by David Todd | Mar 12, 2015 | commercial launch services, JAXA, Satellites, Seradata News
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has received a launch order from the Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST), Dubai for the KhalifaSat observation satellite on an H2A. The satellite will fly with GOSAT 2 on an H2A launch in 2017....
by David Todd | Mar 11, 2015 | commercial launch services, Satellites
The “all electric” spacecraft SES 15 which is being currently constructed by Boeing will be launched by Arianespace following a contract announced on 6 March 2015. The satellite operator SES has contracted with Arianespace to launch the spacecraft in...
by David Todd | Mar 6, 2015 | commercial launch services, Military space, On a Lighter Note, SpaceX
Struck by increased completion from SpaceX, hindered by Russian restrictions on the Atlas V’s RD-180 engine being used for military launches, and aware that its Delta IV was, excepting its “Heavy” version, too costly to be competitive, the United...
by David Todd | Mar 3, 2015 | commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites, SpaceX, Technology
At 0350 GMT on 2 March 2015, two commercial communications spacecraft, ABS-3A and Eutelsat 115West B (Satmex 7) were launched from Cape Canaveral by a Falcon 9V1.1. For performance maximisation reasons, the SpaceX rocket flew without its a reusable first stage and...
by David Todd | Feb 26, 2015 | commercial launch services, Satellites, SpaceX
The global satellite operator, SES, which is headquartered in Luxembourg, has announced the placing of orders for three communications satellites, SES-14, SES-15 and SES-16/GovSat, with three spacecraft manufacturers: Airbus Defence and Space, Boeing Satellite Systems...
by David Todd | Feb 24, 2015 | commercial launch services, Seradata News, Soyuz
The European launch provider Arianespace has ordered six more Soyuz launch vehicles to fly from its Sinnamary launch site near Kourou in French Guiana (part of the Guiana Space Centre) during the next four years. According to the Russian state news agency Tass, the...
