by Matt Wilson | Jan 19, 2021 | commercial launch services, Seradata News, SpaceX
On 19 January Argentinian newspace operator/manufacturer, Satellogic announced its signing of a Multiple Launch Services Agreement (MLA) with American launch company SpaceX. The agreement also establishes SpaceX as Satellogic’s “preferred vendor for...
by Matt Wilson | Jan 13, 2021 | commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX
On 13 January SpaceX was selected by MethaneSAT LLC (part of the Environmental Defense Fund) to launch its MethaneSAT mission in late-2022. The satellite will ride on a Falcon 9 rocket and will likely be joined by other payloads considering its less than hefty mass...
by Matt Wilson | Jan 8, 2021 | commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX
SpaceX launched the Turksat 5A geostationary communications satellite at 0215 GMT on 8 January from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The mission utilised a Falcon 9 rocket which deployed the 3,500 kg payload into a super-synchronous GTO (Geostationary Transfer Orbit) of...
by David Todd | Dec 15, 2020 | commercial launch services, Satellites
Arianespace and Eutelsat have confirmed that Eutelsat 10B, a high-throughput telecommunications satellite, will be launched on an Ariane 5 rocket (probably the ECA variant) in 2022. Eutelsat 10B is a telecommunications satellite to be positioned at the 10° East...
by Matt Wilson | Dec 14, 2020 | commercial launch services, Satellites, Seradata News
On 9 December American missions-as-a-service company Loft Orbital announced a new customer for its upcoming YAM-6 mission. Hydrosat Inc, based in Washington D.C. (which also has offices in Luxembourg) has contracted with Loft Orbital to fly its VanZyl-1 payload on the...
by Matt Wilson | Dec 14, 2020 | commercial launch services, Launches, NASA, Seradata News
On 11 December 2020 NASA awarded Venture Class Launch Services (VCLS) contracts to three aspiring launch providers. The recipients of these contracts are: Astra Space; Relativity Space; and Firefly Aerospace (through a specialised sales subsidiary, Firefly Black). The...
