CHINA LAUNCHES NEW DATA RELAY SATELLITE - China sent a new data relay satellite into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province Wednesday, Trend reports citing Xinhua. The Tianlian II-03 satellite was launched at half hour to one o'clock Wednesday Beijing Time by a Long March-3B carrier rocket. Tianlian II-03 is China's second-generation geosynchronous orbit data relay satellite.   More
(Source: AzerNews - Jul 14)

NASA UNVEILS NEW ‘FIRST LIGHT’ IMAGES FROM WEBB - NASA unveiled more spectacular “first light” pictures from the James Webb Space Telescope Tuesday, showcasing interacting galaxies, the death throes of a doomed star and a stellar nursery where massive young suns are being born, blazing with gale-force solar winds that sculpt vast clouds of gas and dust. Even to the untrained eye, the images carry the observer well beyond the realm of the iconic Hubble Space Telescope...   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Jul 13)

SPACE INDUSTRY WARNED TO PREPARE FOR IMPACT FROM LURKING RECESSION - Some companies in the space industry may not survive the coming headwinds in the U.S. and global economies, United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno said July 11. “I think we’re really looking at a sea state change,” Bruno said at the Space Innovation Summit, an online event Economists and financial analysts are predicting an economic slowdown. Quilty Analytics, a market research firm focused on the space industry, noted that there were no public equity financings completed during the month of June.    More
(Source: SpaceNews - Jul 13)

ROCKET LAB LAUNCHES FIRST OF TWO BACK-TO-BACK MISSIONS FOR NRO - Rocket Lab launched its 28th Electron rocket on the “Wise One Looks Ahead” mission, also designated National Reconnaissance Office Launch (NROL)-162. NROL-162 is the first of two back-to-back Electron missions for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). “Wise One Looks Ahead” launched at 02:30 AM Eastern on July 13 from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1A. This mission is Rocket Lab’s sixth mission of 2022, the third Electron NRO mission, and the third mission under the NRO’s Rapid Acquisition of Small Rocket (RASR) contracts.   More
(Source: NASASpaceFlight.com - Jul 13)

CERN WILL LAUNCH ITS FIRST SATELLITE THIS WEEK ON NEW EUROPEAN RIDESHARE ROCKET - A tiny satellite aims to extend radiation studies conducted by CERN into space. The cubesat-sized CELESTA (CERN Latchup Experiment STudent sAtellite) is scheduled to launch on Wednesday (July 13) aboard a new European rideshare rocket, called Vega-C. Blastoff is expected (opens in new tab) at 7:13 a.m. EDT (1213 GMT or 8:13 a.m. local time at the launch site in French Guiana), according to the European Space Agency.   More
(Source: Space.com - Jul 12)

SPACE: FIRST WELSH SATELLITE SET TO BE LAUNCHED LATER IN 2022 - Space Forge's satellite was built in a unit in Rumney, Cardiff, that was previously used to make burger vans. It will be a test, with the company aiming to launch a returnable and reusable satellite next year. It is part of a launch by Virgin Orbit, which will deploy multiple satellites into low Earth orbit - usually within 1,000km (620 miles) of Earth.    More
(Source: BBC - Jul 11)

SPACEX LAUNCHES 46 STARLINK SATELLITES, LANDS ROCKET ON SHIP AT SEA - SpaceX launched 46 satellites and landed the returning rocket on a ship at sea on Sunday (July 10). A two-stage Falcon 9 rocket topped with 46 of SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites lifted off from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base on Sunday at 9:39 p.m. EDT (6:39 p.m. local California time; 0139 GMT on July 11). About 8.5 minutes after liftoff, the Falcon 9's first stage came back to Earth and landed on the SpaceX droneship Of Course I Still Love You, which was stationed in the Pacific Ocean.   More
(Source: Space.com - Jul 11)

CHINA'S SHENZHOU 14 ASTRONAUTS MARK BUSY 1ST MONTH ABOARD TIANGONG SPACE STATION - China's three Shenzhou 14 astronauts have completed their first month in orbit as they prepare for the arrival of the Chinese space station’s second module. Astronauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe launched aboard the Shenzhou 14 spacecraft on June 5 and docked with Tianhe, the core module of the under-construction Tiangong space station, around six hours later.    More
(Source: Soace.com - Jul 10)

RUSSIAN MILITARY LAUNCHES GLONASS-K NAVIGATION SATELLITE FROM PLESETSK - The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS), itself a division of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, continued to build on their 2022 campaign with the successful launch of a GLONASS-K navigation satellite on a Soyuz rocket. The launch, which took place from Site 43/4 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northwestern Russia, occurred at approximately 09:18 UTC on Thursday, July 7.   More
(Source: NASASpaceFlight.com - Jul 9)

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