Satellite News

On 11 December, the James Webb Space Telescope was placed on top of the Ariane 5 rocket that will launch it to space from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 22 December.

Rocket: Proton M/Briz M; Payload: Ekspress AMU3, Ekspress AMU7; Date: 13 December 2021, 1207 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Russian Proton-M rocket lifted off with two Ekspress telecoms satellites from the Baikonur spaceport as normal and its Briz-M booster activated its thrusters successfully.

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Rocket: Electron; Payload: two BlackSky satellites; Date: 9 December 2021, 0002 UTC; Launch site: Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. Electron successfully delivered the two BlackSky Gen-2 Earth-imaging satellites to a circular 430 km orbit.

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The first elements of ESA’s new-generation Vega-C launch vehicle have reached Europe’s Spaceport (aka Centre Spatial Guyanais; CSG) in French Guiana.

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Rocket: Chang Zheng 4B; Payload: two Shijian-6 05 satellites; Date: 10 December 2021, 0011 UTC; Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China. State media said the satellites will be used for space exploration and new technology tests.

Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload; IXPE; Date: 8 December 2021, 2000 UTC; Launch site: Kennedy Space Center, USA. The rocket performed as expected, with spacecraft separation taking place 33 minutes into flight.

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Virgin Orbit has announced alongside space-based data and analytics provider Spire Global that they have received waiver approval from the U.S. Federal Aviation Authority to include Spire on Virgin Orbit’s upcoming launch.

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Orbex announced it has started construction of its first launch platform, the first orbital space launchpad to be built in the UK for more than half a century.

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