https://spacewatch.global/tag/ccsfs/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 03 Feb 2025 08:45:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/ccsfs/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2025/02/spainsat-ng-i-successfully-launches-for-the-spanish-armed-forces/ Mon, 03 Feb 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=63702 The first of the two Airbus-built new generation SpainSat satellites, SpainSat NG-I, has successfully launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Operated by Hisdesat for the Spanish Armed Forces, the secure communications satellite operating in UHF, Ka and X bands, will enter into service in geostationary orbit in the second half of 2025, following initial testing and commissioning.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/10/ispace-receives-iaf-excellence-in-industry-award/ Thu, 17 Oct 2024 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=61747 ispace, inc. has received the International Astronautical Federation’s (IAF) Excellence in Industry Award to recognize the company’s achievement during Mission 1. ispace’s Founder & CEO Takeshi Hakamada accepted the Excellence in Industry Award for small/medium-sized companies at the IAF International Astronautical Conference 2024, in Milan, Italy.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/10/hera-mission-departs-earth-towards-deflected-asteroid/ Tue, 08 Oct 2024 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=61557 ESA’s first planetary defence spacecraft, Hera, has launched away from and departed planet Earth aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, USA, on 7 October at 10:52 local time (16:52 CEST, 14:52 UTC) with its solar arrays deploying about one hour later. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/10/griffin-mission-one-completestest-with-nasas-dsn/ Wed, 02 Oct 2024 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=61438 The Deep Space Network (DSN) managed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) successfully completed end-to-end test communications with Astrobotic’s Griffin lunar lander, an important milestone to demonstrate the lander’s compatibility with space-to-ground communications that will occur during Griffin Mission One (GM1)’s journey to the lunar surface.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/07/turkiye-launches-first-home-made-communications-satellite/ Tue, 09 Jul 2024 06:00:25 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=55984 Türkiye has launched its first communication satellite TURKSAT-6A on SpaceX's Falcon 9 from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. ASELSAN, Türkiye’s leading defence company developed the satellite, equipping it with Ku-Band and X-Band communication payloads. The key development consequently places Türkiye within a new league of countries capable of producing their communication satellites.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/05/starliner-now-targeting-may-21-launch-after-helium-leak/ Thu, 16 May 2024 06:00:15 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=55213 Boeing has announced another postponement of its Starliner mission until at least May 21 as it addresses a small helium leak in the Starliner spacecraft itself. NASA and Boeing had earlier postponed the mission's launch to May 17 following a data review which saw United Launch Alliance (ULA) decide to replace a pressure regulation valve on the Atlas V rocket’s Centaur upper stage.]]>