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The Space Industry’s leading launch, satellite database and analysis system. Delivered via a powerful website, our experienced 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
The Great Space Race: who is in the lead? USA – but it is making it difficult for itself
Every August, Seradata does its usual estimate on which nation is leading the "human" space race - or rather races - to return humans to the Moon, and put humankind on the surface of Mars. This year we have done the same. In a way, things have cleared up and now USA...
ULA and SpaceX share spoils of US Air Force contracts in 60:40 split as Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman are left out
On behalf of the US Department of Defense, the US Air Force has awarded launch contracts as part of the National Security Space Launch (Phase 2) programme to two launch providers: the United Launch Alliance (ULA) and SpaceX, These are set to take place between 2020...
SES orders four more O3b mPOWER sats from Boeing, also adjusts mPOWER launch schedule
Continuing a recent spate of orders for the industry, SES has expanded its O3b mPOWER order with Boeing. The Europe-based, operator of a global communications satellite fleet announced this on 7 August 2020, alongside the American satellite manufacturer. This addition...
SpaceX Falcon makes 9th launch of Starlinks – plus a couple of BlackSkyGlobal sats
SpaceX have completed their ninth Starlink launch. It took off from Cape Canaveral at 0512 GMT on 7 August carrying 57 Starlink low Earth orbit communications satellites and two BlackSky Global Earth observation spacecraft units (-7 /-8). The first-stage used three of...