by David Todd | May 7, 2014 | commercial launch services, Russia, Soyuz
The Russian Space Forces successfully launched a Kobalt M photo reconnaissance satellite on a Soyuz 2-1A launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northern Russia at 1349 GMT on 6 May 2014. The satellite will be given the designation of Cosmos 2492 when it has...
by David Todd | May 2, 2014 | Add category, commercial launch services, Seradata News
As the chances of having orbital and suborbital launch vehicles operating from UK territory increases, in a proposed modification to the Outer Space Act, the Government of the United Kingdom plans to lower the requirement to provide insurance cover for third party...
by David Todd | May 2, 2014 | Add category, commercial launch services, Satellites, SpaceX
While Orbital Sciences Corp was selected as the constructor of the Thaicom 8 spacecraft last year, the Asia-Pacific satellite operator Thaicom did not announce contract formally until 29 April and that was done in a Thai stock exchange filing. The 3,100kg...
by David Todd | May 2, 2014 | Add category, commercial launch services, Russia
Stemming from the complaint that SpaceX has made against the US Air Force, the US Court of Federal Claims has temporarily barred the Boeing/Lockheed consortium United Launch Alliance from purchasing any more RD-180 engines from Russia on account that its supplier RD...
by David Todd | Apr 30, 2014 | Add category, commercial launch services, ESA, Satellites
On its successful third flight, Vega, the European Space Agency’s small launch vehicle which is operated by Arianespace, successfully launched the KazEOsat-1 (DZZ-HR) spacecraft for the Government of Kazakhstan into a Sun-synchronous near polar low Earth orbit. ...
by David Todd | Apr 29, 2014 | commercial launch services, Satellites, Seradata News
In a news release, the launch vehicles and satellites maker, Orbital Sciences Corp, has announced that it has entered a agreement to merge with the solid rocket manufacturer, Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK). Orbital and ATK’s Aerospace and Defense (A&D) Groups...
