by David Todd | Mar 26, 2015 | commercial launch services, Military space
A Delta IVM+ 4,2 launch vehicle powered away from its foggy launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on its way to deliver the GPS IIF-9 navigation spacecraft into Medium Earth Orbit (MEO). The launch occurred at 1836 GMT launch and was performed by the launch provider...
by David Todd | Mar 26, 2015 | commercial launch services, Seradata News
The US rocket engine firm, Aerojet Rocketdyne, announced in March that it has launched a continuous, competitive improvement program (CIP) aimed at reducing costs and increasing operational efficiency among its 14 sites in USA. The result is that up to 10 per cent of...
by David Todd | Mar 18, 2015 | commercial launch services, Virgin Galactic
Speaking at the launcher panel at Satellite 2015 in Washington D.C., Virgin Galactic President, Steve Isakowitz, proclaimed that the small satellite LEO (Low Earth Orbit) market would be better served by a dedicated launch service rather than having to share larger...
by David Todd | Mar 18, 2015 | China, commercial launch services, Military space, Satellites
US Government officials from the US Commerce Department, Directorate of Trade Controls and US Defense Security Administration were at pains to communicate the new “industry friendly” position on ITAR export regulations which became effective as of 10...
by David Todd | Mar 18, 2015 | commercial launch services, ESA, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
Skybox Imaging, the satellite firm recently acquired by Google, has signed with Arianespace to fly four of its satellites on a Vega launch in 2016. The first launch to take place in July 2016 from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, will be shared with...
by David Todd | Mar 17, 2015 | commercial launch services, Russia, Seradata News
At the Satellite 2015 conference in Washington D.C., Phil Slack, president of the Khrunichev subsidiary, International Launch Services (ILS), revealed that the company is to offer commercial launches on the smallest rocket in the Angara family, the Angara 1. These...
