by Matt Wilson | Nov 14, 2019 | Constellation, Finance, Seradata News
LeoSat Enterprises, a newspace company based in the USA has reportedly had to suspend operations after failing to raise enough interest in its US$50 million Series A round of funding. LeoSat was planning on launching a 100-strong constellation of inter-connected,...
by Matt Wilson | Nov 6, 2019 | China, Constellation, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
At 1743 GMT, on 4 November 2019, a Long March 3B/G2 (CZ-3B/G2) rocket lifted-off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Southern China, carrying the BEIDOU-3 IGSO-3 satellite into orbit. This IGSO unit will travel to a Geosynchronous orbit, inclined at the...
by Matt Wilson | Sep 24, 2019 | Constellation, Satellites, Seradata News
Eutelsat, the European geostationary satellite operator and member of the global FSS “Big Four”, has placed orders for four nanosatellites. These would join the planned Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Internet of Things (IoT) constellation called ELO. The orders have been...
by David Todd | Dec 18, 2018 | Constellation, Satellites, Seradata News
Start-up satellite constellation operator OneWeb has announced that it is reducing the size of its planned satellite constellation in low Earth orbit (LEO) by one third from 900 to 600 satellites. This reduction, and the potential cost saving, was made possible after...
by Matt Wilson | Nov 28, 2018 | Constellation, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX, Technology
During November, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved the applications of four large-scale communications satellite constellations in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), which will total more than 8,000 satellites if fully implemented. Of these, the SpaceX...
by Matt Wilson | Nov 19, 2018 | China, Constellation, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
At 1800 GMT, 17 November 2018, another Long March 3B/YZ-1 (CZ 3B/YZ-1) lifted-off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, PRC, carrying two satellites to MEO (Medium Earth Orbit) for the Beidou constellation. This mission marks the 33rd launch of the year for China...
