by David Todd | May 19, 2015 | commercial launch services, ESA
Arianespace reported 2014 revenue of €1.399 billion, a 41% increase over 2013 revenue of €989 million. The primary reason for the increased revenues was that the overall flight rate was up, with 11 launches being conducted: six launches of Ariane 5, four launches of...
by David Todd | Apr 30, 2015 | commercial launch services, Satellites
On 28 April 2015, Arabsat and King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) announced contracts for Lockheed Martin to manufacture two communications satellites using their A2100 bus design. The construction of the two satellites, Hellas-Sat-4/SaudiGeoSat-1...
by David Todd | Apr 20, 2015 | commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites
Brazil is to terminate the joint Brazilian-Ukrainian project to launch Ukrainian-built Tsyklon-4 (Cyclone-4) rockets from the Alcantara launch site in Brazil. Space News (Peter De Selding) reports that the Brazilian government is to make a formal announcement in April...
by David Todd | Apr 15, 2015 | commercial launch services, NASA, Seradata News, SpaceX
After a day’s delay due to bad weather, a partially reusable version of SpaceX’s Falcon 9V1.1 (dubbed the Falcon 9V1.1R) lifted off from the Cape Canaveral Air Station in Florida at 2010 GMT on 14 April 2015. Aboard was the Dragon CRS-6 on its...
by David Todd | Mar 27, 2015 | commercial launch services, Satellites, Seradata News
Having been awarded a construction to delivery into orbit contract for the 450kg PeruSat-1, Airbus Defence and Space has now selected the launch vehicle to deliver the Earth observation satellite into orbit. It has selected the Arianespace Vega launch vehicle will...
by David Todd | Mar 27, 2015 | commercial launch services, NASA, Technology
While Sierra Nevada Corp (SNC) was still smarting over losing out to Boeing and SpaceX for NASA’s commercial crew transportation contracts, NASA is throwing its Dream Chaser mini-shuttle a life line. Now teamed with Lockheed Martin, SNC is being allowed to bid...
