Supported by success… Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accused the Indian space agency of astronauts to fly to the moon by 2040. The engineers are merely outlined architecture on how India will achieve this goal. On January 16th, India achieved its first successful docking between two satellites in orbit. This made India the fourth country to demonstrate independent docking capabilities in orbit after the US, Russia and China.
A new vehicle will join the Chinese rocket fleet. China launched its first March 8A rocket on February 11th, bringing its second satellite into orbit for the Gwan project nationwide. Space News reports. The launcher took off from Wencang Launch Base in southern China and deployed at least eight satellites for the massive penetration of Gua One Broadband, China’s answer to Starlink. China has released poor information about the design, size or capabilities of Guawan satellites, raising questions about concerns about the nature and transparency of the satellite.
A little new… The long March 8A is the standard long March 8 upgraded variant that debuted in December 2020. It features the same first stage and side boosters as the original, but includes the newly designed 3.35 meters (11 feet) of hydrogen. The second stage of oxygen allows for a wider 5.2 meters (17 feet) payload fairing. The rocket can carry around 7,000 kilograms (15,400 pounds) into solar-synchronous orbit. China is planning to use long consumables March 8 and 8A rockets for numerous launches. They will likely be the mainstay for deploying Chinese Goo Wang and Thousand Sale Mega Constell. (Submitted by Ellpeatea)
This is the latest in Starship Flight 8. A little over a month after SpaceX’s massive spacecraft launch ended with explosions of several Caribbean islands, the company is preparing its next rocket for a test flight, ARS reports Masu. According to Posting notifications The Federal Aviation Administration said the eighth test flight of the spacecraft vehicle could take place on February 26th from a Starbase launch site in southern Texas. Company sources have confirmed that this release date is plausible, but it is possible that the release will ski Thursday or Friday from the 1st or 2nd next week.
