by David Todd | Dec 9, 2016 | Launches, Military space, Satellites
A United Launch Alliance (ULA)-operated Delva IVM+ 5,4 rocket has successfully launched the WGS-8 (Block II) satellite. The launch took place at 2353 GMT on 7 December 2016 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The 5,987 kg WGS-8 (Wideband Global Satcom 8) is a communications...
by David Todd | Dec 6, 2016 | commercial launch services, Launches, Military space, Satellites
The Gokturk 1 (Gokturk 1A) reconnaissance satellite was launched successfully at 1351 GMT on an Arianespace operated Vega launch vehicle flying out of the Kourou launch site in French Guaina. The launch was the eight mission success (seven orbital one suborbital) for...
by David Todd | Nov 9, 2016 | exploration, Military space, NASA, Seradata News
The election of maverick businessman and official Republican candidate, Donald Trump, as president-elect, like the UK’s vote for “Brexit”, was seen as a “revolt against the establishment”. But what will this mean for the US space programme and the space industry as a...
by David Todd | Nov 7, 2016 | Military space, Satellites, Seradata News
The military communications satellite MUOS-5, which was stranded in a transfer orbit because its apogee kick motor had only been able to make a partial burn, has now recovered itself to a “usable” geosynchronous orbit. Having been successfully launched into a...
by David Todd | Oct 12, 2016 | Military space, Russia
Western sentiment has been stirred by terrible scenes from Syria in which Russian jet bombers supported Syrian government Mig-21 jets in actively bombing the rebellious city of Aleppo into submission. The Western democracies, regretting not getting involved earlier,...
by Matt Wilson | Sep 22, 2016 | Military space, Satellites
The United States Air Force (USAF) has exercised the fourth two-satellite option from its original GPS 3A block order, it was announced on 21 September 2016. The option for these two satellites GPS 3A-9 and GPS 3A-10 is worth US$395m. The original contract, signed in...
