Aleph – Spaceflight Now

April 23, 2019

Breaking News

[ April 22, 2019 ] Intelsat declares drifting satellite total loss News
[ April 22, 2019 ] Beidou navigation satellite successfully launched by China Mission Reports
[ April 20, 2019 ] SpaceX confirms anomaly during Crew Dragon abort engine test Mission Reports
[ April 19, 2019 ] Cygnus supply ship delivers 3.8-ton cargo load to International Space Station Mission Reports
[ April 18, 2019 ] Errant command doomed Israeli moon lander, officials vow to try again Mission Reports

Chinese company inks deal to launch 90 commercial smallsats

January 30, 2019

Satellogic’s recent agreement with a Chinese company to launch 90 commercial Earth observation satellites on five or six dedicated Long March rocket flights marks one of China’s biggest wins in the global launch market.

Long March 4B lofts Earth-viewing satellites for China, Argentina

May 31, 2016

Three Earth observation satellites for the Chinese government and a commercial Argentine startup launched Monday, entering an orbit 300 miles above Earth to begin mapping missions.