by Matt Wilson | Jun 19, 2018 | Finance, Seradata News
It has been made public that in early-June, major American satellite operator EchoStar Corp. made an “… indicative non-binding proposal… ” for the entirety of British Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) provider Inmarsat plc. In a document published...
by Matt Wilson | Jun 7, 2018 | Finance, History, Seradata News
On 6 June, Northrop Grumman proposed acquisition of fellow Aerospace manufacturer Orbital ATK was approved by the US FTC (Federal Trade Commission). Following the purchase, what was Orbital ATK has been renamed to Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems and incorporated...
by Matt Wilson | Jun 4, 2018 | commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX
Lifting-off from Cape Canaveral, United States of America, at 0445 GMT a hybrid SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried an communications satellite, SES-12, to a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO). The satellite, SES-12, is the sixth SES unit to be launched by SpaceX. It is...
by Matt Wilson | May 21, 2018 | International Space Station, Launches, NASA, Satellites, Seradata News
At 0844 GMT, on 21 May, an Orbital ATK Antares rocket lifted-off from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, Virginia, carrying the CYGNUS OA-9 cargo craft to the ISS (International Space Station). This Cygnus craft received the name SS J.R. THOMPSON, after a former...
by Matt Wilson | May 9, 2018 | China, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
At 1828 GMT, 8 May, a Chinese Long March 4B (CZ-4B) rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, Northern China, carrying the GAOFEN 5 remote-sensing satellite to a LEO sun-synchronous orbit. The GAOFEN series are part of a civilian, high-resolution,...
