 0311 UTC; Launch site: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China. The satellite, developed by the China Academy of Space Technology, will operate in a Sun-synchronous orbit.
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December 24th, 2021 by
The Soyuz-2.1b rocket, scheduled to carry UK’s OneWeb communications satellites into orbit on 27 December at 1310 UTC, has been moved to the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, the Russian space agency said.
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December 24th, 2021 by
On 23 December, the James Webb Space Telescope, safely stowed inside the fairing of ESA’s Ariane 5 launch vehicle, left the final assembly building for roll-out to the launch pad at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
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December 24th, 2021 by
Rocket: Chang Zheng 7A; Payload: Shiyan-12 01 and Shiyan-12 02; Date: 23 December 2021, 1012 UTC; Launch site: Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site, China. The satellites were deployed into approx. 210 km x 35,765 km x 19.46° geostationary transfer orbits.
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December 21st, 2021 by
On 18 December 2019, Arianespace launched a Soyuz rocket carrying five satellites: Italy’s first second-generation COSMO-SkyMed radar observation satellite, CHEOPS, an ESA science mission to characterise exoplanets, and three smallsats, including ANGELS, the first nanosatellite built by French industry for an Internet of Things (IoT) mission. ANGELS recently celebrated its second anniversary in orbit and is fully operational, having already exceeded its initial design life.
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December 21st, 2021 by
Berlin-based aerospace company PTS has been awarded a development contract by ArianeGroup to supply one of the core elements of the further development of the Ariane space program: the electronics and operating system for the ASTRIS Kick Stage.
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December 21st, 2021 by
The test flight of an Angara A5 from Plesetsk cosmodrome has been postponed to 24 December from 23 December, two sources in the space rocket industry said according to Tass news agency.
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