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.

Brian Kosinski

VP Mission Assurance

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

As expected, the “drifting” Angosat is declared a Total Loss

by David Todd | Apr 25, 2018

The Russian space agency and industrial complex Roscosmos has declared that the Angosat communications satellite as a “total loss” for operational and insurance purposes. Roscosmos plans to build a replacement spacecraft for Angola. The satellite ran into...

Bridenstine gets NASA Administrator job after scraping home in Senate vote

by David Todd | Apr 23, 2018

Under the threat of NASA being leaderless for several months to come, the US Senate has bitten the bullet and approved the appointment of former jet fighter pilot and current Republican Congressman Jim Bridenstine to the role of NASA Administrator. Bridenstine’s...

Spaceflight takes out two launch bookings of Vega rockets

by David Todd | Apr 23, 2018

The commercial launch arranger Spaceflght has booked two Vega launches from European launch provider Arianespace. The first flight, which will take place in early 2019 from Kourou in French Guiana, will carry a new Small Spacecraft Mission Service dispenser built by...

Eutelsat completes sale of Hispasat shares after Spanish government consent

by Matt Wilson | Apr 19, 2018

Eutelsat, one of the “Big Four” global FSS operators, has received approval from the Spanish government for the sale of its 33.69 per cent shareholding in fellow European FSS operator Hispasat for EUR€302m (US$372.5m). The sale has been a lengthy...

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