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Galactic Energy, a rocket startup in China, launched five satellites into orbit on Monday, January 9, improving the private company’s ambition to become the Chinese rival to SpaceX.
Read More »Galactic Energy Launches Five Satellites into Space
Space Report 2022 Q2: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity Executive Summary published
The Space Report 2022 Q2 edition has been published providing insight into the expanding global space economy, reaching a record US $469 billion, with a growth rate that is the fastest in seven years. The edition examines 46 nations’ actualized government space spending as well as commercial revenue from last year.
Read More »China Unveils Details Of Its Planned Tiangong Space Station
Chinese officials have unveiled details of, and launch timeline for, its Tiangong space station now that the Long March 5B launch vehicle has been successfully launched and China’s crewed capsule has been tested.
Read More »Emirates Mars Mission’s Hope Probe Due To Launch On 15 July
The Emirates Mars Mission, the first interplanetary exploration undertaken by an Arab nation, announced the scheduled launch of its Mars Hope Probe in a 495,000,000km journey to reach and orbit the Red Planet.
Read More »China’s Space Double Whammy: Successful Long March 5B Launches New Capsule For Human Spaceflight
China scored a space double whammy on 5 May 2020 when its successfully launched its heavy Long March 5B launch vehicle carrying a new capsule designed for crewed missions.
Read More »Emirates Mars Mission Highlights The Power Of Hope
The Emirates News Agency reports that the UAE's Emirates Mars Mission is getting excellent press coverage in the region.
Read More »UAE’s Hope Mars Probe Ships To Japan Early Amidst Coronavirus Lockdown
The UAE’s Hope probe, also known as the Emirates Mars Mission (EMM), is expected to ship to Japan ahead of schedule so that essential engineering personnel can be ready to prepare the spacecraft for its planned July 2020 launch, according to an official from the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC).
Read More »NASA Awards Launch Services Contract For The Psyche Mission To SpaceX
NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the agency’s Psyche mission. The Psyche mission currently is targeted to launch in July 2022 on a Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The total cost for NASA to launch Psyche and …
Read More »Russia’s Proton-M Rocket Ready To Deliver Nauka Research Lab To ISS
Russia’s Khrunichev Space Center has built a Proton-M carrier rocket to deliver the Nauka (Science) multi-functional laboratory module to the International Space Station (ISS), the head of the state space corporation Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said on 21 February 2020.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Op-Ed: ISRO And Satellites Launches – Why The Economic Survey Is Misleading
The Economic Survey -2020, which preceded the Budget 2020-21 released by Nirmala Sitharaman’ first full budget as finance minister rather bizarrely focused almost exclusively on the number of launches undertaken by major space faring states including India as a good indicator of the strength and the health of the space programme
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