by David Todd | Dec 4, 2019 | Military space, Seradata News
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) celebrates its 70th year since its founding as a bulwark to the then threat of the Soviet Union and its allies. Nevertheless, as its leaders meet near Watford, England, there were cracks in the alliance. The most serious...
by David Todd | Nov 26, 2019 | Launches, Military space, Russia
The Plesetsk launch site in Northern Russia was the location from where a Russian military “space situational awareness” satellite was launched from. The launch by a Soyuz 2-1v rocket occurred at 1752 GMT on 25 November 2019. The spacecraft dubbed Cosmos...
by Matt Wilson | Nov 25, 2019 | China, Launches, Military space, Satellites, Seradata News
A Long March 3B/YZ-1 (CZ-3B/YZ-1) rocket lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, South-western China, on 23 November, at 00.55 GMT. The mission is to aid the Chinese satellite navigation system, Beidou – Compass in English. On board the rocket were two...
by David Todd | Nov 25, 2019 | India, Military space, Seradata News
With the UK General Election imminent, all the major parties have revealed their manifesto promises. The smaller parties – the SNP, Plaid Cymru, Brexit Party etc – do have some distinguishing features, but in this analysis we will stick mainly to the “big four”. The...
by David Todd | Oct 29, 2019 | Military space
After 780 days in orbit (having been launched on 7 September 2017), the US Air Force unmanned mini-shuttle X-73B landed at the Kennedy Space Centre air strip on 27 October. Details of the military mission are mainly secret but are thought to involve both imaging and...
by Matt Wilson | Oct 18, 2019 | China, Launches, Military space, Satellites, Seradata News, Technology
Lifting-off at 1521 GMT, on 17 October, a Long March-3B/G2 rocket has dropped-off the TJSW-4 satellite into a Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). The mission lifted-off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Southern China. The TJSW (Tongxin Jishu Shiyan Weixing)...
