Thursday, 27 March 2025

USA 498, the NROL-69 payload, found

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click map to enlarge On 24 March 2025 at 17:48 UTC , a Falcon 9 blasted off from Cape Canaveral launch pad 40 in Florida as NROL-69 , carryi...
Friday, 14 March 2025

The Russian eavesdropping satellite LUCH (OLYMP-K) 2 has moved significantly

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click diagram to enlarge I have written before on this blog about the Russian military SIGINT satellite LUCH (OLYMP-K) 2 (2023-031A). It ...
Wednesday, 19 February 2025

The reentry of a Falcon 9 upper stage over NW Europe on 19 February [UPDATED]

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In the early morning of February 19, 2025, near 3:45 UTC (4:45 CET) scores of people in the Netherlands, UK, Germany and Denmark saw a slow...
Friday, 31 January 2025

The North Korean satellite Malligyong-1 manoeuvered again, and this time it is different

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click diagram to enlarge In two contributions to The Space Review ( part 1 here and part 2 here ) for the first instance, as well as two f...
Wednesday, 8 January 2025

Possible Space Debris impact in Kenia: a piece of the Ariane SYLDA 2008-034C? [updated]

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the metal ring found near Mukuku in Kenia. Image: Kenia Space Agency the metal ring found near Mukuku in Kenia. Image: Kenia Space Agency th...
Thursday, 10 October 2024

X-37B Spaceplane OTV 7 to lower orbit by aerobraking

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X-37B OTV 7 near apogee  imaged by the author on 3 October 2024. Click to enlarge It looks like the time on orbit is about to end for missi...
Wednesday, 25 September 2024

A Chinese ICBM test launch at full range, into the central Pacific, on September 25

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click image to enlarge click image to enlarge In a surprise move, China conducted a (for them) unusual ICBM test launch on September 25, 2...