The Seradata SpaceTrak database, which uses two-line element orbital datasets supplied by US Strategic Command’s SpaceTrack orbital data system (note the spelling difference), shows that the stranded Al Yah 3 communications satellite has, since early May, been...
The ongoing row between the United Kingdom and the European Union over the Galileo work share is becoming increasingly bitter. The argument began when the EU prevented British companies from bidding on new work for the EU-financed, ESA-developed Galileo navigation...
The military and government communications satellite Blagovest 12L has been launched to a Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) under the call sign Cosmos 2526 by a Proton M Breeze M flying out of the Baikonour Cosmodrome near Tyuratam in Kazakhstan. The launch took place...
While more limited and less destructive than originally projected, US, UK and French missile strikes on Syria – or more specifically its chemical weapons storage and research facilities – were launched on 13 April 2018. The missile strikes were confirmed as being...
At 2313 GMT an Atlas V 551 rocket operated by the United Launch Alliance (ULA) was launched from Cape Canveral in Florida. The orbit achieved was a 39,000km circular High Earth orbit flown to via the Centaur upper stage using a final stage burn to circularise orbit...
Now that the West seems no longer in the mood to appease President Putin whether in Syria, in Salisbury, or in Ukraine, if war does break out, your correspondent would like to let his readers know that it has been nice writing stuff for you! Never mind the...
