09 October 2019
The first satellite servicing spacecraft launches successfully
... will serve multiple clients during its lifetime.” A second Mission Extension Vehicle, set for launch in 2020, is also planned. This spacecraft will launch on top of an Ariane 5 rocket and it is also being geared up to service another ageing Intelsat...
01 March 2021
Turkey to build a rocket launch site in Somalia to support Moon 2023 landing
.... Details of the country’s national space programme, which also involves building a spaceport in Somalia to facilitate launches, were unveiled by the President at the Bestepe National Congress and Culture Centre in February. Somalia is a longstanding...
15 September 2021
SpaceX ready to launch private, all-civilian crew into Earth orbit
... that is scheduled to lift off sometime during a five-hour launch window that opens from 8:02 pm EDT Wednesday 15 September (00:02 ...favorable conditions for liftoff at the Cape Canaveral launch complex. Inspiration4 will be led by American billionaire...
15 October 2021
China to launch astronauts on longest crewed mission yet
... on its space station for six months in what will be the country’s longest crewed mission to date. Set to launch at 12:23 am (Beijing time) on Saturday, the Shenzhou-13 spaceship carrying the three taikonauts is expected to blast off on a Long March...
