Satellite News

Rocket: Kuaizhou-1A; Payload: Shiyan-11; Date: 24 November 2021, 2341 UTC; Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China. The classified government satellite was deployed into a 489 km x 502 km x 97.45 degrees Sun-synchronous orbit.

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Rocket: Soyuz-2.1b; Payload: Tundra 15L; Date: 25 November 2021, 0109 UTC; Launch site: Plesetsk, Russia. The Tundra 15L early warning satellite reached the desired orbit, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The satellite was tracked in a 1,639 km x 38,522 km x 63.79 degrees orbit after separation from the rocket.

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NASA continues bringing the Hubble Space Telescope back to normal science operations, most recently recovering the Wide Field Camera 3 instrument on 21 November.

OneWeb reported that one of their satellites launched early last year suffered a software failure.

ESA has awarded Isar Aerospace Technologies in Bavaria a Boost! co-funding contract worth €11 million for launch lach opportunities on the company’s Spectrum launch vehicle.

Space Systems Command’s Space Test Program (STP)-3 integrated payload stack, which contains the STP Satellite (STPSat)-6 and the Long Duration Propulsive Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA), or LDPE-1 space vehicles, has been encapsulated and mated with United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V 551 launch vehicle on 22 November at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, USA.

The launch readiness date for the James Webb Space Telescope is moving to no earlier than 22 December to allow for additional testing of the observatory, following a recent incident that occurred during Webb’s launch preparations.

Rocket: Chang Zheng 4C; Payload: Gaofen-3 02; Date: 22 November 2021, 2345 UTC; Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China. The Earth observation satellite was deployed into a 737 km x 746 km x 98.41 degrees Sun-synchronous orbit.