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:

Harriet Brettle

Business Analyst

Astroscale

SpaceTrak's comprehensive database has been extremely valuable for analysing the satellite industry through a variety of projects.

Kathy Shockey

VP Business Development

SSL Maxar

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

Falcon Heavy delivers its payloads well and saves half a fairing and two boosters but suffers loss of reusable first stage

by David Todd | Jun 27, 2019

Using the combined 5.1 million lbf thrust of 27 Merlin 1D engines, the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifted-off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Centre near Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 25 June 2019 was a big success for its clients, if having some mixed results for...

Beidou-3 IGSO-2 is launched on way to very inclined geosynchronous Earth orbit by Long March 3B

by David Todd | Jun 26, 2019

At 1809 GMT a Long March 3B-G2 sent the Beidou-3 IGSO-2 (aka Beidou DW46) into initial transfer orbit of 35818 x 194 km at 28.6 degrees inclination from the Xichang launch site in China. The navigation satellite is expected to be moved to its final circular...

Lots of departures from the International Space Station during June

by David Todd | Jun 26, 2019

The month of June registered some significant departures from the International Space Station (ISS) during June. First to leave was the DRAGON CRS-17 cargo spacecraft which was unberthed at 1235 GMT on 3 June 2019. It formally undocked from the ISS at 1601 GMT when...

Seradata Space Conference is on Tuesday

by David Todd | Jun 23, 2019

There are just two days to register for the Seradata Space Conference, Space Risks, Business and Insurance which takes place in London on 25 June 2019. We have put together a fantastic array of speakers who will inform, educate and entertain you. To see the full...

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