https://spacewatch.global/tag/lemur-2-weather-satellites/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Sun, 17 May 2020 11:00:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/lemur-2-weather-satellites/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/spacewatch-global-opinion-could-scotland-lead-europes-newspace-charge/ Sun, 17 May 2020 11:00:04 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22587 Scotland is a place that may be known more for its whisky than its rocket fuel, but it is quickly becoming a country associated with upstream and downstream space applications.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/12/russian-soyuz-2-1a-successfully-lofts-multiple-satellites-from-vostochny-cosmodrome/ Fri, 28 Dec 2018 06:00:52 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12109 The last Russian satellite launch of 2018 took place on 27 December 2018 when a Soyuz 2-1A launch vehicle lifted off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome, lofting two Kanopus-V remote sensing satellites and twenty-six secondary payloads into orbit with the aid of a Fregat upper stage.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/11/india-successfully-launches-pslv-c43-with-hysis-eo-satellite-and-30-nanosats-from-eight-countries/ Fri, 30 Nov 2018 06:00:27 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11647 The Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) PSLV-C43 lifted off at 0957 hrs (IST) on 29 November 2018 from the First Launch Pad (FLP) at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota, and successfully launched India’s Hyperspectral Imaging Satellite (HysIS) and 30 international co-passenger satellites.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/11/australias-fleet-space-technologies-next-satellite-to-launch-from-india-in-november-2018/ Mon, 12 Nov 2018 06:00:41 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11259 Spaceflight, a satellite rideshare and mission management company, has announced that it will launch twelve satellites on board an Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) later in November 2018, to include a satellite for Australian New Space company Fleet Space Technologies, who are having two satellites launched this coming week from New Zealand by Rocket Lab.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/08/spire-global-to-use-arianespaces-vega-slv-for-lemur-2-cubesat-launches/ Tue, 14 Aug 2018 05:00:15 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=9908 Spire Global, the New Space company that provides meteorological, maritime, and aviation awareness data from low-Earth orbit, has selected Arianespace’s Vega launch vehicle to loft its LEMUR-2 Cubesats.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/05/rocket-lab-set-first-commercial-launch-end-june-2018/ Mon, 28 May 2018 05:00:18 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=8796 U.S. based commercial space launch company Rocket Lab is getting ready for its first commercial launch, which is scheduled to take off from New Zealand in late June 2018. This U.S. spaceflight startup has scheduled new dates for its first commercial launch: a mission dubbed “It’s Business Time” which will launch via its small rocket, the Electron, between 23 June and 6 July 2018]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/01/rocket-lab-successfully-launches-three-satellites-new-zealand/ Mon, 22 Jan 2018 05:05:41 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=7211 Rocket Lab has successfully reached orbit with the test flight of its second Electron orbital launch vehicle, Still Testing. Electron lifted-off at 14:43 NZDT from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on the Māhia Peninsula in New Zealand. Following successful first and second stage burns, Electron reached orbit and deployed customer payloads at 8 minutes and […]]]>