by David Todd | Jul 1, 2015 | commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites, SpaceX
In June, NovaWurks Inc. and Spaceflight Services Inc signed a launch sub-contract for the second NovaWurks Payload Test Bed (PTB) mission to be carried on the Sherpa spacetug which itself is planned for a launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 in the third quarter of 2017. The...
by David Todd | Jun 29, 2015 | commercial launch services, Russia, Satellites, Seradata News, Soyuz, Spaceport, Virgin Galactic
European launch provider Arianespace has been awarded a contract worth up to US$1.5 billion to launch most of the initial 648 microsatellite internet-communications Ku-band constellation for OneWeb. The launches will take place on 21 Soyuz-ST rockets over a two-year...
by David Todd | Jun 12, 2015 | commercial launch services, Technology
Having already replaced Warren Boley Jr as its CEO in February, US rocket engine manufacturer, Aerojet Rocketdyne, has had a change of CEO again. This time it was, Scott Seymour, 64, who left at the beginning of June at short notice. He is replaced by Pratt and...
by David Todd | Jun 11, 2015 | commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites, Seradata Announcements, Seradata News, Technology
The health and prospects of the Space Industry and Space Insurance market were the principal discussions at the inaugural Seradata Space Conference held in London on 9 June 2015. Cubesats dominate growth in numbers but there is little money in there Alan Perera-Webb,...
by David Todd | May 29, 2015 | commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites
The Ariane 5 launch vehicle posted its 65th consecutive launch success as it launched the 6,200kg DirecTV 15 for DirecTV and the 2,962kg Sky Mexico-1 spacecraft for DirecTV’s affiliate Sky Mexico, into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO). The launch took...
by David Todd | May 29, 2015 | commercial launch services, NASA
Following a US$4.2 billion contract from NASA to complete the CST-100 manned transport spacecraft (as part of the Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap) programme), Boeing has received its first official crew transportation flight order. The flight is set...
