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TransAstra, a provider of orbital logistics and space domain awareness solutions, and ReOrbit, a provider of software-defined small satellites for beyond LEO missions, announced that they have signed binding contracts for initial spacecraft development and orbital logistics services.

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Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: NROL-85; Date: 17 April 2022, 1013 UTC; Launch site: Vandenberg Space Force Base, USA. The launch targeted a 1,024 km ×-1,220 km × 63.54 degrees orbit.

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Rocket: Chang Zheng 4C; Payload: Daqi 1; Date: 15 April 2022, 1816 UTC; Launch site: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China. The satellite was deployed into a 686 km × 690 km × 98.13 degrees Sun-synchronous orbit.

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Rocket: Chang Zjeng 3B/E; Payload: Chinasat 6D (Zhongxing 6D); Date: 15 April 2022, 1205 UTC; Launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China.

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Avanti’s financial debt has been reduced from US$810 million to US$260 million. This significantly strengthens Avanti’s financial position, the company said.

Kleos Space S.A. confirmed the first two Patrol Mission satellites (KSF2-C and KSF2-D) have been successfully deployed from D-Orbit’s orbital transfer vehicle, ION Satellite Carrier, and contact has been established. The remaining two Patrol satellites (KSF2-A and KSF3-B) are expected to be deployed into a different orbit from the transfer vehicle in the coming weeks to establish the four satellites’ formation.

Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana is preparing for the arrival of Ariane 6, ESA’s new heavy-lift rocket. The latest round of testing aims to validate the system of fuel lines and mechanical supporting arms that will keep Ariane 6 topped up with liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen in the critical moments before lift-off. This work is part of the final preparations of the new Ariane 6 launch complex and all the systems necessary for a launch.

Russia will restore its moon program, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a ceremony of awarding of Russian cosmonauts at the Vostochny Cosmodrome, adding that he is talking about the launch of the Luna-25 (Luna-Glob)automatic spacecraft.