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The Past Week in Launches: SpaceX & China Launch Twice, a Soyuz Rideshare and India Falls Short
Small Satellite Launch Vehicle lifts off on maiden flight. (Credit: ISRO)

by Douglas Messier
Managing Editor

During the past week, SpaceX launched 98 Starlink satellites, a Chinese commercial launch provider made it three in a row, Russia launched a rideshare mission with an Iranian satellite aboard, and India’s new small satellite launcher fell just short of orbit.

There have been 103 orbital launches worldwide, with 99 successes and four failures.

Let’s take a closer look at the last week in launch.

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  • August 14, 2022
China’s ADA Space Raises $55.8 Million Series B Round

Satellite and data provider ADA Space (a.k.a., Guoxing Aerospace) announced that it recently completed a 355 million yuan (US $55.79 million) Series B round of financing. “This round of financing will be mainly used for the company’s satellite network capacity building and innovative product research and development,” the company said in an announcement. ADA Space is developing an Earth observation constellation of 192 satellites. The constellation will consist of CubeSats […]

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  • December 1, 2021