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A DYING SATELLITE COULD USE ITS FINAL MOMENTS TO PHOTOGRAPH THE INFAMOUS ASTEROID APOPHIS IN 2029 A DYING SATELLITE COULD USE ITS FINAL MOMENTS TO PHOTOGRAPH THE INFAMOUS ASTEROID APOPHIS IN 2029 - An Australian company wants to join efforts to study a rare space event, conducting its own flyby of the asteroid Apophis when it makes its close approach to Earth in 2029. Sydney-based HEO Robotics, a provider of commercial satellite-to-satellite imagery, wants to add to the international missions already planning to get up close to the 1,115-foot-wide (340 meters) asteroid Apophis as it zooms by Earth in April 2029 by buying a satellite near the end of its life up in geostationary orbit and use its remaining fuel.   More
(Source: Space.com - Dec 3)


ARIANESPACE LAUNCHES KOREAN EO SATELLITE IN VEGA C MISSION ARIANESPACE LAUNCHES KOREAN EO SATELLITE IN VEGA C MISSION - Arianespace launched the KOMPSAT-7 Korean Earth Observation satellite on Monday in a Vega C mission from French Guiana. This was Arianespace’s sixth mission of 2025 overall, and the third Vega C mission of this year. The launch took place from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on Dec. 1, taking off at 2:21 p.m. local time. The satellite was deployed to Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) 44 minutes after lift-off.   More
(Source: Via Satellite - Dec 2)


TINY SATELLITE BUILT BY UNH STUDENTS BLASTS OFF TO SPACE TINY SATELLITE BUILT BY UNH STUDENTS BLASTS OFF TO SPACE - When the Falcon 9 rocket blasted off the day after Thanksgiving, it carried with it years of hard work — and the hopes and dreams — of 26 UNH undergraduate students who built a miniature satellite to study the sun and its effects on space weather. A UNH-led student collaboration with NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission, their small satellite launched on a SpaceX rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Nov. 28, 2025 at 10:19 a.m. PST.    More
(Source: University of New Hampshire - Dec 2)


CHINA LAUNCHES NEW SATELLITE INTO SPACE CHINA LAUNCHES NEW SATELLITE INTO SPACE - China on Sunday launched a new satellite from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern island province of Hainan. The Shijian-28 satellite was launched at 8:20 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a modified Long March-7 carrier rocket. It has entered its preset orbit successfully. It was the 611th flight mission of the Long March-series carrier rockets.   More
(Source: Xinhua - Dec 1)


ITALIAN MISSION ADDS TO GROWING IRIDE SPACE FLEET ITALIAN MISSION ADDS TO GROWING IRIDE SPACE FLEET - The Italian programme IRIDE, which provides public sector services based on data from its fleet of Earth observation constellations, has added eight satellites to its second constellation, Eaglet II. The Eaglet II satellites lifted off on board a Falcon 9 rocket at 19:44 CET (10:44 local time), 28 November, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, US. All satellites were placed into orbit about one hour after launch. Acquisition of signal for all satellites was confirmed several hours later by OHB’s Mission Control Centre in Rome.    More
(Source: European Space Agency - Dec 1)


THE METOP SECOND GENERATION-B1 SATELLITE LAUNCH DRAWS CLOSER THE METOP SECOND GENERATION-B1 SATELLITE LAUNCH DRAWS CLOSER - The launch of the MetOp second generation-B1 satellite is scheduled for 2026 as it enters its third round of pre-launch testing. This satellite will be the second entry in the MetOp second generation satellite program, as the first entry, the second-generation A1 satellite, was launched a few months ago. The soon-to-launch MetOp second generation-B1 satellite will work together with the second generation-A1 satellite, which is already in polar orbit.    More
(Source: Orbital Today - Dec 1)


CHINA PLANS 'ORBITAL GUARDIAN,' A 156-SATELLITE SAFEGUARD FOR SPACE CHINA PLANS 'ORBITAL GUARDIAN,' A 156-SATELLITE SAFEGUARD FOR SPACE - China is deploying a satellite constellation to enhance its space situational awareness, focusing on debris tracking for collision avoidance. The constellation will be used to track space debris and ensure the safe operation of spacecraft. With global coverage, it is a responsive low Earth orbit monitoring network designed to provide space debris monitoring, collision risk prediction and support for space traffic management, thereby protecting space stations, spacecraft and satellites from space-based threats.   More
(Source: CGTN - Dec 1)


SPACEX LAUNCHES 140 SPACECRAFT ON TRANSPORTER-15 RIDESHARE MISSION SPACEX LAUNCHES 140 SPACECRAFT ON TRANSPORTER-15 RIDESHARE MISSION - The second time proved to be the charm as SpaceX successfully launched 140 payloads onboard its Falcon 9 rocket at Vandenberg Space Force Base Friday morning. The flight came two days after SpaceX scrubbed the mission around the time liquid oxygen load was supposed to start on the rocket’s upper stage. At the beginning of its launch broadcast, SpaceX commentators said the reason for the scrub was a ground systems issue.   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Dec 1)


RUSSIA'S ONLY ACTIVE LAUNCH PAD FOR COSMONAUTS DAMAGED BY SOYUZ CREW LAUNCH TO INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION RUSSIA'S ONLY ACTIVE LAUNCH PAD FOR COSMONAUTS DAMAGED BY SOYUZ CREW LAUNCH TO INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION - Russia's successful launch of three new crew members to the International Space Station on Thursday (Nov. 27), resulted in damage to country's only active launch pad for crewed spaceflights to the orbiting lab, Russia's federal space corporation has confirmed. The maintenance cabin (also referred to as a service platform) located in the flame trench at the Baikonur Cosmodrome's Site 31/6 in Kazakhstan reportedly collapsed in the wake of the Soyuz MS-28 crew launching to the space station atop a Soyuz 2.1a rocket. The platform is needed in the preparation of boosters launching from the pad.   More
(Source: Space.com - Dec 1)


SOUTH KOREA’S LARGEST SATELLITE LAUNCHED ON NURI ROCKET IN AMBITIOUS SPACE MISSION SOUTH KOREA’S LARGEST SATELLITE LAUNCHED ON NURI ROCKET IN AMBITIOUS SPACE MISSION - South Korea launched its largest satellite yet on its nationally developed space rocket early Thursday in the fourth of six launches planned through 2027. The three-stage Nuri rocket lifted off from a spaceport on an island off the southwestern coastal county of Goheung. Aerospace officials said the rocket placed a 516-kilogram (1,137-pound) science satellite and 12 microsatellites into a target orbit about 600 kilometers (372 miles) above Earth.   More
(Source: AP News - Nov 28)

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