by David Todd | Dec 7, 2015 | commercial launch services, Virgin Galactic, White Knight
Virgin Galactic has confirmed that it will use an ex-Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-400 as a dedicated air-launch carrier (Stage Zero) for the LauncherOne two-stage expendable orbital rocket. The move to this air-launch aircraft, which previously operated as an airliner...
by David Todd | Dec 7, 2015 | commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites
Azercosmos and Intelsat have chosen Arianespace to launch the Azerspace-2/Intelsat 38 telecommunication satellite. The satellite will be launched by an Ariane 5 launch vehicle from Kourou, French Guiana in 2017. Azerspace-2 will support growing demand for...
by David Todd | Dec 7, 2015 | commercial launch services, Launches, NASA, Seradata News
After being delayed due to high winds and thick cloud/rain, the Cygnus OA-4 (Deke Slayton II) cargo vessel was finally successfully sent into orbit by an Atlas V 401 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral on 6 December at 2144 GMT. The mission, which was part of a...
by David Todd | Nov 27, 2015 | commercial launch services, International Space Station, Seradata News
Some unexpected news from the launch failure of the Falcon 9R (v1.1R) rocket on 28 June 2015. On 26 November 2015, a large part of the unmanned SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule carried on that flight was discovered floating in the sea by local boatmen between Bryher and...
by David Todd | Nov 26, 2015 | commercial launch services, JAXA, Launches, Satellites
As it eyes making H-3 (H-III), the next rocket in its family, even more commercially attractive, Mitsubushi Heavy Industries (MHI) has conducted its first commercial launch of a slightly improved “Upgrade” version of its H-2A204 launch vehicle, carrying its first...
by David Todd | Nov 16, 2015 | commercial launch services, India, Launches, Satellites
The commercial launch provider Arianespace has announced that the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has chosen Arianespace to launch its GSAT-17 and GSAT-18 telecommunications satellites. The two satellites will be launched by Ariane 5 launch vehicles at the...
