Showing posts with label orbit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label orbit. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Kessler effect - space junk: Intelsat-33e debris threatens all satellites

Intelsat-33e debris

Roscosmos reported that during observations, experts recorded more than 80 fragments of the European satellite Intelsat-33e, which collapsed the other day.

Sunday, September 29, 2024

SpaceX capsule begins rescue mission to return stranded astronauts

SpaceX capsule begins rescue mission

SpaceX has launched its mission to bring back two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) since June.

Tuesday, May 07, 2024

China's Long March-6C Carrier Rocket Successfully Makes Debut Flight

Long March-6C Carrier Rocket

China's newest Long March-6C carrier rocket successfully made its first flight on Tuesday and delivered several satellites into orbit, the state-run China Central Television reported.

Saturday, November 18, 2023

SpaceX's Starship Launch Ends in Failure Before Reaching Orbit

SpaceX's Starship

 SpaceX's Starship spacecraft triggered its automated termination system, according to the company's broadcast on Saturday.

Saturday, October 21, 2023

India Successfully Conducts First Space Rocket Launch As Part of Manned Program

India Successfully Conducts First Space Rocket Launch As Part of Manned Program

India on Saturday successfully carried out the first space rocket launch as part of its upcoming own orbital manned mission.

Friday, February 24, 2023

Russia launches Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft into orbit

Soyuz MS-23

Russia's state space corporation Roscosmos announced that its Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft was successfully launched into the planned orbit on Friday.

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

NASA to adjust timetable of flights to ISS after Soyuz MS-22 incident

NASA to adjust timetable of flights to ISS after Soyuz MS-22 incident

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will adjust the schedule of flights to the International Space Station (ISS) taking into account the incident with the Russian Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft and its consequences, the head of the US ISS program, Joel Montalbano said in a telephone press conference on Wednesday.

Thursday, December 15, 2022

China launches new remote sensing satellite- China.org.cn

Long March carrier rocket

China has sent a new remote sensing satellite into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan.

Saturday, November 26, 2022

NASA’s Orion spacecraft enters lunar orbit

 

 NASA’s Orion spacecraft was placed in lunar orbit Friday, officials said, as the much-delayed Moon mission proceeded successfully.

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Progress MS-20 Raises ISS Orbit By 880 Meters, Taking Station Away From Debris - Roscosmos

Progress MS-20 cargo spacecraft

 The Progress MS-20 cargo spacecraft, docked to the International Space Station (ISS), has raised the altitude of the ISS orbit by 880 meters during a maneuver to avoid space debris, Russian state space corporation Roscosmos said in a statement.

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

NASAs DART Spacecraft Alters Orbit Of Asteroid In Planetary Defense Test Mission

NASAs DART Spacecraft Alters Orbit Of Asteroid In Planetary Defense Test Mission

 NASA said on Tuesday that its planetary defense test mission from several weeks ago successfully used the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft to collide with an asteroid to alter its orbit.

Sunday, September 11, 2022

US satellite threatens other spacecraft, Russian scientists warn

space junk

A US satellite partially disintegrates in orbit, endangering other spacecraft circling the Earth, Russian scientists said on Saturday.

Friday, August 05, 2022

China launches reusable experimental spacecraft- China.org.cn

Long March-2F carrier rocket

China on Friday successfully launched a reusable experimental spacecraft using a Long March-2F carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwest of the country.

Saturday, December 25, 2021

James Webb Space Telescope, world’s largest, lifts off into orbit | Al Jazeera

James Webb Space Telescope


The world’s largest and most powerful space telescope has rocketed away on a high-stakes quest to behold light from the first stars and galaxies and scour the universe for hints of life.

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

NASA to monitor debris caused by Russia’s alleged anti-satellite missile test - TASS

NASA to monitor debris caused by Russia’s alleged anti-satellite missile test


Russia’s alleged test of an anti-satellite missile has endangered the International Space Station (ISS) and the crew on board of the orbital outpost, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said in a statement.