Tag: Earth observation

  • Rocket Lab successfully launches satellites for Planet and Canon

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    An Electron rocket lifts off from Rocket Lab’s launch base in New Zealand with 10 small satellites for Planet and Canon. Credit: Rocket Lab An experimental satellite for Canon Electronics and nine Earth-imaging CubeSats for Planet fired into orbit from New Zealand on Wednesday on top of a Rocket Lab Electron booster, taking the place…

  • Rocket Lab calls off launch attempt in New Zealand

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    Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket is seen venting oxygen vapors during a countdown in New Zealand on Wednesday (U.S. time). Credit: Rocket Lab Rocket Lab canceled a launch attempt Wednesday in New Zealand to evaluate unexpected sensor data, postponing a mission that will deliver 10 small commercial Earth-imaging satellites to orbit. The California-based rocket company was…

  • Live coverage: Rocket Lab scrubs launch of 10 commercial smallsats

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    Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 on Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand carrying Canon’s CE-SAT-2B Earth-imaging satellite and nine SuperDove Earth observation CubeSats for Planet. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Rocket Lab’s live video webcast begins approximately 15 minutes prior to launch,…

  • Ten satellites set to ride into orbit with Rocket Lab

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    Canon’s CE-SAT-2B Earth-imaging satellite and 10 SuperDove remote sensing CubeSats from Planet are set for launch on Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket. Credit: Rocket Lab Ten commercial Earth-imaging satellites are mounted on top of a Rocket Lab Electron launcher for liftoff Wednesday from New Zealand. The nearly 60-foot-tall (18-meter) Electron rocket is scheduled to take off…

  • India planning to resume launches next month

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    File photo of a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle at the Satish Dhawan Space Center in India. Credit: ISRO India is set to resume satellite launches as soon as early November with a mission to deliver Indian, U.S., and European payloads to orbit, the country’s first space launch in nearly a year after delays caused by…

  • China launches geosynchronous Earth observation satellite

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    A Long March 3B rocket lifts off Sunday with the Gaofen 13 Earth observation satellite. Credit: CALT China successfully launched a Gaofen optical observation satellite Sunday toward a perch more than 22,000 miles over the equator, where it will use an Earth-facing telescope to collect remote sensing images, Chinese state media said. The Gaofen 13…

  • Radar imagery released from Capella’s Sequoia satellite

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    This image of Palm Jumeirah in Dubai was captured by Capella’s Sequoia radar satellite. Credit: Capella Space Capella Space has released the first images from its Sequoia radar remote sensing spacecraft, a commercial imaging platform that launched in August as the first of a constellation that could number 36 radar observation satellites. The roughly 220-pound…

  • Soyuz launches with 22 satellites

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    A Russian Soyuz rocket launched Monday from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome with 22 satellites for operators in Russia, Europe, Canada, the United States, and the United Arab Emirates. The Soyuz-2.1b launcher took off from Plesetsk at 1120 GMT (7:20 a.m. EDT; 2:20 p.m. Moscow time) Monday, according to a statement from the Russian Defense Ministry.…

  • China launches environmental monitoring satellites

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    A Long March 4B rocket lifts off Sunday with two Chinese environmental monitoring satellites. Credit: Xinhua Without any public warning, a Chinese Long March 4B rocket lifted off Sunday with two “environmental monitoring satellites” that the country’s state media said will replace a pair of spacecraft launched in 2008 that collected data to assist in a…

  • China launches Haiyang oceanography satellite

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    A Long March 4B rocket lifts off Sept. 21 from the Jiuquan launch base in northwestern China. Credit: Xinhua A Chinese oceanography satellite designed to measure wave height and winds launched Monday aboard a Long March 4B rocket equipped with grid fins to help control the first stage’s descent back to Earth, an improvement aimed…