by David Todd | Aug 23, 2014 | commercial launch services, ESA, Satellites, Soyuz
The Arianespace-operated flight of a Russian-built Soyuz ST-B (Fregat MT) launch vehicle ended in embarrassing failure on 22 August 2014 after the launch vehicle deposited two EU/ESA Galileo navigation satellites into the wrong orbit. The lift off at 1227 GMT from...
by David Todd | Aug 20, 2014 | China, commercial launch services, Satellites, Science
China has launched the Gaofen 2 Earth observation spacecraft aboard a Long March 4B launch vehicle flying from the Taiyuan launch site at 0315 GMT on 19 August 2014. The 780kg spacecraft which is reported to have an imaging resolution of 0.8m Panchromatic and 3.2m in...
by David Todd | Aug 14, 2014 | commercial launch services, Satellites
The WorldView 3 (also annotated WorldView-3) commercial Earth observation satellite was launched into its planned Sun-synchronous low Earth orbit, by an Atlas V401 launch vehicle at 1330 GMT on 13 August 2014. The launch took place from the US Western Test...
by David Todd | Aug 13, 2014 | commercial launch services, Russia, Seradata News
The Russian rocket manufacturer, Khrunichev, has a new director general – albeit an “acting” one. Andrey Kalinovsky who previously worked for Sukhoi’s civil aircraft division, has been formally appointed as the new Acting Director General of...
by David Todd | Aug 13, 2014 | commercial launch services, Seradata News, SpaceX
The joint Boeing/Lockheed Martin firm, the United Launch Alliance (ULA), which operates Atlas V and Delta IV launches for the US Government has changed its leadership. In a surprise move, Michael Gass, current President and CEO of the firm has been replaced by Tony...
by David Todd | Aug 11, 2014 | commercial launch services, Seradata News, SpaceX
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) faces lawsuits from some of the hundreds of workers it “laid off” from its main plant in Hawthorne, California, at the end of July. In fact, the definition of “laid off” is at the heart of the argument...
