by David Todd | Dec 3, 2020 | Launches, Military space, Russia, Satellites
At 0114 GMT on 3 December 2020 a Russian Soyuz 2-1b/Fregat launch vehicle was launched from the Plesetsk launch site in Northern Russia. The three main payloads were Gonets-M store forward communications satellites. There was one other satellite aboard – a... 
by Matt Wilson | Dec 2, 2020 | commercial launch services, Launches, Military space, Satellites, Seradata News
Following delays the Falcon Eye 2 mission has been launched by a Soyuz ST-A Fregat-M rocket from Kourou, French Guiana. Lift-off occurred at 0133 GMT, 2 December. The satellite was deployed into its 610 km, sun-synchronous low Earth orbit at approximately T+59... 
by David Todd | Nov 30, 2020 | Launches, Military space, Satellites
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) successfully launched an H-IIA (H-2A 202) rocket carrying the Japanese Data Relay Satellite (JDRS-1) to GEO from the Tanegashima Space Center, Kyushu, Japan, at 0725 GMT on 29 November. The satellite’s main role is to relay... 
by David Todd | Nov 14, 2020 | Launches, Military space, Satellites, Seradata News
The US National Reconnaissance Office’s NRO L-101 mission was launched successfully from the SLC-41 pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 2232 GMT on 13 November using a ULA Atlas V vehicle. The spacecraft, which remains secret, was launched into a... 
by David Todd | Nov 6, 2020 | Launches, Military space, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX
After a series of launch delays including an engine induced launch abort in October, the GPS III-4 (aka GPS III SV04) navigation satellite was launched successfully at 2324 GMT on 5 November by a Space X Falcon 9 from SLC-40 launch pad at the Cape Canaveral Air Force... 
by Matt Wilson | Oct 27, 2020 | China, Launches, Military space, Satellites, Seradata News
Launching from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China, a Long March 2c (CZ-2C) rocket has placed four payloads into LEO (Low Earth Orbit). Lift-off took place at 1519 GMT, 26 October. The primary payload was the three satellites making up the seventh Yaogan Weixing-30...
