by David Todd | Oct 27, 2015 | China, Launches, Military space, Satellites, Seradata News
At 0710 GMT on 26 October 2015, a Long March 2D/2 (CZ-2D/2) launch vehicle lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in China on its way to successfully placing the Tianhui 1-03 spacecraft into a Sun-synchronous low Earth orbit. The circa 1,000kg...
by David Todd | Sep 30, 2015 | China, Launches, Military space, Satellites
China launched the BDS I2-S (Beidou-20) navigation spacecraft into an inclined Geosynchronous orbit using a Long March 3B-G2 rocket – an enhanced version of the Long March 3B. The launch of the 4,200kg satellite took place from the Xichang launch site in China....
by David Todd | Sep 25, 2015 | Launches, Military space, Russia, Satellites, Seradata News
Three Russian military store-forward communications satellites, COSMOS 2507-2509, were successfully launched into orbit from the Plesetsk launch site in Northern Russia on a Rockot/Breeze KM launch vehicle at 2200 GMT on 23 September 2015. The three satellites use...
by David Todd | Sep 25, 2015 | History, Military space
As the Royal Air Force looked back to its victory in the Battle of Britain* 75 years ago, culminating in RAF Hurricanes and Spitfires flown by “The Few” mauling Luftwaffe daylight bombing attacks on London during September 1940, its modern day pilots were...
by David Todd | Sep 17, 2015 | China, Launches, Military space, Satellites
China launched two orbital missions in quick succession during mid-September 2015. On 12 September 2015, a Long March 3B launch vehicle carried a spacecraft dubbed the Communications Engineering Test Satellite 1 (aka Tongxing Jisshu Shiyan Weixing yi hao –...
by David Todd | Sep 3, 2015 | Launches, Military space, Seradata News
At 1018 GMT on 2 September 2015, an Atlas V 551 operated by ULA (United Launch Alliance) successfully launched the MUOS 4 (Mobile User Objective System 4) military telecommunications satellite for the US Navy. The launch took place from the Cape Canaveral launch site...
