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Our experienced analysts provide comprehensive, consistent, independent and authoritative space market analysis, satellite analysis and information

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Seradata is the home of SpaceTrak

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.

Here’s what SpaceTrak’s users say:

Michael Mitchell

Senior Manager

Northrop Grumman Corporation

SpaceTrak’s comprehensive database has become an invaluable tool in supporting strategic planning, assessing market trends, and positioning for future growth.

Saruta Utamachote

Senior Corporate Strategy Advisor

Intelsat

SpaceTrak’s comprehensive data is incredibly valuable in helping us make informed business decisions.

Pascal Lecointe

Space Underwriter

Hiscox

Data is more than ever at the heart of insurance and Seradata’s SpaceTrak database is the most accurate base publicly available. Combining it with our own data has enabled us to enhance our risk assessment methodology. With the exponential growth of small satellites launches, this will be even more relevant in the future.

Seradata Space Intelligence

NASA chooses SpaceX Starship derivative for human lunar lander but was the choice forced by limited funding?

by David Todd | Apr 17, 2021

While Elon Musk previously hinted at it on his Twitter feed, NASA formally announced on 26 April that it had selected SpaceX to provide a Human Landing System (HLS) for its planned landings as part of its Artemis Programme. The US$2.89 billion contract covers the...

Blue Origin makes another successful uncrewed launch of its suborbital New Shepard

by David Todd | Apr 15, 2021

At 1556 GMT on 14 April, Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital launch vehicle and Mk 3 version of the capsule made another successful uncrewed launch beyond the Karman Line official limit of space (100km). The actual altitude reached a peak at 106 km over the Van Horn...

SpaceX Falcon Heavy selected to launch Astrobotic Griffin lunar lander in 2023

by Matt Wilson | Apr 13, 2021

Astrobotic has selected SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket to fly its first GRIFFIN lunar lander to the Moon. This is the first mission for its larger lander product - its smaller PEREGRINE lander is due to fly this year. The GRIFFIN mission is planned to launch in 2023 and...

MEV-2 satellite life extender spacecraft finally docks with Intelsat 10-02 in GEO

by David Todd | Apr 13, 2021

Northrop Grumman's SpaceLogistics LLC subsidiary announced that its Mission Extension Vehicle- 2 ( MEV-2) had successfully docked with the communications Intelsat 10-02 (IS-10-02) in geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) in order to extend its life. After some practice...

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