RUSSIA – Russia’s Starlink rival Rassvet, by a private aerospace company Bureau 1440, launched its first batch of 16 low-orbit satellites on Monday. The spacecraft successfully placed satellites into a reference orbit and will continue to their target orbit after completing checkout and launching their onboard systems, the Bureau 1440 said in a statement published […]
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Russia Launches Military Satellites
RUSSIA – Russia on Thursday successfully launched military satellites using Soyuz 2.1b carrier rocket, according to the Defense Ministry. “On Feb. 5 at 21:59, a combat team of the Space Forces successfully carried out a launch of the medium-class Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket from the State Test Cosmodrome of the Russian Ministry of Defense (the Plesetsk […]
China Launches Shiyan-21 Communications Satellite
CHINA – China has launched Shiyan-21 communications technology satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest Sichuan Province. The Shiyan-21 satellite lifted off at 6.55 pm Friday (1055GMT) aboard a Long March-3B carrier rocket and successfully entered its designated orbit, according to local reports. The satellite is intended for use in satellite communications, radio […]
China Launches New Satellites
CHINA – China launches new satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi Province, northern China, the 580th launch of the Long March series of carrier rockets. The Launch included a batch of low Earth orbit satellites which took place at 4:45 am (2045GMT Thursday) aboard a modified Long March-6 carrier rocket.