by Matt Wilson | Aug 10, 2020 | commercial launch services, Satellites, Seradata News
Continuing a recent spate of orders for the industry, SES has expanded its O3b mPOWER order with Boeing. The Europe-based, operator of a global communications satellite fleet announced this on 7 August 2020, alongside the American satellite manufacturer. This addition... 
by Matt Wilson | Aug 6, 2020 | commercial launch services, NASA, Satellites, Seradata News, Technology
NASA and Virgin Orbit have announced that the ELaNa 20 mission will fly on the upcoming second orbital test flight of the LauncherOne rocket. NASA and Virgin Orbit issued a press release on 3 August. In which it stated that NASA is happy for the 11-satellite mission... by Matt Wilson | Aug 5, 2020 | commercial launch services, Satellites, Seradata News, Space politics
SES, the Europe-based operator of a global satellite fleet, has selected two American launch companies to fly its C-band replacement satellites. The contracts were announced on 5 August 2020, and outline a single dual-payload launch for United Launch Alliance (ULA)... 
by David Todd | Aug 4, 2020 | commercial launch services, Military space, Seradata News
The US-based launch vehicle start up firm ABL Space Systems has reported that it has received two US Air Force launch contracts – one as a technology demonstration contract and one for three subsequent launches in 2022 – worth US$44.5 million. In addition,... 
by David Todd | Aug 4, 2020 | Commercial human spaceflight, commercial launch services, NASA, Personal spaceflight, Seradata News, SpaceX
NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, who were launched to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the Crew Dragon capsule Endeavour for a near 64 day say have successfully returned to Earth via a splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico, just south of Pensacola,... 
by David Todd | Jul 21, 2020 | commercial launch services, Launches, Military space, Satellites, SpaceX
After a series of delays apparently caused by technical concerns over the upper stage, SpaceX successfully launched the South Korean military communications satellite Anasis II at 2130 GMT on 20 July. The mission utilised their Falcon 9 launch vehicle, and lifted-off...
