by David Todd | Nov 18, 2019 | commercial launch services, Launches, Seradata News, Soyuz
The history of the troubles in Northern Ireland is a long and bitter one – and that bitterness continues given that walls – figurative and actual – still exist between the militant Protestant Unionist community and the rapidly growing (due to its...
by David Todd | Nov 13, 2019 | China, commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites
China’s EXPACE privateer launch company launched Kuaizhou-1A launch vehicle at about 0340 GMT on 13 November from the Jiuquan launch site in China. The launch reportedly placed the 230 kg Jilin-1 Gaofen 02A imaging satellite into a sun-synchronous low Earth...
by David Todd | Nov 12, 2019 | Blue Origin, exploration, NASA, Orion
The Presidential directive to put humans on the Moon by the end of 2024 is concentrating the mind of NASA’s leadership. To some extent NASA’s hands have been bound by past equipment choices with the ever-present problem of having very limited funds to enact such a...
by David Todd | Nov 10, 2019 | On a Lighter Note, Seradata News
While the comedian-interviewer Graham Norton is famous for inviting an eclectic and interesting collection of guests onto his BBC TV show, no-one expected that Lady Anne Glenconnor – former Lady in Waiting to Princess Margaret – would prove to be such a...
by David Todd | Nov 8, 2019 | Spaceport, Technology
In the nick of time, on 5 November, before UK General Election rules would prevent major government funding announcements, the UK Government has announced that it will provide £7.35 million (US$9.5 million) funding for “spaceport” infrastructure changes at...
