SSI News
Blue Origin completes fifth human “crewed” suborbital mission
Blue Origin successfully launched its suborbital vehicle New Shepard NS-21 from Texas, USA at 1325 GMT on 4 June 2022. The crewed vehicle carried six people - actually participants rather than a crew - on its autonomous mission to suborbital space and back. The paying...
China launches three more “Taikonauts” to its space station on Shenzhou 14
The Chinese successfully launched a Long March 2F/G (CZ-2F/G) launch vehicle from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre, China at 0244 GMT on 5 June 2022. The vehicle was carrying Shenzhou 14, a crewed spaceflight to the Tiangong space station. Three astronauts (dubbed...
China launches nine GeeSAT satellites on Long March 2C rocket
Under the auspices of China Great Wall Industry Corp (CGWIC), the commercial launch provider and turnkey services arm of China Aerospace Science & Technology Corporation (CASC), a commercial flight of the Long March 2C (3) (CZ-2C (3)) rocket lifted off from the...
Fundraising continues internationally for newspace companies
Astrocast/Hiber Swiss satellite-IoT provider Astrocast SA revealed plans on 30 May to purchase European compatriot and fellow IoT services provider Hiber Global, of the Netherlands. Astrocast is currently working towards a second IPO, on the Euronext Growth Paris...
USSF allocates eight “national security” launches from previous multi-launch contracts to ULA and SpaceX
The USSF (United States Space Force) Space Systems Command has formally allocated the eight launches from the previous National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 launch service agreement signed in August 2020 with United Launch Alliance (ULA) and SpaceX. The...
Russia causes uproar with its “Donbass” message on side of Soyuz rocket carrying Progress MS-20 cargo craft to the ISS
With vicious fighting now occurring in the Donbass region of Ukraine three months into Russia's violent invasion of Ukraine, Russia's space agency and conglomerate, Roskosmos, showed no shame using its rockets to proclaim its political messaging. It has printed in...
The Great British race to reach orbit from UK (Updated)
The final flight in 1971 of Black Arrow, a British satellite carrier rocket developed in the 1960s, remains the first and only successful orbital launch to be conducted by the UK. Even then Black Arrow took off from Australian soil. The British space sector has waited...
Astroscale gets funding to demo satellite removal
While the ELSa-D docking test mission is not going to plan in orbit due to thruster issues, its owner/developer Astroscale did have something to smile about. It has received US$16 milion (€15 million) in funding from the European Space Agency (ESA) to demonstrate an...
French company Gama contracts NanoAvionics to build its first satellite
A French start-up Gama has contracted NanoAvionics to build its first satellite, GAMA ALPHA, a solar sail demonstration mission. The announcement released on 26 May outlines that it will be based on NanoAvionics' 6U CubeSat platform and is planned to launch in H2...
Telesat moves to smaller LEO comsat constellation as it demos its signals over India
While its competitors seem determined to add ever more numbers to their proposed or under construction satellite constellations, satellite operator Telesat has bucked the trend and reduced the size of its planned Telesat Lightspeed ensemble. Its original plan was to...
Stay Informed with Seradata
Stay informed on the latest news, insights, and more from Seradata by signing up for our newsletter.