by David Todd | May 28, 2019 | Launches, Military space, Russia, Satellites, Seradata News, Soyuz
At 0623 GMT on 27 May 2019, a Soyuz 2.1B/Fregat M was launched from the Plesetsk launch site in Northern Russia. On board the launch was a Glonass M55S (Cosmos 2534) satellite as part of the Glonass navigation satellite constellation on its way to its operating...
by David Todd | May 23, 2019 | Blue Origin, commercial launch services, Military space, NASA, Russia, Satellites, Seradata Announcements, Seradata News, Space Insurance, Technology
There is just a month to go to the Seradata Space Conference, Space Risks, Business and Insurance which takes place in London on 25 June 2019. We have put together a fantastic array of speakers who will inform, educate and entertain you. Our Headline Sessions include:...
by David Todd | May 23, 2019 | China, Launches, Military space, Satellites
The Long March 4C launch of the Chinese Yaogan 33 satellite has ended in failure. The lift-off was at 2249 GMT on 22 May 2019 from the Taiyuan launch centre in China. Xinhua, the Chinese news agency, has reported that the failure occurred to the third stage, and that...
by David Todd | May 22, 2019 | India, Launches, Military space, Satellites, Seradata News
A PSLV rocket lifted off at one second past midnight on the morning of 22 May 2019 from the Sriharikota launch site in India. The PSLV-C46 flght was carrying the Risat 2B radar satellite carrying an X-band SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar). The satellite has been...
by David Todd | May 13, 2019 | commercial launch services, Launches, Military space
In October 2018, the US Air Force originally ordered three launches for the NRO L-91, L-68 and L-70 missions under a Launch Vehicle Production Services (LVPS) contract. The second of these missions has now had its contract modified requiring the addition of US$149...
by David Todd | May 9, 2019 | China, Military space, Seradata News, Space Arts, SpaceX
While the UK Prime Minister Theresa May might be at risk of being imminently fired herself – not least over her determined self-righteousness over her Brexit plan (Update on 28 May 2019: Prime Minister May has now given in her notice to quit and will leave...
