Aerospace
This tag is used to mark content that is related to aerospace engineering. A substantive collection of articles can be found here, that discuss the design, development, testing, and operation of aircraft, spacecraft, and other aerospace vehicles.
Disclaimer: This article was written on the 20th of December so some information may be outdated. Additional disclaimer: This article may take a while to load as where possible a relevant image is used. This article is intended as a general explainer of China's state-owned and operated Long
Dec 20, 2023 20 mins
On the 14th and 15th of December 2023, China launched a Long March 2F/G and a Long March 5 for two largely secretive missions. The Long March 2F/G launched from Launch Area 4 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, in northern China, on the 14th at 14:11
Dec 19, 2023 5 mins
On the 15th of December 2023 at 04:05 am (UTC), Electron lifted off from Launch Complex 1 on the Mahia peninsula in New Zealand. The return-to-flight launch carried a satellite from iQPS, called TSUKUYOMI-I, to low Earth orbit for the forty-second launch attempt of Electron. The TSUKUYOMI-I satellite is
Dec 16, 2023 2 mins
After the third launch of LandSpace's Zhuque-2 rocket, the company revealed more information regarding its Zhuque-3 launch vehicle. Zhuque-3 is LandSpace's in-development partially re-usable medium to heavy lift launch vehicle. LandSpace plans for Zhuque-3 to burn liquid methane and liquid oxygen fuels in its engines, the
Dec 13, 2023 3 mins
On the 10th of December, a Long March 2D lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southern China. The payload for the launch was a Yaogan reconnaissance satellite heading to low Earth orbit. While a regular launch at first glance, this was the 500th launch of a Long
Dec 12, 2023 3 mins
On the 8th of December, Greenwich Mean Time, or the 9th of December, China Standard Time, LandSpace launched its Zhuque-2 rocket for the third time. This launch was the first time the rocket delivered a payload to orbit, and the first time a rocket burning liquid methane successfully placed payloads
Dec 11, 2023 3 mins
Disclaimer: This article may contain the opinion of the writer and not Cosmic Nxws as a whole in some parts of the article. With the recent success of Super Heavy booster 9 during Starship-Super Heavy's second integrated flight test, the conversation around the Soviet N1 rocket has begun
Dec 9, 2023 6 mins
Early on the morning of November 21st, a Chŏllima-1 launch vehicle lifted off from the Sohae Satellite Launching Station in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea carrying the Malligyong-1c satellite into a sun-synchronous orbit. The Malligyong-1c is the third military reconnaissance satellite attempted to be launched by the
Nov 22, 2023 2 mins
Recently, SpaceX quietly updated the webpage for Starship-Super Heavy's second integrated flight test clarifying the following information; * All 33 Raptor engines on the Super Heavy Booster started up successfully and, for the first time, completed a full-duration burn during ascent. * Starship executed a successful hot-stage separation, powering down
Nov 21, 2023 4 mins
Today, the 18th of November 2023, SpaceX launched its Starship-Super Heavy launch vehicle for the second time ever! Starship-Super Heavy launched at the start of its window lifting off at 07:02 am Central Standard Time and continuing powered flight for a little over eight minutes! The Super Heavy booster
Nov 18, 2023 4 mins
United Launch Alliance's Tory Bruno recently hosted an 'ask me anything' on the subreddit r/ula! This article has picked out the more interesting questions that were answered by Bruno. A table has also been attached below to explain any acronyms or terms used. ULA United
Nov 17, 2023 3 mins
Very recently, the Federal Aviation Administration granted SpaceX a launch license for its Starship-Super Heavy launch vehicle. This comes almost seven months after the first launch attempt of SpaceX's currently in development fully reusable orbital launch system. The issuing of the launch license also comes a few hours
Nov 15, 2023 3 mins
During the evening of the 9th of November, China launched a Long March 3B/E rocket carrying ChinaSat 6E to a geostationary transfer orbit from Launch Complex 2 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. The ChinaSat 6E is a communications satellite that will reside at 115.5 degrees east in
Nov 9, 2023 2 mins