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The Space Industry’s leading launch, satellite database and space market analysis system. Delivered via a powerful website, our experienced satellite analysts provide comprehensive, consistent, independent and authoritative information covering every (orbital) launch and satellite since Sputnik in 1957. Originally created in 1997, SpaceTrak powers the marketing and risk decisions of key launch providers, manufacturers, insurance companies, governments and satellite operators worldwide.
SpaceTrak is the leading product of Seradata, set up as a result of a management buy-out in 2013 from Flightglobal Ascend (formerly Airclaims). Seradata has invested in and continues to improve both the content of and the IT behind SpaceTrak, enhancing the customer experience.
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Seradata Space Intelligence
Following a long series of delays SpaceX has managed to launch its lingering Starlink mission
On 4 March 2021 at 0824 GMT SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 vehicle from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, carrying the long-delayed seventeenth batch of v1.0 Starlink satellites. On-board the flight were 60 Starlinks which were released into a sub-300 km...
Not quite “Third time’s a charm” for SpaceX Spaceship prototype SN10 as it lands successfully but later explodes
Having had two explosive landing attempt failures with the SpaceX Starship prototypes SN8 and SN9 at its Boca Chica launch and landing base in Texas, SpaceX engineer and commentator John Inspruker tempted fate on 3 February for the SN10 test flight by saying "Third...
The newspace SPAC craze continues with established players Rocket Lab and Spire Global going public
Rocket Lab announced on 1 March 2021 that it plans to merge with Vector Acquisition Corporation, a SPAC (Special-purpose acquisition company) to become listed on the NASDAQ. The deal is expected to close in "Q2 2021" and has valued the company at US$4.1 billion. So...
Spacewalking astronauts attach brackets on ISS solar arrays ready for new ones
On the 28 February, spacewalking NASA astronauts Kate Rubins and Victor Glover made an extra vehicular activity (EVA) in order to add new structure to support new solar arrays which will begin to be installed later this year. Solar cells degrade over time and so the...