SSI News
Space Orders: ClearSpace books Arianespace Vega C for debris removal mission
Swiss debris company ClearSpace has signed a launch contract with Arianespace to use the Vega C launcher for its first debris removal mission. The ClearSpace-1 mission will be launched in the second half of 2026 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. It will...
China’s mini-Shuttle lands after its second flight
After spending 276 days in orbit, China’s unmanned mini-shuttle/spaceplane, dubbed the CSSHQ 1, landed on 8 May following its second flight in orbit. No TV coverage of the landing was released, or even its landing time, but the China Aerospace Science and Technology...
NASA’s TROPICS pair of satellites are successfully launched by Rocket Lab Electron
NASAs TROPICS 5 and TROPICS 6, having originally been planned to be launched on a completely different rocket (the launch was moved from an Astra Rocket 3 after a launch failure destroyed an earlier TROPICS pair), and then launched from a new location (New Zealand...
Maxar Technologies completes US$6.4 billion sale to private equity firm
The sale of US satellite operator Maxar Technologies to private equity firm Advent International and minority investor British Columbia Investment Management Corp has been completed. Formed in 2017, Maxar is a satellite manufacturer and operator with a fleet of...
Spacewalking cosmonauts relocate airlock on the ISS…as Crew 6 move their Dragon
On 3 May 2023 at 2000 GMT, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin began another spacewalk. Their mission objective was to relocate an experiment airlock from the Rassvet module to the Nauka science module. Cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev worked from inside...
Cape Canaveral witnesses another Falcon 9 launch – this time carrying 56 Starlinks as part of Group 5-6
A SpaceX operated Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket lifted off from pad SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA at 0731 GMT on 4 May 2023. Aboard the launch were 56 Starlink communications satellites as part of the constellations Group 5-6 heading for their initial drop...
UAE astronaut joins NASA one to do EVA spacewalk from ISS
NASA astronaut Steve Bowen was joined by UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi for an Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA) spacewalk from the International Space Station (ISS). After depressurisation of the Quest airlock, the airlock hatch was opened at...
Falcon Heavy in expendable form launches three satellites in night launch: Viasat-3 Americas, Arcturus & G-Space 1 (Corrected)
While its launches are not very common, a Falcon Heavy launch can be spectacular as happened during a night launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, at 0026 GMT on 1 May 2023. The Falcon Heavy v1.2FT Block 5 rocket was flown with a set of reusable boosters, the...
Falcon 9 launches pair of O3b satellites: m-POWER-3 and -4
A Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket successfully launched a pair of O3B m-POWER satellites on behalf of SES. After the launch was delayed for an hour due to bad weather, the two satellites, SES O3B m-POWER-3 and SES O3B m-POWER-4, were launched from Cape Canaveral Air...
Falcon 9 launches 46 communications satellites to LEO as part of Starlink Group 3-5
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 from Vandenberg, California, USA at 1330 GMT on 27 April 2023. The launch vehicle was carrying Starlink Group 3-5 consisting of 46 Starlink communications satellites. The reusable B1061 first stage on its 13th...
Stay Informed with Seradata
Stay informed on the latest news, insights, and more from Seradata by signing up for our newsletter.