NORTHROP GRUMMAN’S CYGNUS SUPPLY SHIP DEPARTS SPACE STATION - A commercial Cygnus supply ship from Northrop Grumman departed the International Space Station Tuesday, completing a four-month stay after delivering more than 8,000 pounds of cargo and boosting the research lab into a slightly higher orbit. The Cygnus spacecraft was released from the space station’s Canadian-built robotic arm at 7:07 a.m. EDT (1107 GMT) Tuesday. Mission control delayed the release by an hour Tuesday to adjust the Cygnus spacecraft’s post-departure trajectory to be clear of space debris... More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Jun 29)
NORTHROP GRUMMAN'S CYGNUS CARGO SHIP BOOSTS INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION'S ORBIT - A Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft successfully reboosted the International Space Station (ISS) for the first time, raising the orbiting lab to its normal operating altitude of around 250 miles above Earth. The reboost took place on Saturday (June 25) and marks the first time a Cygnus spacecraft has performed a full reboost procedure. A previous reboost attempt took place last week, but was aborted after just 5 seconds as a precaution for reasons that have yet to be disclosed. More (Source: Space.com - Jun 29)
WATCH PRIVATE FREIGHTER LEAVE SPACE STATION EARLY TUESDAY FOR FIERY DEATH - A private cargo spacecraft will leave the International Space Station (ISS) early Tuesday (June 28), and you can watch its departure live. Northop Grumman's robotic Cygnus freighter is scheduled to undock from the orbiting lab at 6:05 a.m. EDT (1005) Tuesday. Watch it live here at Space.com, courtesy of NASA, or directly via the space agency; coverage begins at 5:45 a.m. EDT (0945 GMT). More (Source: Space.com - Jun 28)
CHINA LAUNCHES NEW SATELLITE FOR EARTH OBSERVATION - China sent a new Earth observation satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Monday. The satellite, Gaofen-12 03, was launched by a Long March-4C carrier rocket at 11:46 p.m. (Beijing Time) and has entered the planned orbit successfully. It will be used in a variety of fields including land surveys, urban planning, road network design, crop yield estimation and disaster relief. More (Source: Xinhua - Jun 28)
SES-22 SATELLITE TO LAUNCH ON JUNE 29 - Satellite operator SES has announced that its latest unit, the SES-22 is currently being prepared for launch from SpaceX’s Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on June 29, 2022, at 5:04 pm/11:04 pm. Built by Thales Alenia Space, SES-22 will operate in the 135 degrees West orbital slot and will deliver TV and radio to millions of American homes and provide other critical data transmission services. SES-22 is expected to start operations by early August of 2022. More (Source: Satellite Pro ME - Jun 28)
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR HAS REALLY FLOWN IN SPACE. HERE ARE THE VIDEOS TO PROVE IT. - At 468 days in space, Buzz Lightyear has spent the longest time ever in space on a single mission. The catch is, as Lightyear's friend Woody would remind us in a hot minute, he is a toy! Whether toy or space ranger, however, the loveable Lightyear is back in the popular conversation yet again for the Disney movie "Lightyear," which is out now exclusively in theaters. More (Source: Space.com - Jun 27)
NASA TO LAUNCH FIRST ROCKET FROM A COMMERCIAL SPACEPORT IN AUSTRALIA ON SUNDAY - NASA will launch a rocket from the remote wilderness of northern Australia on Sunday evening, the first commercial space launch in Australia and the agency's first from a commercial spaceport. The suborbital rocket will be briefly visible seconds after the launch, scheduled for 10:44 p.m. (1344 GMT) Australian Central Standard Time, and will travel 300 kilometres (186 miles) into space. More (Source: Reuters - Jun 27)
IRAN LAUNCHES ROCKET INTO SPACE AS NUCLEAR TALKS TO RESUME - Iranian state television said Sunday that Tehran had launched a solid-fueled rocket into space, drawing a rebuke from Washington ahead of the expected resumption of stalled talks over Tehran’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers. It’s unclear when or where the rocket was launched, but the announcement came after satellite photos showed preparations at Imam Khomeini Spaceport in Iran’s rural Semnan province, the site of Iran’s frequent failed attempts to put a satellite into orbit. More (Source: AP News - Jun 27)
CYGNUS CARGO CRAFT FIRES ENGINE FOR LIMITED STATION REBOOST - On Saturday, June 25, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus completed its first limited reboost of the International Space Station. Cygnus’ gimbaled delta velocity engine was used to adjust the space station’s orbit through a reboost of the altitude of the space station. The maneuver lasted 5 minutes, 1 second and raised the station’s altitude 1/10 of a mile at apogee and 5/10 of a mile at perigee. This Cygnus mission is the first to feature this enhanced capability as a standard service for NASA, following a test of the maneuver which was performed in 2018 during Cygnus’s ninth resupply mission. More (Source: NASA - Jun 26)
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