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Spektr-RG comes closer to target – Satellite News Digest

Russia’s space observatory Spektr-RG, which was launched in July to observe the universe at X-ray wavelengths, has moved away from Earth to a distance of 1.6 million kilometers, according to Dmitry Rogozin, chief of Russia’s space corporation Roskosmos. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019090202

Rokot loft geodesy satellite – Satellite News Digest

Rocket: Rokot; Payload: Geo-IK-2 No. 13L (Kosmos 2540); Date: 30 August 2019, 1400 UTC; Launch site: Plesetsk, Russia. All pre-launch operations and the launch itself were normal. Ground facilities of the Aerospace Force monitored the rocket’s launch and flight. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019090100

LandSpace offers commercial launches on ZQ-2 – Satellite News Digest

Chinese commercial launcher developer and launch service provider LandSpace Technology Corporation Ltd. (LandSpace) announced that the company is seeking and accepting payloads from around the world for the maiden launch of its proprietary ZhuQue-2 (ZQ-2) launcher powered by a LOX/LCH4 [liquid oxygen/methane] rocket engine. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019082900