by Matt Wilson | Jan 15, 2019 | Iran, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
In the early hours of 15 January 2019, local time, the Iranian Space Agency (ISA) attempted to launch the PAYAM satellite into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) utilising their Simorgh, light launch vehicle. This launch is reported to have ended in failure due to an anomaly with...
by Matt Wilson | Dec 10, 2018 | China, commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
Launching from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, located in Northern China, at 0412 GMT, on 7 December 2018, a SAST (Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology) Long March-2D (CZ-2D) rocket lifted-off to LEO (Low Earth Orbit) for CGWIC (China Great Wall Industry...
by Matt Wilson | Dec 5, 2018 | commercial launch services, History, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX
After a series of delays due to reasons ranging from national holidays to high winds, the Sun-Synch Express mission for Spaceflight Industries was launched by a Space X Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket at 1834 GMT, 3 December 2018. The launch from the western SpaceX launch pad...
by Matt Wilson | Nov 28, 2018 | Constellation, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX, Technology
During November, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved the applications of four large-scale communications satellite constellations in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), which will total more than 8,000 satellites if fully implemented. Of these, the SpaceX...
by Matt Wilson | Nov 19, 2018 | Launches, NASA, Satellites, Seradata News, space station
Following a two-day delay the first Cygnus freighter, Cygnus NG-10, was launched on its way to the International Space Station (ISS) at 0901 GMT on 17 November 2018. The Cygnus was launched by another now Northrop product, an Antares 230 rocket – powered by two...
