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Articles By Tomasz Nowakowski

• More than $150 million embezzled during construction of Vostochny Cosmodrome

  November 27th, 2018

  Information revealed by Russian prosecutors provide insight into the scale of corruption during the construction of the Vostochny Cosmodrome.

• Vega launches Earth-observing satellite for Morocco

  November 21st, 2018

  Using Europe’s light-lift Vega launcher, Arianespace orbited the Mohammed VI-B Earth-observing satellite for the Kingdom of Morocco.

• Long March 2D sends 5 satellites into orbit

  November 20th, 2018

  A Long March 2D rocket took to the skies early Tuesday to orbit the Shiyan-6 Earth-observing spacecraft and four smaller satellites for China.

• First launch of Federation spacecraft may slip to 2024

  November 20th, 2018

  The first flight of Russia’s next-generation Federation spacecraft may be postponed from 2022 to 2024, according to the general director of RKK Energia.

• Long March 3B orbits another BeiDou-3 satellite duo

  November 19th, 2018

  Using its long-serving Long March 3B rocket, China sent another pair of BeiDou-3 spacecraft for the country’s homegrown satellite navigation system on Monday, November 19 (local time). This is the eighth time this year that Beijing has launched a BeiDou-3 duo to replenish its navigation network.

• Soyuz-FG rocket back in action with successful launch of Progress MS-10

  November 16th, 2018

  A Soyuz-FG rocket took to the skies to send the Progress MS-10 spacecraft on a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station.

• Soyuz-FG to return to flight with Progress MS-10 resupply mission

  November 15th, 2018

  Russia’s Soyuz-FG is slated to return to flight with the launch of the Progress MS-10 cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station.

• GSLV Mk III lofts GSAT-29 communications satellite

  November 14th, 2018

  India successfully conducted the second orbital mission of its heavy-lift GSLV Mk III launch vehicle, sending the GSAT-29 spacecraft into space.

• Laser communications modem being developed for NASA’s Orion spacecraft

  November 12th, 2018

  An optical modem capable of sending HD video at significantly-greater rates than standard radio frequency systems is being developed for NASA’s Orion spacecraft.

• Soyuz ST-B launches from French Guiana with Europe’s Metop-C weather satellite

  November 6th, 2018

  Arianespace made use of a Russian-built Soyuz ST-B rocket to launch the Metop-C spacecraft into a polar orbit for EUMETSAT.

• Soyuz 2.1b launches new GLONASS-M navigation satellite

  November 4th, 2018

  Russia has continued the expansion of its GLONASS constellation with the Nov. 3, 2018 flight of a Soyuz 2.1b rocket from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome located in northern Russia. 

• Long March 3B lofts BeiDou-3 spacecraft

  November 2nd, 2018

  Using a Long March 3B booster a new geosynchronous spacecraft for the country’s BeiDou satellite navigation system was sent to orbit on Thursday, November 1. The satellite, designated BeiDou-3 G1Q, expands China's BeiDou network to 17.

• Long March 2C sends CFOSat and seven small satellites to orbit

  October 29th, 2018

  China sent a Long March 2C booster on a mission to deliver the Chinese-French CFOSat ocean-observing spacecraft and seven smaller payloads into a Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) on Monday, October 29.

• Chinese startup LandSpace launches Zhuque-1 rocket, fails to deliver payload to orbit

  October 28th, 2018

  China received the following messages yesterday, "You can't win them all."

• Long March 4B lifts off with Haiyang-2B marine satellite

  October 25th, 2018

  China continues its impressive 2018 launch manifest with the flight of a satellite designed to study Earth's oceans and other areas of study.