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

Aeroject Rocketdyne partners with upcoming rocket manufacturer Firefly Aerospace for potential use of AR1 engine on future launch vehicle

by Matt Wilson | Oct 21, 2019

In an announcement on 18 October, Firefly and Aerojet Rocketdyne revealed that they had entered into a "cooperative agreement" to provide "flexible, sustainable and highly competitive space access solutions". The collaboration will benefit Firefly's line of launch...

Constellation news: SpaceX shocker as it plans 30,000 extra Starlink sats…as Planet gets major NRO contract

by David Todd | Oct 18, 2019

SpaceX has made a filing with the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) - the body which coordinates frequency allocations to avoid interference - noting that it is to add 30,000 extra spacecraft to its already planned 12,000 spacecraft in its Starlink...

All woman spacewalk finally happens

by David Todd | Oct 18, 2019

While a previous all female spacewalk attempt was cancelled - ostensibly due to wrong space suit sizes but following being accused of committing fraud whilst in space Anne McClean, was removed from that spacewalk - an all girl extra vehicular activity (EVA) has...

China launches fourth secretive communications technology test satellite

by Matt Wilson | Oct 18, 2019

Lifting-off at 1521 GMT, on 17 October, a Long March-3B/G2 rocket has dropped-off the TJSW-4 satellite into a Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). The mission lifted-off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Southern China. The TJSW (Tongxin Jishu Shiyan Weixing)...

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