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Unexpected Liftoff - Space Pioneer's static fire incident
By Brie Archambault, Jack C.
Disclaimer: This article contains the speculation of the writers due to the ongoing accident investigation by Space Pioneer and authorities in China. Space Pioneer has recently become a well-known name in China's commercial aerospace industry, but for the wrong reasons. The company escalated to the spotlight outside ofJul 3, 2024 5 mins
Monthly Dose of Space - June 2024
By Jack C., Cosmic Tylxr
Welcome to our ninth Monthly Dose of Space! In this monthly newsletter, we bring you major news from the past month we haven't covered in our weekly newsletters. June has been an incredible month for spaceflight and ends the first half of 2024, so let's jumpJul 1, 2024 14 mins
Weekly Dose of Space (23/6-30/6)
By Jack C., Cosmic Tylxr
Welcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! Last week saw six orbital launches worldwide, with half being for SpaceX's Starlink constellation. This week also saw NASA select the U.S. International Space Station deorbit vehicle, and the China National Space Administration revealed how much Moon rock Chang'Jun 30, 2024 6 mins
Falcon Heavy launches GOES-U
By Brie Archambault
On June 25th, 2024 a Falcon Heavy lifted off from the pad carrying 'GOES-U' to GTO. GOES-U will provide advanced imagery and atmospheric measurements of Earth’s weather, oceans, and environment, as well as real-time mapping of total lightning activity and improved monitoring of solar activity and spaceJun 26, 2024 4 mins
Lunar far-side samples brought to Earth by Chang'e 6!
By Jack C.
China's Chang'e 6 probe departed for the Moon's far side a little over fifty-three days ago, it would later land on the Moon at the start of June. Today, the Chang'e 6 probes re-entry capsule touched down at the landing site locatedJun 25, 2024 5 mins
Weekly Dose of Space (16/6-22/6)
By Jack C., Cosmic Tylxr
Welcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! Last week saw four orbital launch attempts worldwide, with all successfully delivering their payloads. This week also saw Ariane 6 move closer to launch, Starliner extending its stay at the International Space Station, and Rocket Lab receiving its largest launch contract. As always,Jun 23, 2024 7 mins
Franco-Chinese gamma-ray burst mission blasts off from Xichang!
By Jack C.
A Long March 2C rocket lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center earlier today carrying the SVOM, or Space Variable Objects Monitor, spacecraft into a low Earth orbit. The launch is said to have occurred at 15:00 pm China Standard Time, or 07:00 am Universal Coordinated Time.Jun 22, 2024 5 mins
Weekly Dose of Space (9/6-15/6)
By Jack C., Cosmic Tylxr
Welcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! Last week saw zero orbital launch attempts worldwide. Despite the lack of launches, this week saw a new country sign onto the Artemis Accords, a Moon rocket begin a new testing phase, and the passing of two space legends. SpaceX This week atJun 16, 2024 6 mins
Ariane 6 begins preparing for first launch NET July 9th
By Jack C.
Ariane 6 is finally less than a month away from its inaugural launch from Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 4 (Ariane Launch Complex 4) at the Guiana Space Centre, located in French Guiana in the north of South America. The launch date of no earlier than July 9th was announced byJun 13, 2024 4 mins
China completes fourth taikonaut batch selection ahead of lunar missions
By Jack C.
The China Manned Space Agency announced on June 11th that it had completed the selection of its fourth batch of taikonauts. Applications were received from the Chinese mainland and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao. From the applications, the agency narrowed its selection down to ten taikonauts,Jun 11, 2024 2 mins
The Story of Chinese Starlink: An overview of Guowang, G60 and more
By Brie Archambault
Guowang is China's national answer to Starlink. Back in early 2015 SpaceX announced the Starlink project to provide global internet access. This is not the first of their proposals but what makes Starlink so successful is the scale of their operation and them launching their own satellites atJun 10, 2024 6 mins
Weekly Dose of Space (2/6-8/6)
By Jack C., Cosmic Tylxr
Welcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! Last week saw eight orbital launch attempts worldwide, with one being the flight of the world's largest rocket. This week also saw a major funding round for a new reusable rocket and new Moon rocks being prepared for return. As always,Jun 9, 2024 6 mins
SpaceX launches Starship-Super Heavy for its fourth flight test!
By Jack C.
SpaceX successfully launched its fourth flight test of Starship-Super Heavy, its in-development fully reusable super-heavy lift rocket, from Boca Chica in Texas at 12:50 pm Universal Coordinated Time, or 07:50 am Central Time. Slow motion liftoff of Starship on Flight 4 pic.twitter.com/9itFbrfxW7 — SpaceX (@SpaceX) JuneJun 6, 2024 8 mins