International sanctions imposed against Russia following the country's invasion of Ukraine mean that a pair of satellites due to fly on Russian rockets in 2022 will need to find a new route to space.
International sanctions imposed against Russia following its invasion of Ukraine mean that two satellites due to fly on Russian rockets will need to find a new ride.
Korea is in the process of terminating a satellite launch contract with Russia as the scheduled launch of its two satellites has become almost impossible due to international sanctions against Russia following the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war, the science ministry said Monday.
https://www.afinalwarning.com/505206.html (Natural News) The mission to clean up space debris has begun. The world’s first satellite that uses magnets to gather up all of the trash floating around the Earth’s orbit was initially scheduled to launch in Mar. 20. Unfortunately, due to technical problems, the rocket that would have brought this satellite into space has been delayed.
The craft is known as End-of-Life Services-d (ELSA-d). It was made by Astroscale, a Japanese corporation whose goal is to mitigate the hazardous buildup of debris orbiting the Earth.
ELSA-d’s task is to perform a series of tests to figure out if the craft’s ability to retrieve space debris with a magnet is a viable option for future space trash collection missions.
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In the coming week, it s expected that there will be around five rocket launches from the likes of Firefly Aerospace, SpaceX, Rocket Lab, and Glavkosmos. The most interesting launch will be that of the Firefly Aerospace Alpha rocket which is making its maiden flight from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket, which we have been saying will launch for the last two weeks, still hasn’t launched yet but could do on Monday.
Firefly Alpha
The first launch of Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket will be carrying commercial payloads for Benchmark Space Systems and AstroGrams. The mission will also deploy a Spinnaker 3 dragsail prototype. In its first launch, the Alpha rocket will carry several projects from the Dedicated Research and Education Accelerator Mission (DREAM) programme which gives students and small companies a way to put their payloads in space.