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China completes multiple satellite launches that include replenishing the BeiDou constellation

May 28, 2023

On May 16, China launched a BeiDou satellite to replenish the constellation, reported Space News. This brings the […]


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New Russian navigation satellite now in orbit

October 11, 2022

A Fregat booster successfully delivered a Glonass-K navigational satellite into its designated orbit, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on […]


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The QZS-1R satellite lifted off Oct. 26, 2021, aboard the 44th H-IIA launch vehicle. (Photo: Mitsubishi Heavy Industry)

Directions 2022: Now 3 years old, QZSS hits its stride

March 8, 2022

By Satoshi Kogure Director, National Space Policy Secretariat Cabinet Office, Japan/QZSS Strategy Office At 02:19:37 UTC on Oct. […]


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Galileo Second Generation Batch#1A satellites. (Image: ESA).

Directions 2022: Galileo FOC, G2 on the horizon

January 18, 2022

Successful European Cooperation Galileo is Europe’s civil global satellite navigation constellation and a major success, being the world’s […]


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Arianespace to launch eight new Galileo satellites

January 6, 2022

Arianespace will launch eight additional Galileo satellites, confirmed the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA). Arianespace […]


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Artist's depiction of the Galileo satellites deployed from the Fregat upper stage pillars.(Image: ESA)

Galileo constellation grows with launch of 2 new satellites

December 5, 2021

After a three-day delay, on Dec. 4, at 7:19 p.m. EST (00:19 GMT) launch service provider Arianespace launched […]


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Galileo satellites given green light for launch

November 30, 2021

The Launch Readiness Review on Nov. 26 confirmed that the satellites, the supporting ground installations, and the early […]


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H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 44 at the Yoshinobu Vehicle Assembly Building, JAXA Tanegashima Space Center. in preparation for launch of the successor to the Michibiki Unit 1 on Oct. 25. (Photo: MHI)

QZSS successor satellite set to launch Tuesday

October 20, 2021

UPDATE: Because of bad weather, the launch is now scheduled for Oct. 26 (Oct. 25, 18:45 p.m. PT). […]


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