by David Todd | Nov 17, 2015 | Launches, Military space, Satellites, Seradata News
The Boeing/Lockheed Martin joint firm, the United Launch Alliance (ULA), has been awarded a US$373.3 million contract modification to add two more launches to its manifest to carry National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) satellite payloads. The launches, respectively for...
by David Todd | Nov 9, 2015 | China, Launches, Military space
A Yaogan 28 satellite was successfully launched b China’s Long March 4B launch vehicle launched from the Taiyuan launch site. The launch took place at 0706 GMT on 8 November 2015. Officially the spacecraft is for scientific experiments, land survey, crop...
by David Todd | Nov 9, 2015 | Military space, Russia, Satellites
To the annoyance of Intelsat and to the concern of the US Department of Defense, the Luch (Olymp) spacecraft has been involved in a series of “close” parking incidents with spacecraft of the Intelsat international operator. Since its launch and early...
by David Todd | Nov 6, 2015 | Launches, Military space, Technology
The maiden flight of the rail-launched three stage solid rocket Spark 1 (Super Strypi) small launch vehicle ended in failure less than a minute after lift-off from the Barking Sands launch site in Hawaii at 0345 GMT on 4 November 2015. Details of the failure have not...
by David Todd | Nov 6, 2015 | China, Launches, Military space, Seradata News
A Long March 3B-G2 (CZ-3B-G2) launch vehicle successfully launched the military communications satellite Chinasat 2C (Zhongxing 2C) into orbit on its way to Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) from the Xichang launch site in China at 1625 GMT on 3 November 2015. The...
by David Todd | Nov 2, 2015 | Launches, Military space, Satellites
An Atlas V 401 launch vehicle operated under the colours of the Boeing/Lockheed Martin joint firm, the United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched the Boeing-built GPS IIF-11 navigation spacecraft for the US Air Force on 31 October 2015. The launch, which took...
