by Matt Wilson | Oct 20, 2016 | commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites, SpaceX
It was announced on 11 October, that Spaceflight Industries had signed Google-owned Terra Bella as the co-lead on their “2017 Sun Synch Express” (SSO-A) mission. The SSO-A mission will utilise one of Spaceflight’s SHERPA Tugs to transport over 20...
by David Todd | Oct 17, 2016 | Blue Origin, commercial launch services
New launch vehicle firm, Blue Origin has attracted Clayton Mowry to its ranks from his role as President of the US arm of Arianespace, Arianespace Inc. Mowry who has been in post several years, originally took over from Doug Heydon. Mowry will now be succeeded as...
by David Todd | Oct 12, 2016 | commercial launch services, Russia, Satellites
Airbus Defence and Space (Airbus DS) and Orbital ATK has secured a construction contract from the European satellite operator Eutelsat Communications to build the Eutelsat 5 West B satellite, which according to its name will be placed over the longitude of 5 degrees...
by David Todd | Oct 7, 2016 | commercial launch services, Seradata News
Sierra Nevada Corp (SNC) and United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) have formally converted their previous Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to a full order for a Dream Chaser mission to carry hosted payloads from member countries. SNC’s Dream Chaser...
by Matt Wilson | Oct 7, 2016 | commercial launch services
Stratolaunch Systems and Orbital ATK announced, on 6 October, that Orbital would be supplying Pegasus XL air-launch vehicles for use on the in-development Stratolaunch carrier aircraft. The deal was described as a “multi-year production-based partnership”, which will...
by Matt Wilson | Oct 6, 2016 | commercial launch services, ESA, India, Launches, Satellites
At 2030 GMT, on 5 October, the heavy-lift Ariane 5 rocket lifted off from the European Spaceport at Kourou, French Guiana, carrying two telecommunications satellites, Sky Muster II, for NBN Co and GSAT-18, for ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation). This marks the...
