by Philip Hylands | Feb 20, 2020 | Launches, Military space, Russia, Satellites, Soyuz
Russia successfully launched a Soyuz 2-1A Fregat M vehicle carrying the Meridian M No 19 L (Meridian M 9) satellite into a high arcing Molniya orbit at 0824 GMT on 20 February from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northern Russia. Note that the third stage actually... 
by Philip Hylands | Feb 20, 2020 | China, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
China successfully launched a Long March 2D vehicle carrying four satellites, Xinjishu Shiyan-C, Xinjishu Shiyan-D Xinjishu Shiyan-E and Xinjishu Shiyan-F – more commonly known as XJS-C, XJS-D, XJS-E and XJS-F respectively – at 2107 GMT on 19 February from... 
by Philip Hylands | Feb 19, 2020 | commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
A European Ariane 5 ECA on flight VA252 successfully launched the JCSAT 17 and GEO Kompsat 2B satellites into a Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) at 2218 GMT on 18 February from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana. The first satellite deployed was JCSAT... 
by Philip Hylands | Feb 18, 2020 | Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 60 Starlink communications satellites at 1505 GMT on 17 February from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, USA. The attempt to land the core stage on the landing barge “Of Course I Still Love You” failed... 
by Philip Hylands | Jan 30, 2020 | Launches, Seradata News, SpaceX
In its roll-out of its own LEO communications satellite constellation, SpaceX successfully launched another 60 Starlink satellites into low Earth Orbit. The launch took place at 1406 GMT on 29 January 2020 from Cape Canaveral on a Block 5 version of the Falcon 9v1.2...
