by David Todd | Jun 27, 2014 | commercial launch services, ESA, Technology
In an attempt to make Europe’s launch industry more competitive, rocket maker Airbus Defence and Space (formerly Astrium) and jet and rocket engine manufacturer, Safran, have decided to create a new rocket company. The joint venture would become prime contractor for...
by David Todd | Jun 26, 2014 | commercial launch services, Russia, Satellites
A Dnepr 1A launch vehicle marketed by the ISC Kosmotras organisation was successfully launched from the Russian launch site of Yasniy-Dombarovskiy, in Russia at 1911 GMT on 19 June. On board were the Deimos-2 spacecraft which was a 300kg 0.75m high resolution Earth...
by David Todd | Jun 16, 2014 | commercial launch services, Russia, Satellites, Seradata News, Soyuz
Cosmos 2500, a Glonass M navigation satellite was successfully launched by a Soyuz 2-1B/Fregat M rocket at 1716 GMT on 14 June 2014. The launch took place from the Plesetsk launch site in Northern Russia. Apart from normal Glonass transmitters, the spacecraft...
by David Todd | Jun 12, 2014 | commercial launch services, ESA, SpaceX, Suborbital, Virgin Galactic, White Knight
At the UK Launch Symposium held at the Roehampton Vale Campus of Kingston University which met in May, which had most of the UK’s space launch engineers and rocket scientists in attendance, there was a real feeling that the nation needs a launch vehicle –...
by David Todd | Jun 4, 2014 | Add category, commercial launch services
Lockheed Martin is to acquire the assets of the Astrotech Space Operations business of Astrotech Corporation. Astrotech Space Operations is a leader in satellite launch preparation services, from final testing and fuelling to encapsulation and day-of launch...
by David Todd | May 27, 2014 | commercial launch services, Russia, Satellites
Sea Launch SA has successfully launched the EUTELSAT 3B satellite from at its ocean-based Launch Platform Odyssey. The Zenit-3SL rocket carrying the spacecraft lifted off at 2109 GMT on 26 May from the launch platform, positioned at the equator at 154 degrees West...
