by Matt Wilson | Oct 16, 2020 | Constellation, COTS, Military space, Satellites, Seradata News, Technology
An American subsidiary, Telesat U.S. Services, of Canadian global FSS operator Telesat was awarded a satellite production contract on 14 October. The contract was handed down by the US DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), a military technology research... 
by Matt Wilson | Oct 6, 2020 | commercial launch services, Constellation, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX
Launching at 1129 GMT on 6 October from Cape Canaveral, USA, a SpaceX mission carrying the 12th operational batch of 60 Starlink satellites reached LEO. The mission utilised the company’s Falcon 9 launch vehicle, and made use of a first-stage for the third time.... 
by Matt Wilson | Oct 6, 2020 | Constellation, Military space, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX, Technology
The Space Development Agency (SDA), USA, on 5 October announced it had awarded satellite development contracts to two companies. The contracts cover the inaugural, “Tranche 0”, satellites for a planned missile warning and tracking constellation. US... 
by Matt Wilson | Sep 16, 2020 | China, Constellation, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
China conducted a second sea-based launch at 0123 GMT on 15 September. The mission utilised the De Bo 3 converted rescue and salvage ship as a launch platform in the Yellow Sea. Using a four-stage, solid, Long March 11 (CZ-11H) rocket, the launch carried nine... 
by Matt Wilson | Aug 18, 2020 | Constellation, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX
At 1431 GMT on 18 August 2020 SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 carrying 58 Starlink satellite internet units along with three Skysat Earth Observation (EO) small sats into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. This marks the eleventh... 
by Matt Wilson | Jul 30, 2020 | Constellation, Satellites, Seradata News
UK-based Open Cosmos, a newspace, turnkey CubeSat mission provider, announced on 29 July 2020 that it is working on two demonstration units for Spanish, start-up, Sateliot. Sateliot is developing a CubeSat constellation to provide continuous global IoT connectivity...
