SOUTH KOREA TO LAUNCH SECOND RECONNAISSANCE SATELLITE - The second South Korean reconnaissance satellite will be launched on April 8, Azernews reports, citing Korean Defense Ministry. The satellite will be launched from the territory of the Space Center named after John F. Kennedy in Florida on April 7, local time, but at 08:17 Seoul time on April 8 (03:17 - Baku time, April 8). The spacecraft will be sent into orbit on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, as well as the first South Korean reconnaissance satellite, which was launched on December 1.   More
(Source: AzerNews - Apr 6)

SPACEX LAUNCHING 21 STARLINK SATELLITES FROM CALIFORNIA ON APRIL 6 - SpaceX is set to launch 21 more of its Starlink broadband satellites on Saturday night (April 6) from California. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 of SpaceX's Starlink spacecraft — including six that can beam service directly to cell phones — is scheduled to lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, on California's central coast, Saturday during a four-hour window that opens at 10:25 p.m. EDT (7:25 p.m. local California time; 0225 GMT on April 7).    More
(Source: Space.com - Apr 6)

SPACEX LAUNCHES 23 STARLINK SATELLITES ON FALCON 9 ROCKET FROM CAPE CANAVERAL - SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station early Friday morning to kick off a weekend that could see three missions for the company. The Starlink 6-47 mission lifted off at 5:12 a.m. EDT (0912 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), just minutes before moonrise over the Cape. The Falcon 9 first stage booster, tail number B1069 in the SpaceX fleet, launched for a 14th time. It previously supported the launches of the CRS-24 and OneWeb-1 missions, along with nine Starlink flights.   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Apr 6)

RUSSIAN SPACE STATION: ROSCOSMOS APPROVES DESIGN FOR ORBITAL STATION AS ISS COLLABORATION NEARS END - Roscosmos, Russia’s state corporation responsible for space activities, has given the green light to the preliminary design of the country’s future space station paving the way to fulfill the country’s space ambitions. The design milestone for the future space station, achieved nearly a year after the first version of the design was completed, represents a crucial advancement in Russia’s plans for space exploration.    More
(Source: EurAsian Times - Apr 5)

CREW READIES FOR DEPARTURE WHILE HUMAN RESEARCH CONTINUES - Three International Space Station residents are in their final full day aboard the orbital outpost focusing their attention on Friday night’s departure. The rest of the Expedition 70 crew continued its human research activities ensuring crews remain healthy in space. NASA Flight Engineer Loral O’Hara is nearing the end of her spaceflight that began on Sept. 15, 2023. She is returning to Earth with Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy and Belarus spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya aboard the Soyuz MS-24 crew ship. The trio will undock from the Rassvet module at 11:54 p.m. EDT on Friday and parachute to landing inside the Soyuz in Kazakhstan at 3:17 a.m. on Saturday (12:17 p.m. Kazakh time).   More
(Source: NASA - Apr 5)

ESA TO LAUNCH ARCTIC WEATHER SATELLITE IN JUNE - The European Space Agency said Thursday it will launch a satellite in June which will improve weather forecasting in the Arctic—a region highly exposed to the effects of global warming. The Arctic Weather Satellite (AWS) was designed over three years by European aerospace company OHB.   More
(Source: Phys.org - Apr 5)

WILL THE 2024 TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE BE VISIBLE FROM SPACE? - NASA astronauts and weather satellites will watch next week's solar eclipse from space. SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS), alongside at least one of the two Russian Soyuz crews on board right now, will experience a "very unique vantage point" when a total solar eclipse sweeps across Mexico, the United States and Canada on April 8, a senior NASA manager said during a livestreamed eclipse science briefing on March 26.   More
(Source: Space.com - Apr 4)

CHINA LAUNCHES NEW REMOTE-SENSING SATELLITE ON LONG MARCH 2D ROCKET - China successfully launched a Long March 2D carrier rocket on Wednesday morning, deploying a new remote-sensing satellite into orbit, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. The state-owned space agency reported the rocket lifted off at 6:56 am local time from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province. It successfully delivered the Yaogan 42A satellite to its designated orbit.   More
(Source: China Daily - Apr 4)

STARLINK RIVAL AST SPACEMOBILE DELAYS FIRST COMMERCIAL SATELLITE LAUNCH AGAIN - Starlink competitor AST SpaceMobile needs to push back the launch of its first commercial satellites again. The company originally wanted to launch the first batch of “BlueBird” satellites in Q1, before rescheduling it to Q2. But in an earnings report on Monday, AST SpaceMobile said the 700-square-foot satellites won’t arrive at the launch site until July or August.    More
(Source: PC Mag UK - Apr 3)

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