India reveals that it has returned lunar spacecraft to Earth orbit (arstechnica.com)
A little more than three months ago the Indian space agency, ISRO, achieved a major success by putting its Vikram lander safely down on the surface of the Moon. In doing so India became the fourth country to achieve a soft landing on the Moon, and this further ignited the country’s interest in space exploration....
Zhuque-2 rocket vertical on the pad ahead of launch later this week (nitter.net)
Source: Harry Stranger
30 years after its first repair mission, Hubble continues to observe the cosmos - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com)
Nice overview of the history of Hubble, the recent gyroscope issues, and the possibility of a repair and reboost mission (Polaris 2) to extend the life and utility of the telescope.
ULA's new large solid rocket motor storage facility in Florida (nitter.net)
Source: Tory Bruno himself....
Hubble glitch renews talk about private servicing mission (spacenews.com)
NASA announced Nov. 29 that Hubble was in a safe mode because of a problem with one of its three operational gyroscopes. That gyro first triggered a safe mode Nov. 19 when it provided what NASA described as faulty readings. Spacecraft controllers restored operations of Hubble, only to see problems again Nov. 21 and 23....
Rocket Report: A mysterious explosion in China; Firefly tests new engine (arstechnica.com)
A nice overview of various recent and upcoming spaceflight topics:...
[Progress MS-25] Russia launches space station cargo ship – Spaceflight Now (spaceflightnow.com)
Progress MS-25 launch:...
Blue Origin nearing New Glenn milestones ahead of debut flight - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com)
Shanghai to foster commercial space ecosystem (spacenews.com)
Ursa Major closes $138 million Series D and D-1 financings (spacenews.com)
China is working on a design for a reusable air-launched orbital rocket (spacenews.com)
2023 has been another year with a record number of orbital launches (arstechnica.com)
Launch Roundup: Soyuz to resupply the ISS; SpaceX to launch more Starlink satellites - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com)
The week begins with Roscosmos planning to launch the Progress MS-25 resupply capsule on a Soyuz 2.1a up to the ISS from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Then, a Falcon 9 launch out of Vandenburg Space Force Base (VSFB) will take multiple different payloads to a Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) in one launch and also has a return-to-launch...
Satellite imagery reveals explosion at China’s Jiuquan spaceport (spacenews.com)
Arctic broadband satellites complete key tests ahead of mid-2024 launch (spacenews.com)
Firefly Aerospace Completes First Miranda Engine Hot Fire Test - Firefly Aerospace (fireflyspace.com)
Aerojet Rocketdyne, ULA mark 60th anniversary of RL10 rocket engine – Spaceflight Now (spaceflightnow.com)
Firefly to launch a Lockheed Martin satellite antenna demonstration (spacenews.com)
Potential New Glenn first stage spotted outside at Blue Origin’s campus near KSC (nitter.net)
https://nitter.net/...
Astra secures $2.7 million in additional financing (spacenews.com)
From Countdown to Touchdown: Flying Aboard Virgin Galactic - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com)
Technically spaceflight, as long as you use the “50 mile” definition and not the “100 km” definition :)
ESA Declares Ariane 6 Full Duration Hot Fire Test A Success (spacepolicyonline.com)
Rocket Report: Beyond Gravity to study fairing reuse; North Korea launches satellite (arstechnica.com)
Eric Berger’s Rocket Report. Nice short summaries of a number of topics:...
China conducts launch to test satellite internet capabilities (spacenews.com)
HELSINKI — China sent an undisclosed number of satellites into orbit Thursday to test satellite internet technologies....