by David Todd | Jul 9, 2016 | Launches, Military space, Satellites, Seradata News
After the reported successful launch of the US military MUOS-5 communications satellite into its transfer orbit by a ULA Atlas V launch vehicle, on 24 June, it was revealed to be stranded with its perigee only half way to its planned slightly inclined 36,000 km...
by David Todd | Jun 29, 2016 | Add category, China, Launches, Military space, Satellites, Seradata News
A Chinese Long March 4B (CZ-4B) rocket was launched form the Jiuquan Satellite launch centre at 0321 GMT on 29 June 2016. The spacecraft launched a satellite into a Low Earth Orbit of 616 x 515 km inclined at 75 degrees relative to the equator. This closely tallies...
by Matt Wilson | Jun 24, 2016 | COTS, Launches, Military space, Satellites, Seradata News
At 1530 GMT on 24 June 2016, an Atlas V in the 551 configuration launched the fifth Mobile User Objective System, MUOS, satellite for the US Navy. The rocket lifted-off from Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral, Florida, for the 108th ULA (United Launch Alliance) launch and...
by Matt Wilson | Jun 16, 2016 | Launches, Military space, Satellites
At 1751 GMT on 11 June 2016, a Delta IV Heavy launch vehicle was used to successfully propel a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) payload, NRO L-37, into an undisclosed Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO). The launch was conducted by United Launch Alliance (ULA) from...
by David Todd | Jun 6, 2016 | Launches, Military space, Russia, Satellites
At 1400 GMT on 4 June 2016, a Rockot/Breeze KM launch vehicle was ejected from its launch pod and ignited to take the GEO-IK 2-2 spacecraft into orbit. The Russian military spacecraft is designed for the Geodysy role – that is to map the Earth’s...
by David Todd | May 16, 2016 | China, Launches, Military space, Satellites
At 0423 GMT on 15 May 2016, a Long March 2D/2 rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan launch site in China. Aboard was the Yaogan 30 – a satellite which is officially to be used for remote sensing and crop monitoring etc but is thought by Western analysts to be a...
