The Space Industry’s leading launch & satellite database

Our experienced analysts provide comprehensive, consistent, independent and authoritative information

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Seradata is the home of SpaceTrak

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.

Here’s what SpaceTrak’s users say:

Luce Fabreguettes

VP Business Development

Arianespace

SpaceTrak is indisputably the most reliable source of information for risk evaluation to support decisions in the space sector.

Kathy Shockey

VP Business Development

Space Systems/Loral (SSL)

At SSL we find the SpaceTrak database of great value for anomaly insurance claim information.

Jan Schmidt

Head of Space

Swiss Reinsurance

The SpaceTrak online database, as well as the Space Review analysis, have been very valuable to conduct our day-to-day underwriting business.

Saruta Utamachote

Senior Corporate Strategy Advisor

Intelsat

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

Seradata Space Intelligence

Eutelsat sells its share in EUTELSAT 25B to satellite partner Es’hailSat

by Matt Wilson | Aug 14, 2018

Following the completion of a deal on 9 August, France-based, global FSS (Fixed Satellite Service) operator Eutelsat S.A. has sold its interest in the joint EUTELSAT 25B/ES’HAIL 1 satellite, to co-owner Qatar-based Es’hailSat. The satellite is positioned...

Three more cubesats pinged out of ISS

by David Todd | Aug 14, 2018

At 0945 GMT on 10 August 2018, a J-SSOD satellite dispenser was taken from the JEM (Japanese Experimental Module) Kibo airlock of the International Space Station using the JEM RMS robot arm. At 0945 GMT the J-SSOD ejected three 1U-Cubesats: Bhutan-1, UiTMSat-1 and...

After one day delay NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is launched by Delta IV Heavy on its way to Sun

by David Todd | Aug 13, 2018

While the old politically incorrect joke about a stupid country (insert which nation you like) attempting a space mission to land on the Sun (they were going to go at night) might be intentionally ridiculous, NASA is attempting to do something close. After a one day...

Jim Simpson leaves post of CEO at ABS after just seven months

by Matt Wilson | Aug 10, 2018

After accepting the post in December 2017, Jim Simpson has left the role of CEO of ABS. His role has been temporarily filled by Chairman of ABS Board of Directors Jim Frownfelter. Comment by Matthew Wilson: It is widely believed that Mr Simpson was brought in...

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