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...
by David Todd | Oct 4, 2016 | commercial launch services, Launches, Seradata News, Technology
Firefly Space Systems, the US-based start-up in small launch vehicles, has laid off all its staff after a funding crisis. Rumours of the firm’s problems had been circulating at the International Astronautical Congress 2016 (IAC 2016) in Guadalajara, Mexico, after its...
by Matt Wilson | Sep 28, 2016 | commercial launch services, Finance, Russia, Seradata News
S7 Airlines, the Russian airline company, has signed an agreement with RSC Energia for the main assets of the Sea Launch business, including the two launch vessels, at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Guadalajara. The deal, signed on 27 September, is...
by Matt Wilson | Sep 27, 2016 | commercial launch services, India, Launches, Satellites
At 0342 GMT, 26 September 2016, a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota in south-east India. The mission was the fifth PSLV launch this year, a new record for the vehicle, and sixth in total for ISRO (Indian...
by David Todd | Sep 14, 2016 | commercial launch services
The Russo-Ukrainian firm ISC Kosmotras which had hoped to launch two Iridium satellites on board a Dnepr launch vehicle currently in its silo, will not be able to according to the Russian Isvestia news service. This is because the Russian government, via its Roscosmos...
by David Todd | Sep 14, 2016 | commercial launch services, Launches
For customers stuck in a queue to launch their spacecraft on SpaceX Falcon 9, after the pad failure that lost AMOS-6, there is hope. But hope given by SpaceX’s competitors. While International Launch Services (ILS) has its own backlog to deal with after a launch...
