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January 2020 Space News

  • Minister: Simorgh launcher installed to launch Zafar satellite IRNA 29 Jan 2020 -- Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mohammad Javad Azari-Jahromi said on Wednesday that Simorgh launcher has been drawn to the spaceport to launch Zafar satellite into space, adding that Simorgh will take Zafar 530 km up to space.
  • Iran breaks monopoly of know-how to launch satellites IRNA 28 Jan 2020 -- Iran broke the monopoly of nine states over know-how to launch satellites, spokesman for Ministry of Defense Aerospace Organization Ahmad Hosseini said on Tuesday.
  • Iran Preparing For U.S.-Criticized Satellite Launch RFE/RL 28 Jan 2020 -- Satellite images suggest Iran is preparing to launch a satellite into space after three failed rocket launches last year, reports say, as part of a program viewed by the United States as a cover for ballistic missile development.
  • Iran makes six satellites to put into orbit IRNA 26 Jan 2020 -- Minister of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) said on Sunday that Iran has got six satellites ready to put into orbit.
  • DARPA Scraps 'Phantom Express' Space Plane Project After Boeing Withdraws - Reports Sputnik 24 Jan 2020 -- The US military had selected Boeing to enter into a collaborative venture to construct an Experimental Spaceplane called Phantom Express. The project, however, began to wane before being cancelled altogether.
  • China's space-tracking vessels back from missions PLA Daily 22 Jan 2020 -- Space-tracking ship Yuanwang 3 and Yuanwang 7 returned to the port of the China Satellite Maritime Tracking and Controlling Department after completing three monitoring missions, the Science and Technology Daily reported Wednesday.
  • Zafar 1, 2 delivered to Iran's Ministry of Information ISNA 19 Jan 2020 -- Zafar 1 and 2 satellites were delivered to Iran's Ministry of Information and Communications Technology in a ceremony with the participation of Iranian Space Agency (ISA) chief Morteza Barari.
  • Iran says will soon launch Zafar satellites into orbit Press TV 19 Jan 2020 -- Iran's Minister of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi says two Zafar (Victory) satellites have successfully passed tests and will soon be launched into space.
  • Pence Swears In First Chief of Space Operations at White House Event DoD News 14 Jan 2020 -- Vice President Mike Pence swore in Air Force Gen. John W. "Jay" Raymond as the highest-ranking military leader of the newly created U.S. Space Force in a ceremony that recognized the arrival of the nation's newest military branch.
  • New Space Force Chief Sworn in VOA 14 Jan 2020 -- Vice President Mike Pence has formally sworn in in Gen. John "Jay" Raymond as the new Chief of Space Operations Tuesday at the White House.
  • Manned space mission woes Global Times 15 Jan 2020 -- India could face a delay for years in its first-ever manned space mission scheduled for December 2021, as numerous obstacles, including the development of a launch vehicle with a payload capacity up to mission requirements, still need to be overcome, Chinese experts said on Tuesday.
  • 20 years' development of the Shenzhou spacecraft People's Daily 13 Jan 2020 -- Shenzhou-1, China's first unmanned test spacecraft, was launched on Nov. 20, 1999, marking a breakthrough in China's space program.
  • Russian Space Agency Commits Billions of Rubles More to 'Oryol' Next-Gen Spacecraft Sputnik 13 Jan 2020 -- Currently in development, the Oryol ('Eagle') crewed spacecraft is a crucial element of Russia's plans to land cosmonauts on the Moon. Roscosmos Chief Dmitry Rogozin has previously indicated that flight testing of the spaceship should be completed by 2028.
  • Russian 'Orbital Spy Satellite' Has Broken Up in Space – Harvard Astronomer Sputnik 12 Jan 2020 -- Russia launched the Kosmos-2491 military satellite into orbit in 2013, with few details made available regarding its capabilities and mission, leading to speculation about its true purpose.
  • China's fat satellite hits orbit Global Times 05 Jan 2020 -- The country's heaviest and most advanced communication satellite smoothly entered its fixed service point in 36,000 kilometer geosynchronous orbit early Sunday morning, marking a successful maiden flight for the spacecraft based on the Dongfanghong-5 satellite platform (DFH-5).
  • China's heaviest satellite positioned in geosynchronous orbit People's Daily 06 Jan 2020 -- China's heaviest and most advanced satellite, Shijian-20, reached its fixed position in geosynchronous orbit Sunday, marking the first successful flight of DFH-5 satellite platform, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
  • China's quantum satellite links with world-first mobile ground station Global Times 03 Jan 2020 -- China's quantum satellite - Quantum Experiments at Space Scale (QUESS) - has successfully linked up with the world's first mobile quantum ground station and conducted an encrypted data transmission in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province.
  • China tests world's 1st mobile quantum satellite ground station Global Times 01 Jan 2020 -- China's Quantum Experiments at Space Scale, or better known as the Micius, have successfully conducted an eight-minute-long encrypted data transmission with a mobile ground station, marking a world's first.
  • India Approves Third Lunar Mission Chandrayaan-3, ISRO Chief Reveals Sputnik 01 Jan 2020 -- Three months after suffering a major jolt in its second lunar mission, India's space agency ISRO has announced a new mission, Chandrayaan-3, on New Year's Day. New Delhi's ambition to soft-land on the Moon had crashed when the Chandrayaan-2 failed to touch down on the lunar surface as planned on 7 September 2019.



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