Issue 50
France Latest to Sign the Artemis Accords
10 June 2022: France officially signed onto NASA's Artemis Accords - the space agency's set of guidelines and principles for how the US and other countries should explore…
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10 June 2022: France officially signed onto NASA's Artemis Accords - the space agency's set of guidelines and principles for how the US and other countries should explore…
6 Sep 2022: Just 3 weeks after launching its fourth set of YG-35 satellites, China launched its fifth trio of Yaogan 35 (YG-35(05)) military reconnaissance satellites to orbit.…
So now that you are all amped up and knowledgeable on the Classical Orbital Elements and are “bustin a move” doing the Orbit Dance, I thought I'd talk…
26 Sep 2022: Article in the Space Review provides a non-exhaustive overview of the development and current execution of China's satellite surveillance capabilities. The article divides satellites into…
30 Nov 2022: Only 2 days following the GLONASS launch another Soyuz-2.b launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. Onboard was likely a Lotos-S1 No. 6 electronic intelligence satellite for…
China launched 13 operational Guowang satellites into Low Earth Orbit over the course of 2 launches. 27 Jul: China launched a Long March-6A with the fifth group of…
24 Apr 2023: Namrata Goswami posted an article on the Space Review in which she provides highlights of India's recently released national space strategy. Spoiler alert: the primary…
20 Jun 2023: China launched the Shiyan-25 experimental satellite on an LM-6 from Taiyuan. Official sources noted only that Shiyan-25 entered the desired orbit and will satellite will…
9 Jul 2023: Official Chinese news sources reported that China launched a Long March-2C with a new test satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.…
12 Jul 2023: Russia is attempting to hide important warships in the Black Sea by painting them in a new deceptive camouflage scheme, making it difficult to judge…
8 Aug 2023: China launched Long March 2C from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center carrying the Huanjing-2F, a 5-meter-resolution synthetic aperture radar satellite. Per CNAS, Huanjing-2F (HJ-2F) will…
12 Aug 2023: China launched the world's first GEO based Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imaging satellite (Ludi Tance-4-01 or LSAR4-01) on a Long March 3B rocket from Xichang.…
14 Aug 2023: China launched a Ceres-1 carrying the Jilin-1 Kuanfu-02A satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. Ceres-1 is a small solid propellant launch vehicle developed by…
19 Aug 2023: After a problem with Luna-25's propulsion system, instead of entering a low orbit around the Moon, it crashed into the lunar surface. Roskosmos reported an…
10 Sep 2023: China launched a LM-6A Y5 from Taiyuan Satellite Launch center with 3 Yaogan 40 satellites. Chinese sources stated only that the purposes of the satellites…
14 Sep 2023: Germany signed the Artemis Accords, adding one of Europe's largest space powers to a document outlining best practices for sustainable space exploration. Germany became the…
18 Oct 2023: Several sources noted unusual activity involving one of Russia's GEO based signals intelligence satellites, Luch/Olymp K2 (aka Luch 5X), and a western communications satellite, Eutelsat…
31 Oct 2023: China launched a modified LM-6A from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center carrying the Tianhui-5A and 5B remote sensing satellites. According to official sources, the satellites entered…
31 Oct 2023: A report published by the China Space Monitor alleges a Chinese company, Chang Guang Satellite Technology Co., Ltd. (CGSTL), sold two of its on-orbit Jilin-1…
19 Oct 2023: The United States Department of Defense released its annual report to Congress on Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China for 2023.…
27 Oct 2023: A Soyuz-2-1b rocket lifted off from Plesetsk, likely carrying a classified payload known as Lotos-S1 no. 7 or 14F145, and a secondary payload. It is…