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Spacewalking astronauts successfully make modifications to ISS ammonia cooling system but helmet water leak spectre returns
On 23 March, the International Space Station (ISS) Quest airlock was depressurised and Expedition 66 Flight Engineers Raja Chari, of NASA, and Matthias Maurer, of ESA, opened the hatch at 1232 GMT to begin a spacewalk (US EVA-80) to make modifications to the radiator...
GLSV 2 failure traced to faulty liquid hydrogen pressurisation relief valve
The cause of the 12 August 2021 launch failure of the GSLV 2 CUSP 1 launch vehicle, which lost the EOS-03 satellite (formally called GISAT 1 GEO Imaging Satellite), has been revealed by India's space agency ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation). After a...
Military Space: North Korea shocks the world with its successful ICBM launch
North Korea successfully launched its first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) on a high arcing test flight from a base in Sunan, North Korea, at 0534 GMT on 24 March. The missile is thought to be a Hwasong-17 rocket launched from a mobile platform, similar to...
Satellite 2022: SpaceX raises prices in wake of inflation and falls out with launch arranger Spaceflight
While SpaceX representatives were speaking at the Satellite 2022 conference, Washington DC on 22 March, the company was also telling customers that it was raising the price of some services to combat inflation. Most pertinent to those in the space industry is the...
Satellite 2022: Some launch providers looking forward to this year, others into next
During the Satellite 2022 conference we were provided with plans for this year from some American launch providers. Rocket Lab The American small launch provider Rocket Lab - who primarily launches out of New Zealand - announced that it hopes to conduct its...
Satellite 2022: Arianespace CEO updates us on present challenges and future plans
On Tuesday afternoon at the Satellite 2022 conference, Washington D.C. representatives from the main global launch providers gathered for a talk. The European participant on the "Next Generation Launchers Gearing Up" panel was CEO of Arianespace, Stéphane Israël. He...
NASA outlines Artemis lunar landing plan with a second lander type for later missions (Updated)
NASA has outlined the Project Artemis plan to land humans back on the Moon. Having already selected SpaceX to supply its Starship-based lunar lander, NASA has released more detail into the public domain. The plan involves two Starship launches initially into low Earth...
Satellite 2022: PSN orders Boeing HTS GEO satellite for Indonesia for launch on Falcon 9
At the Satellite 2022 conference in Washington DC, PSN (Pasifik Satelit Nusantara) of Indonesia contracted with Boeing to provide an HTS GEO satellite giving 140 Gbps of capacity over the country. The company intends that this spacecraft will complement the SATRIA-1...
Russia launches Meridian M10 satellite
The Russians successfully launched a Soyuz 2-1A/Fregat vehicle from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia, at 1248 GMT on the 22 March 2022. The launch vehicle was carrying the Meridian M10 satellite which will be used to provide communications over the northern latitudes from...
Interview: Exotrail CEO Jean-Luc Maria discusses plans for the future and OTV aspirations
When Seradata was offered an interview with Jean-Luc Maria, Co-founder and CEO Exotrail, we were intrigued, not least because we had already detected this up-and-coming French software and thruster firm on our “radar”. And we wanted to know more. The Massy and...
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