by David Todd | Mar 31, 2014 | Add category
The decision to build a new joint ocean research satellite project called the China-French Oceanic Satellite (CFOSat) has been agreed by the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) and the French Space Agency CNES. The spacecraft, which will carry scientific...
by David Todd | Mar 31, 2014 | Add category, Commercial human spaceflight, NASA, Satellites, Science
NASA has announced that its Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) will be launched by an air-launched Orbital Sciences Corp’ Pegasus XL launch vehicle in October 2016 from near Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Designed in conjunction...
by David Todd | Mar 31, 2014 | Add category, Satellites, Seradata News
The INSAT 3E communications satellite of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has failed in orbit on 26 March 2014. Clients using the spacecraft’s services are being moved to other satellites. The spacecraft which was originally insured at launch, was...
by David Todd | Mar 28, 2014 | Add category, International Space Station, NASA, Russia, Soyuz
The Soyuz TMA-012M /ISS-38S manned spacecraft docked with the International Space Station’s Poisk module at 1153 GMT on 28 March 2014, three days after its launch on 25 March. The spacecraft’s original “four orbit” approach plan had to be...
by David Todd | Mar 26, 2014 | Add category, Apollo, History
For those of us old enough to remember the Apollo moon landings, as this writer does just about, it is always a thrill to meet those few remaining astronauts who have managed to set foot on the Moon. And given that these jut-jawed, all-American heroes of the past are...
by David Todd | May 30, 2013 | Add category, Seradata News
The US satellite manufacturing arm of Orbital Sciences Corp has been selected for the construction of the Palapa E communications satellite by Indosat. According to Space News, the firm has been authorised via a contract to order long lead items. The satellite will...
