Satellite News

University of Brasilia (UnB), a federal public university in Brazil, has awarded a contract to Exolaunch to launch its AlfaCrux satellite aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-4 mission.

Rocket: Chang Zheng 6A; Payload: Tiankun-2, Pujiang-1; Date: 29 March 2022, 0950 UTC; Launch site: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China. The satellites were deployed into 588 km × 604 km × 97.79 Sun-synchronous orbit.

Tailwind Two Acquisition Corp. announced the completion of its business combination with Terran Orbital Corporation, a small satellite manufacturer primarily serving the United States aerospace and defence industry.

Safran Electrical & Power and Airbus Defence and Space have just signed an agreement to provide electrical cabling for the next-generation OneSat satellite.

The GSLV-F10/EOS-03 Mission lifted-off normally from Sriharikota on 12 August 2021 at 0013 UTC after a smooth countdown of 26 hours. In the flight, the performance of the first stage (GS1), the strap-on stages (L40) and the second stage (GS2) were satisfactory and in accordance with the pre-flight predictions. However, the onboard computer aborted the mission at 307 seconds into the flight leading to mission failure.

Momentus Inc., a U.S. commercial space company that plans to offer transportation and other in-space infrastructure services, recently completed Thermal Vacuum Testing (TVAC) on its Vigoride vehicle in preparation for its inaugural mission.

Russia’s space director said that Europe had wrecked co-operation by imposing sanctions against his agency, and rockets that were meant to launch European satellites would now be used for Russian companies or countries friendly to Moscow.

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has announced the launch window for its next Electron mission, a dedicated mission for BlackSky through global launch services provider Spaceflight Inc., begins 1 April 2022 UTC.