by David Todd | Jul 21, 2014 | Add category, Russia, Satellites, Seradata News
The prospective Indian satellite operator, Anaira SpaceComm LLC, has ordered a pair of small all electric communications satellites, NextStar-1 and NextStar-2 to operate from geostationary Earth orbit from Dauria Aerospace – a Russo-German constructor. The...
by David Todd | Jul 18, 2014 | Add category, commercial launch services, ESA
The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a launch contract with Arianespace for the launch Sentinel-1B, part of the joint ESA/EU Copernicus environmental monitoring programme. The launch is scheduled on a Soyuz rocket in 2016 from the Guiana Space Center,...
by David Todd | Jun 6, 2014 | Add category, Satellites, Seradata News
The pan-Arabic satellite operator Arabsat has joined forces with the UK-based satellite mobile communications operator Inmarsat, to jointly order a new communications satellite from Thales Alenia Space. The satellite known as Hellas-Sat 3 by Arabsat and EuropaSat...
by David Todd | Jun 4, 2014 | Add category, commercial launch services
Lockheed Martin is to acquire the assets of the Astrotech Space Operations business of Astrotech Corporation. Astrotech Space Operations is a leader in satellite launch preparation services, from final testing and fuelling to encapsulation and day-of launch...
by David Todd | Jun 4, 2014 | Add category, Satellites, Seradata News, Technology
While the old US Space Fence radar tracking system (officially called the Air Force Space Surveillance System) which had tracked crossing orbiting objects since 1961, was retired for cost reasons in 2013, plans for its replacement are now well underway. A contract...
by David Todd | May 30, 2014 | Add category, Seradata News
Elon Musk has revealed his SpaceX firm’s latest spacecraft, the part-NASA-funded manned capsule, the Dragon Version 2. It is capable of carrying up to seven astronauts to and from Low Earth Orbit (LEO) while also being able make powered soft landings. While its hinged...
