by Matt Wilson | Oct 6, 2020 | commercial launch services, Constellation, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX
Launching at 1129 GMT on 6 October from Cape Canaveral, USA, a SpaceX mission carrying the 12th operational batch of 60 Starlink satellites reached LEO. The mission utilised the company’s Falcon 9 launch vehicle, and made use of a first-stage for the third time.... 
by Matt Wilson | Sep 28, 2020 | commercial launch services, Launches, Russia, Satellites, Seradata News
Lifting-off at 1120 GMT on 28 September from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Northern Russia, a Soyuz 2-1B mission has carried 22 satellites into LEO. The Soyuz 2-1B rocket utilised a Fregat upper-stage for the mission. The primary payload on-board was a trio of Gonets-M... 
by Matt Wilson | Sep 18, 2020 | commercial launch services, Finance, Satellites, Seradata News
Intelsat has brought to an end its extraordinary year of satellite and launch orders. On 17 September, it placed a construction order for its seventh (and likely final) C-band replacement satellite GALAXY 13R – previously known as GALAXY 37. SSL, part of Maxar, was... 
by Matt Wilson | Sep 15, 2020 | China, commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
Astra Space attempted the first orbital flight of its upcoming Astra Rocket 3 small launch vehicle on 12 September. Lifting off from the Pacific Spaceport Complex, Alaska, the launch occurred at 0319 GMT but ended in failure shortly afterwards. Astra Space reported an... 
by David Todd | Sep 10, 2020 | commercial launch services, Launches, Military space, Seradata News
Northrop Grumman has decided formally to end development of its OmegA rocket after being an unsuccessful bidder for phase 2 of the US Department of Defense’s National Security Space Launch programme. The DoD has selected United Launch Alliance (ULA) and SpaceX for the... 
by David Todd | Sep 3, 2020 | commercial launch services, Launches, Seradata News
A much delayed multi-satellite launch by a Vega small launch vehicle successfully put 53 small satellites into orbit with the lift off taking place from the Kourou launch site at 0151 GMT on 3 September 2020 as part of the Arianespace Small Spacecraft Mission Service...
