INDIA PUTS THREE SATELLITES INTO ORBIT IN THE FIRST LAUNCH OF 2022 - India launched three satellites Feb. 14 on its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle in a rideshare mission marking the nation’s first launch of the year. The PSLV-C52 rocket lifted off from Satish Dhawan Space Center 6:59 p.m. EST, said India’s space agency ISRO in a statement. The launch was live-streamed on YouTube, which showed the rocket blasting off with bright flame jetting from its first-stage booster and soaring into the dark sky. The agency said the three satellites had been deployed successfully into a sun-synchronous polar orbit of 529 kilometers after a flight of about 17 minutes and 34 seconds.   More
(Source: SpaceNews - Feb 15)

RUSSIAN CARGO SHIP LAUNCHES IN PURSUIT OF INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION - Russia’s Progress MS-19 supply ship launched from frigid Kazakhstan late Monday aboard a Soyuz rocket to begin a two-day pursuit of the International Space Station with more than 5,500 pounds of fuel, food, water, and experiments. Liftoff of the Soyuz-2.1a rocket occurred at 11:25:40 p.m. EST Monday (0425:40 GMT Tuesday) from the Site 31 launch complex at Baikonur, where it was 9:25 a.m. local time, with a temperature hovering around 15 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 9 degrees Celsius).   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Feb 15)

ISRO LAUNCHES EOS-04 MISSION VIA PSLV-XL - India launched the PSLV-XL rocket for the nation’s first mission of 2022. Following last August’s EOS-03 GSLV launch failure, ISRO returned to flight with the workhorse rocket. For this flight, PSLV will carry the EOS-04 radar Earth observation satellite along with two secondary payloads. The PSLV-C52 (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) rocket embarked on ISRO’s 80th orbital launch at 00:29 UTC on Monday, February 14th (05:59 Indian Standard Time; 7:29pm EST February 13th) from the First Launch Pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India.   More
(Source: - Feb 14)

INDIA WILL LAUNCH ITS FIRST SPACE MISSION OF 2022 TONIGHT. HERE'S HOW TO WATCH LIVE. - India's first launch of 2022 will send a new Earth observation satellite to space after a sibling satellite was lost in a failed launch last year. You can watch the launch of the EOS-04 satellite live on Sunday (Feb. 13) at 7:29 p.m. EST (0029 GMT or 6:29 p.m. local time Monday, Feb. 14), assuming that the mission blasts off on time. You can watch the launch live on this page, as well as on the ISRO website and YouTube channel . The livestream generally turns on a few minutes before launch.   More
(Source: Space.com - Feb 14)

CHINA'S LAND-OBSERVING SATELLITE BEGINS ITS WORK IN ORBIT - A Chinese remote-sensing satellite has started to take pictures in its orbit, scientists in charge of the satellite said Friday. China launched a Long March-4C carrier rocket to place the L-SAR 01A satellite in space on January 26. The satellite, equipped with L-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR), can monitor the geological environment, landslides and earthquakes.   More
(Source: CGTN - Feb 13)

ISS PLACES UAE-BAHRAINI NANOSATELLITE LIGHT-1 INTO ORBIT - The UAE-Bahraini Light-1 CubeSat successfully launched into orbit from the International Space Station, in cooperation with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Light-1 CubeSat is a collaborative initiative of the UAE Space Agency, Bahrain’s National Space Science Agency, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, and New York University (NYU) Abu Dhabi. JAXA coordinated the launch from Tsukuba Space Centre (TKSC) in Japan.   More
(Source: SatellitePro ME - Feb 13)

INDIAN PSLV PREPARED FOR FIRST LAUNCH IN NEARLY A YEAR - An Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle is preparing to soar into orbit Sunday with an Indian radar imaging satellite and two rideshare payloads, including one built in the United States in partnership with science institutes in India, Singapore, and Taiwan. The nearly 146-foot-tall (44.4-meter) launch vehicle is poised to take off at 7:29 p.m. EST Sunday (0029 GMT Monday) with India’s EOS 4 Earth observation satellite.   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Feb 13)

RESEARCH SATELLITES DESTROYED IN ASTRA ROCKET FAILURE - Four NASA-funded nanosatellites were lost Thursday when an Astra rocket tumbled out of control minutes after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, the fourth time in five tries that the startup space company has failed to reach orbit. Astra’s 43-foot-tall (13.1-meter) launch vehicle, named Rocket 3.3, took off from Space Launch Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 3 p.m. EST (2000 GMT). The kerosene-fueled rocket flew downrange for nearly three minutes, heading over the Atlantic Ocean to place four CubeSats into orbit for NASA and university teams in three states.   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Feb 12)

ARIANESPACE LAUNCHES 34 ONEWEB SATELLITES ON SOYUZ ROCKET IN 1ST LAUNCH OF 2022 - An Arianespace Soyuz rocket launched 34 new broadband satellites for the OneWeb constellation to space today (Feb. 10). In its first mission of 2022, the European launch provider Arianespace launched Soyuz Flight VS27 from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana at 1:09 p.m. EST (3:09 p.m. local time, or 1809 GMT). "There we have it! Liftoff of OneWeb's launch 13 from Kourou in French Guiana," launch commentator Georgie Barrat said during a live webcast of the mission. "Gosh, this is the moment that you tune in to watch a live rocket launch, isn't it? To see it go from that launch pad and hurtle — and look at it hurtling — into orbit."   More
(Source: - Feb 11)

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