by Douglas MessierManaging Editor It was a relatively quiet week for launches from SpaceX and China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), both of which had one flight each. SpaceX launched 53 Starlink broadband satellites from the Cape Canaveral space station on Friday. The company has launched 3,108 Starlink satellites with 2,809 spacecraft in operation, according to Jonathan’s Space Report. It was the ninth flight for the Falcon 9 first stage booster that supported this mission, which previously launched GPS III Space Vehicle 04, GPS III Space Vehicle 05, Inspiration4, Ax-1, Nilesat 301 and now four Starlink missions . The first stage landed on an offshore drone ship. On Saturday, CASC launched the Yaogan 35-04A, Yaogan 35-04B and Yaogan 35-04C reconnaissance satellites on a Long March 2D rocket for the Chinese Academy of Sciences. CASC performed the flight from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. CASC said it was a record 103rd consecutive successful launch of the Long March missile family, which has flown 433 times in total. Starts to date American companies have started 54 times this year, with 52 successes and two failures. The number surpasses the 51 orbital launches (48 successful, three failures) carried out by American carriers in 2021. SpaceX has launched 37 Falcon 9 rockets this year, all successfully. Both US failures were by Astra Space, which withdrew the Rocket 3.3 booster. Orbital Launches by NationJanuary – August 21, 2022 NationSuccessesFailuresTotalPercent of total launches NotesUnited States5225451.43Includes Rocket Lab Electron launches from New Zealand. final flight of Rocket 3.3 (failure)China3113230.48 Crew, cargo and module launches to space station. Successful maiden flights of Long March 6A and ZK-1ARussia1201211.43 Includes 1 Soyuz ST-B launch from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana conducted by Arianespace. successful maiden flight of Angara-1.2India1132.862 Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (success), Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (failure)Europe2021.9Ariane 5, debut of Vega-CIran1010.95Qased Korea launcherly launchedF0out. vehicle (Nuri); second successful orbital launch by nationTotal1014105100 Chinese companies have launched 32 times this year, with 31 successes and one failure. CASC has been launched 28 times. CAS Space, China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) and Galactic Energy have each launched once. The only Chinese launch failure was by i-space’s Hyperbola launch vehicle. Russia has started twelve times, India three times and Europe twice. Iran and South Korea each have one launch. And Japan isn’t on the board yet.
title: “Spacex And Casc Orbit Satellites Parabolic Arc " ShowToc: true date: “2022-10-26” author: “Steve Dockery”
by Douglas MessierManaging Editor It was a relatively quiet week for launches from SpaceX and China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), both of which had one flight each. SpaceX launched 53 Starlink broadband satellites from the Cape Canaveral space station on Friday. The company has launched 3,108 Starlink satellites with 2,809 spacecraft in operation, according to Jonathan’s Space Report. It was the ninth flight for the Falcon 9 first stage booster that supported this mission, which previously launched GPS III Space Vehicle 04, GPS III Space Vehicle 05, Inspiration4, Ax-1, Nilesat 301 and now four Starlink missions . The first stage landed on an offshore drone ship. On Saturday, CASC launched the Yaogan 35-04A, Yaogan 35-04B and Yaogan 35-04C reconnaissance satellites on a Long March 2D rocket for the Chinese Academy of Sciences. CASC performed the flight from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. CASC said it was a record 103rd consecutive successful launch of the Long March missile family, which has flown 433 times in total. Starts to date American companies have started 54 times this year, with 52 successes and two failures. The number exceeds the 51 orbital launches (48 successful, three failures) carried out by US providers in 2021. It also exceeds the 51 launches (with two failures) carried out by the rest of the world this year. SpaceX has launched 37 Falcon 9 rockets this year, all successfully. Both US failures were by Astra Space, which withdrew the Rocket 3.3 booster. Orbital Launches by NationJanuary – August 21, 2022 NationSuccessesFailuresTotalPercent of total launches NotesUnited States5225451.43Includes Rocket Lab Electron launches from New Zealand. final flight of Rocket 3.3 (failure)China3113230.48 Crew, cargo and module launches to space station. Successful maiden flights of Long March 6A and ZK-1ARussia1201211.43 Includes 1 Soyuz ST-B launch from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana conducted by Arianespace. successful maiden flight of Angara-1.2India1132.862 Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (success), Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (failure)Europe2021.9Ariane 5, debut of Vega-CIran1010.95Qased Korea launcherly launchedF0out. vehicle (Nuri); second successful orbital launch by nationTotal1014105100 Chinese companies have launched 32 times this year, with 31 successes and one failure. CASC has been launched 28 times. CAS Space, China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) and Galactic Energy have each launched once. The only Chinese launch failure was by i-space’s Hyperbola launch vehicle. Russia has started twelve times, India three times and Europe twice. Iran and South Korea each have one launch. And Japan isn’t on the board yet.
