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Small satellites ordered from Tyvak and BCT by AFRL
Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems (Tyvak) has received an order from the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for a spacecraft to conduct research in Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO). The contract was specifically awarded by the Space Vehicles directorate of the AFRL and was...
Russia launches missile early warning satellite to Molniya orbit
Russia launched the fifth satellite in its EKS (Tundra) series of missile early warning satellites at 0109 GMT, 25 November. The mission utilised a Soyuz 2-1B rocket equipped with a Fregat upper-stage from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. The satellite was deployed into a...
Kuaizhou-1A launches mysterious SHIYAN 11 small satellite for China
A Kuaizhou-1A rocket from ExPace Technology has launched a small satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China. The mission took place at 2341 GMT on 24 November and orbited the Shiyan 11 spacecraft. It is unclear as to capabilities of this satellite but...
Christmas Space Crossword
The first correct solution to this crossword we receive - email a copy to info@seradata.com - will win a £50 Amazon voucher. Across 1 – Abbreviation for treatment of data aboard a satellite (3) 3 – Attractive quantity (4) 5 – Neil Armstrong took a small one (4) 9 –...
NanoAvionics announces shared satellite mission to showcase new platform
Lithuanian small sat manufacturer NanoAvionics plans to showcase its new MP42 microsatellite platform with a multi-payload mission next year. It is planned that the mission will ride to orbit as part of a SpaceX Transporter rideshare launch in 2022. The new...
China launches Gaofen 3-02 SAR satellite
China launched a follow-on radar satellite to LEO from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on 22 November 2021. The mission utilised a Long March 4C (CZ-4C) rocket and carried the Gaofen 3-02 satellite to a near 750 km sun-synchronous orbit. The Gaofen 3 series are...
US Space Force orders three new GPS 3F spacecraft from Lockheed Martin
The US Space Force has confirmed an order signed by the US Air Force under an overarching multisatellite agreement for three new GPS 3F spacecraft for the US military/civil navigation satellite constellation. The contract awarded to Lockheed Martin, the manufacturer...
New Prichal docking module is launched on Soyuz to International Space Station (Updated)
Russia successfully launched the Prichal docking module (aka Uzlovoy Module) on a Soyuz 2-1b from Baikonur Cosmodrome, near Tyuratam, Kazakhstan at 1306 GMT on 24 November towards the International Space Station (ISS). For the Prichal module Roscosmos is conducting a...
Newspace fundraising: Series B rounds for Fleet Space and Chinese ADA Space, more seed money for Hydrosat, large Series F for Astroscale, and Anuvu secures extra money from investors (Updated)
Fleet Space Technologies (Fleet), an Australian newspace company developing an IoT CubeSat-constellation has closed a Series B round of financing. The funding round raised an additional US$26.4 million for the company according to its 17 November announcement. Fleet...
NASA launches DART asteroid deflection mission
Hollywood’s disaster movie genre has long been keen on the theme of the Earth being threatened by the imminent impact of a large object – usually an asteroid – from space. Examples include Meteor (1979), Armageddon (1998) and Deep Impact (1998). In the movies, the...
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