by David Todd | Oct 7, 2015 | commercial launch services, Seradata News, SpaceX, Technology
During September 2015, after a review over their enforceability by the US Patent and Trademark office, the Blue Origin company decided to withdraw 13 of the 15 patent claims it had made against SpaceX over the latter’s subsequent use of a vertically landing...
by David Todd | Oct 2, 2015 | commercial launch services, exploration
The Google Lunar X-prize contender Moon Express has ordered three Rocket lab Electron launches in its bid to win the US$20 million prize. Two of the launches will take place in 2017 from the Rocket Lab’s Kaitorete Spit launch site in New Zealand. Both of...
by David Todd | Oct 2, 2015 | commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
While most launches of the Atlas V are dedicated to launching US military and government payloads via the Boeing/Lockheed Martin joint firm United Launch Alliance (ULA), every now and then, Lockheed Martin operates a “commercial” Atlas V in the schedule. ...
by David Todd | Oct 1, 2015 | commercial launch services, Russia, Seradata News
Boeing has won its case in a US District Court in California against its former partners in the Sea Launch operation, the Russian firm of RSC Energia, and the Ukrainian firm of Yuzhnoye, for the repayment of monies owed to it as part of the debts it incurred...
by David Todd | Sep 30, 2015 | commercial launch services, Seradata News, SpaceX
The intermediary launch provider Spaceflight Services Inc has added to its plan to fly a SHERPA dispensing craft on a shared Falcon 9 launch, by booking a dedicated launch on another Falcon 9 flight from SpaceX. The company plans to launch Sun Synch Express flight...
by David Todd | Sep 30, 2015 | commercial launch services, Launches
Arianespace announced on 30 September 2015 that it has signed a contract with the Argentinean operator ARSAT (Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales Sociedad Anónima) to launch its next geostationary satellite, ARSAT-3, plus options on two more launches. The...
