Download this page in PDF format On Sunday, 3rd May, SpaceX launched its latest rideshare mission, from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on a Falcon 9 rocket that was carrying 45 satellites on board. As usual with these … Continue reading
Download this page in PDF format We couldn’t do anything other than the Artemis II mission for the blog this week, but rather than the moon mission itself we’re going to cover the other four satellite payloads, which have not … Continue reading
Download this page in PDF format This week we’re looking at an announcement on a new calibration and validation site, high-resolution CubeSat imagery, and the ripples of the Trump presidency impacting the space sector. Calibration & Validation Last week the … Continue reading
Download this page in PDF format SpaceX’s Transporter-11 rideshare mission with a payload of CubeSats took off last Friday, 16th August, from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. As usual with these rideshare missions, there was a variety of … Continue reading
Download this page in PDF format This week, we are catching up with the latest Earth Observation (EO) satellite launches from NASA and China and looking forward to the planned NOAA EO launch next week. NASA Launches A pair of … Continue reading
Download this page in PDF format Focusing on two interesting satellite launches this week, the first is the start of another satellite internet broadband constellation, but this time for Amazon. The second is a rideshare mission, which has a number … Continue reading
Download this page in PDF format Looking at the latest satellite launches expected in the coming week, starting with the NASA TROPICS mission: TROPICS We’re in the calm between a pair of Tropics launches. The snappily titled Time-Resolved Observations of … Continue reading
Download this page in PDF format NASA’s Landsat-9 was successfully launched on the 27th September, but it was not the only satellite onboard the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, as two cubesats also hitched a ride: Cusp Plasma Imaging … Continue reading
Download this page in PDF format In the week that the leaders of the G7 and the Queen passed our door on their way to Cornwall, the UK Government offered support for the first satellite to be designed, built and … Continue reading
Download this page in PDF format An updated version of this post for 2022 can be found here. How many satellites are orbiting the Earth? According to the Index of Objects Launched into Outer Space, maintained by the United Nations … Continue reading
