by David Todd | May 26, 2016 | ESA, History
With just weeks to go to the referendum on whether the UK should remain in the European Union (EU), the bookmakers have now put the odds of leaving – the so called “Brexit” option – at around 3-1 (in from 4-1) – implying a 25% chance...
by David Todd | May 24, 2016 | ESA, Launches, Satellites
A Soyuz ST-B rocket launch of two Galileo satellites from the Sinnamary launch site near Kourou, French Guiana, went as planned, confirmed Paul Verhoef, head of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) navigation directorate. The two spacecraft were launched into a...
by David Todd | May 6, 2016 | ESA, Satellites, Science
The contract to build the European Space Agency (ESA) Biomass radar-based forest research satellite has been awarded to Airbus Defence and Space (Airbus DS). The contract is valued at €229 million (US$260 million). The 1,250 kg spacecraft is to use a P-band radar to...
by David Todd | May 3, 2016 | ESA, exploration, NASA, Seradata News, SLS, SpaceX, Technology
With Elon Musk, of SpaceX, about to announce his master plan to send mankind to Mars (using a massive Super Heavy-lift Launch Vehicle) and with unmanned SpaceX Dragon 2 flights to the planet already in the pipeline, the question that many are asking...
by David Todd | Apr 26, 2016 | ESA, Launches, Satellites, Science
Having been delayed by the weather and by the need to change out an inertial measurement unit on the rocket, at 2102 GMT on 25 April 2016 a Soyuz ST-A (Fregat M) finally launched from the Sinnamary launch site near Kourou in French Guiana. The main payload aboard was...
by David Todd | Apr 9, 2016 | commercial launch services, ESA, History, International Space Station, NASA, Seradata News, SpaceX
Following its 2043 GMT launch from Cape Canaveral on 9 April 2015, a two-stage Falcon 9FT-R rocket successfully placed the Dragon CRS-8 cargo spacecraft into orbit for NASA on its way to the International Space Station (ISS). Aboard the craft was a new Bigelow...
