Malligyong-1c | Chŏllima-1
North Korea launched its Chŏlllima rocket, carrying a Malligyong spy satellite, into a low earth orbit (LEO) on November 21, 2023.
Why Don’t They Just Launch Rockets From Mountains Or The Equator?
Tim often gets asked interesting and thought-provoking questions, such as "Why don't they just launch rockets from the top of a mountain?" Another common question that crops up is "Why don't they just launch rockets from the equator?"
In this article, we try to answer these questions for you.
THEOS-2, TRITON & Others | Vega
Arianespace launched its small-lift rocket, Vega, from its equatorial launch site in French Guiana. The main payloads were THEOS-2 and FORMOSAT-7R.
Dragon CRS-2 SpX-28 | Falcon 9 Block 5
SpaceX will be launching the 28th, CRS-28, Commercial Resupply Service mission for NASA to the International Space Station.
EO MKA-4 | Soyuz 2.1v
Russia is launching its EO-MKA4 military satellite into a Sun-synchronous orbit atop a Soyuz 2.1v rocket from Plesetsk.
Olymp-K2 | Proton-M/Briz-M
On March 12, the Russian Ministry of Defense is launching the 2nd satellite in the Olymp-K series to Geosynchronous Earth Orbit. It is launching on board a Proton-M rocket with a Briz-M upper stage, from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Inmarsat I-6 F2 | Falcon 9 Block 5
SpaceX is launching a communications satellite to Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) for Inmarsat, the leading satellite communications company. This satellite, I-6 F2, is the second of two in the I-6 series of satellites, and is different from almost all previous satellites operated by Inmarsat. This satellite will operate in both the L-band and Ka-band.
ALOS-3 | H3-22
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is flying JAXA's ALOS-3 payload on board the maiden flight of the new H-3 rocket.
Elektro-L No.4 | Proton-M/Blok DM-03
Roscosmos is launching the Elektro-L No.4 satellite to Geosynchronous Earth Orbit, on board a Proton-M rocket with a Blok DM-03 upper stage.
The 2022 Everyday Astronaut Astro Awards
The 2022 Everyday Astronaut Astro Awards aim to celebrate outstanding achievements in space(flight) taking place this year.