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NASA informs in a press conference that the DART mission changed the orbital period of the asteroid Dimorphos by 32 minutes, that is 3x the expected. So we managed to move an asteroid!!! We avenge the dinosaurs.
JAXA's Epsilon-6 rocket carrying 8 commercial satellites was forced to self-destruct after failing to reach its intended orbit.
This is notable in that this is the first rocket failure since 2003 for the Japanese space programme, whose H-II and Epsilon rocket families have been know for their reliability, albeit more expensive to launch than competitors from other nations.
This was also the first time an Epsilon rocket was tasked to carry private and commercial payloads instead of scientific instruments.
This is notable in that this is the first rocket failure since 2003 for the Japanese space programme, whose H-II and Epsilon rocket families have been know for their reliability, albeit more expensive to launch than competitors from other nations.
This was also the first time an Epsilon rocket was tasked to carry private and commercial payloads instead of scientific instruments.
Russia used to be commercial satellite launch leader like a decade ago before US sanctions and the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket entered service.
As is with the sanctions Russia is only launching satellites either for itself or for nations which it has close associations with like Angola.
As is with the sanctions Russia is only launching satellites either for itself or for nations which it has close associations with like Angola.
So is the Minotaur, even more so since it is straight-up adapted from the Minuteman ICBMs.