NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Climate, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite, planned to reveal mysteries of Earth’s interconnected systems, successfully launched into orbit at 1:33 a.m. EST on February 8, 2024.
On January 28, 2024, Iran successfully launched three satellites into space using its Simorgh rocket. This accomplishment has concerns among Western nations, particularly the United States, regarding Tehran’s ballistic missile capabilities.
A China satellite launch made a nationwide emergency alert in Taiwan just days before the presidential election, causing confusion among the Taiwanese population. The incident happened as the English translation of the emergency message incorrectly referred to the satellite as a missile, leading to anxiety in the already tense political atmosphere.
North Korea has announced its plans to launch its first military spy satellite in June. The country claims that space-based reconnaissance is crucial for monitoring the “reckless” military exercises conducted by the United States and South Korea.
ISRO successfully launched the NVS-01, the first of the second-generation navigation satellites, on May 29, 2023. The satellite was launched aboard a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-MkII) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
China achieved another milestone in its satellite navigation system with the successful launch of the 56th BeiDou Navigation Satellite (GEO-4) on May 17th.
