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X-Bow Launch Systems Inc. (X-Bow) announced that it has exited stealth mode. X-Bow (pronounced “cross-bow”) brings to market its solid fuel rocket motors, along with a suite of small launch vehicles for both orbital and suborbital launch services.

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OneWeb announced that the company and SpaceX entered into an agreement that will enable OneWeb to resume satellite launches.

D-Orbit announced the upcoming launch of SPACELUST, the fifth mission using the company’s proprietary ION Satellite Carrier (ION).

E-Space announced it will launch its first demonstration satellites in the second quarter of 2022 to validate the systems and technology for its sustainable satellite system. Three demonstration satellites, designed and built in-house by E-Space, will launch aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula.

Rocket: Soyuz 2.1a; Payload: Soyuz MS-21; Date: 18 March 2022, 1555 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The manned capsule docked with the ISS about three hours after lift-off.

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Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: 53 Starlink satellites (Group 4-12); Date: 19 March 2022, 0442 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, USA.

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Rocket: Chang Zheng 4C; Payload: Yaogan-34 02; Date: 17 March 2022, 0809 UTC; Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China. The classified satellite was deployed into a 1,092 km × 1,096 km × 63.40 degrees orbit.

A Chinese high-thrust oxyhydrogen rocket engine has completed a 520-second test in preparation for the upcoming launches of space station lab modules, its maker said on Wednesday.