by David Todd | Jan 6, 2014 | commercial launch services, Satellites
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has announced that its GSLV2 CUSP rocket on its GSLV-D2 flight has successfully launched the GSAT-14 communications satellite for India. The launch occured at 1048 GMT from the Sriharkota launch site in India on 5 January...
by David Todd | Jan 3, 2014 | commercial launch services, History, Satellites, Soyuz
There were four launches made over the Christmas period. At 1642 GMT on 20 December, a Chinese Long March 3B/E launch vehicle successfully launched the Tupac Katari communications spacecraft for teh Bolivian Space Agency from China’s Xichang launch site. This...
by David Todd | Dec 20, 2013 | commercial launch services, NASA, Seradata News, SpaceX
As expected, NASA has chosen to negotiate for the award of the lease of the ex-Space Shuttle and Apollo Launch Pad, Pad 39A. at the Kennedy Space Center to Space Exploration Technlogies (SpaceX) apparently due to usage uncertainty over the competitor bid from Blue...
by David Todd | Dec 20, 2013 | commercial launch services, ESA, Science
The European Space Agency’s GAIA ( Global Astrometric Interferometer for Astrophysics) mission was successsfully launched from Sinnamary launch site, near Kourou, French Guiana, at 0912 GMT on 19 December by a Soyuz ST-B (Fregat MT). GAIA is to study the...
by David Todd | Dec 20, 2013 | commercial launch services, exploration, NASA
NASA’s Launch Services Program announced on 19 December that it selected United Launch Alliance’s (ULA’s) Atlas V launch vehicle to launch the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission. The...
by David Todd | Dec 13, 2013 | commercial launch services, NASA, SpaceX
On 12 december 12, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) denied a protest filed by start-up launch provider Blue Origin, LLC, challenging NASA planned lease of Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Centre to SpaceX (Space Exploration Technolgies Corp)...
