Weekly space news 23/Oct/22

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Japanese rocket fails soon after liftoff

The Japanese space agency JAXA’s Epsilon-6 rocket carrying 8 satellites failed just after liftoff this week and had to be aborted by a self-destruction command.

China’s space station is almost complete

China’s space station Tiangong is almost complete. CNSA to launch more rockets to its space station. Three upcoming launches and a crew handover will complete Tiangong.

ISRO launches its heaviest rocket yet

ISRO’s commercial arm, New Space India Ltd (NSIL), launched a new rocket this week which is its heaviest one yet, called LVM3-M2, carrying 36 satellites. With this launch, LVM3 is making its entry into the “global commercial launch service market”.

CNSA considers new and exciting missions

The Chinese space agency is considering new and exciting missions like a mission to Ceres, a dwarf planet, and a dark matter telescope.

Kayhan Space plans to predict the collision courses of satellites and make space a safer place

In space, there are about a million pieces of space debris traveling at speeds 10 times that of a bullet. There is always a risk of a satellite or telescope being hit by that debris. Kayhan Space (a space startup) plans to track the debris and warn us before the collision happens.