by David Todd | Jan 29, 2015 | commercial launch services, Military space, SpaceX
After mediation, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has officially withdrawn its legal action against the US Air Force after being offered the chance to bid on more military launches. SpaceX had originally filed a law suit in April 2014 over the launch...
by David Todd | Jan 29, 2015 | commercial launch services, Satellites, Seradata News
Having used the upstart launch provider SpaceX, the Luxembourg-based commercial satellite operator, SES, has selected Arianespace to launch the hybrid communications satellite, SES-12, on board an Ariane 5 ECA launch which will take place from Kourou, French Guiana,...
by David Todd | Jan 23, 2015 | commercial launch services, Russia
The deal between Energomash (part of RSC Energia) and Orbital Sciences Corporation for the supply of Russian RD-181 engines to be used on a new version of the Antares rocket has been signed. Following the recent Antares 130 launch failure and separate engine test...
by David Todd | Jan 15, 2015 | commercial launch services, International Space Station, Russia, space station, SpaceX
Having had their cargo deliveries disrupted by the Antares 130 rocket failure which destroyed the Cygnus Orb 3 freighter, astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) had been eagerly anticipating the arrival of the 9,700kg Dragon CRS-5 freighter. The Dragon...
by David Todd | Jan 12, 2015 | commercial launch services, Launches, Seradata News, SpaceX, Technology
At 0947 GMT on 10 January 2014 a Falcon 9v1.1 was launched successfully from the Cape Canaveral Air Station, in Florida, USA. On board was the Dragon CRS-5 freighter spacecraft carrying 2,400kg of vital supplies and experiments to the International Space Station...
by David Todd | Jan 1, 2015 | commercial launch services, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX
Es’Hailsat of Qatar has ordered a Falcon 9 launch for its Es’Hailsat 2 communications satellite. The order was made after Arianespace declined to bid finding it could not fit the spacecraft into its launch schedule reports Space News. The launch order was...
