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SpaceX Falcon 9 and Arianespace Vega rockets both conduct early morning launches
The first launch that took place on 29 April was conducted by Arianespace. This mission saw a Vega rocket successfully lift-off from Kourou, French Guiana, at 0150 GMT. The targeted orbit for the mission was Sun-synchronous orbit at 628 km (613 km for the rideshare...
On a sadder note: Apollo 11 Command Module Pilot Mike Collins dies of cancer at 90
We are sad to report that the former Apollo 11 command module pilot and astronaut - and very much an unsung hero of the mission - Mike Collins has died of cancer at the age of 90. It was Collins' role to orbit the Moon on his own in return Command and Service module -...
Eutelsat to invest US$550m in OneWeb bringing constellation funding to 80 per cent
European satellite operator Eutelsat has announced its intention to invest US$550 million in OneWeb, the low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation developer. Eutelsat, which primarily operates a fleet of 27 GEO satellites, has been developing a LEO Internet of Things...
Long March 6 rocket launches multiple satellites to LEO
At 0320 GMT on 27 April China launched a Long March 6 (CZ-6) rocket carry several small satellites into sun-synchronous LEO. The majority of the payloads on-board were Earth-observation in nature and came from different Chinese companies with varying degrees of...
Delta IV Heavy launches NRO L-82 reconnaissance satellite
A Delta IV Heavy rocket, operated by the United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched the NRO L-82 payload into orbit on behalf of the US National Reconnaissance Office. The launch took place from Vandenberg, California at 2047 GMT on 26 April 2021. The Delta IV Heavy...
Another 36 OneWeb satellites are sent into orbit via a Soyuz 2-1b/Fregat
A Soyuz 2-1b/Fregat rocket was launched into orbit from the launched from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the far east of Russia at 2214 GMT on 25 April 2021. Aboard were 36 OneWeb constellation communications satellite. The satellites were delivered and dispensed into an...
Seradata Space Conference 2021: Full agenda is now available
Seradata has now completed its agenda for its two-half day (UK afternoons) virtual conference on 23-24 June 2021. In addition, there is also an optional two-hour Seradata SpaceTrak training session on the morning of 24 June. This international event provides...
SpaceX launches second commercial crew mission to the ISS
On 23 April SpaceX successfully launched the "Crew 2" mission on a Falcon 9 vehicle into low Earth orbit from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA. Lift-off occurred at 0949 GMT. On board the Crew Dragon Endeavour were four crew: NASA Astronaut Shane Kimbrough, NASA...
DARPA plans nuclear thermal demonstrator mission called DRACO and taps Blue Origin and Lockheed Martin to provide designs
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded contracts for the first phase of the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) programme. New contracts go to Blue Origin, and Lockheed Martin to add to one already awarded to General...
Rogozin confirms that Russia will leave International Space Station in 2025
Dmitry Rogozin, head of the Russian space agency/conglomerate Roscosmos, has formally confirmed that Russia will be leaving the International Space Station (ISS) in 2025. Russia is known to be working on its own space station in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and will be...
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