by David Todd | Nov 17, 2014 | China, Military space
At 1853 GMT on 14 November 2014, a suspected Chinese military radar satellite, Yaogan 23, was launched by a Long March 2C launch vehicle operating from the Taiyuan launch site in China. The satellite is thought to be from the same Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) design...
by David Todd | Nov 5, 2014 | History, Military space, Seradata News
As already reported, in October, the outgoing head of GCHQ, Sir Iain Lobban, made a valedictory speech in strong defence of GCHQ and its methods, in the fight against “plotters, proliferators and paedophiles.” His carefully chosen and emotive words have...
by David Todd | Oct 30, 2014 | Launches, Military space, Satellites
The Boeing-built navigation satellite, GPS IIF-8, has been successfully launched towards its Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) destination by an Atlas V 401 rocket. The launch took place from the Cape Canaveral launch site in Florida, USA, at 1721 GMT on 29 October 2014. The...
by David Todd | Oct 21, 2014 | Military space, Satellites, Science, Seradata News, Technology
The US Air Force successfully recovered the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) unmanned mini-shuttle after it successfully re-entered the atmosphere and landed at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, at 1624 GMT on 17 October 2014. Details of the 674-day...
by David Todd | Oct 21, 2014 | China, Launches, Military space, Satellites
While wrapped in the official description of being for civilian use, at 0631 GMT on 20 October 2014, a Long March 4C put a suspected Chinese military reconnaissance satellite, Yaogan 22, into a near polar Sun-synchronous low Earth orbit from the Taiyuan launch site...
by David Todd | Sep 19, 2014 | History, Military space, On a Lighter Note, Seradata News
While the Scottish referendum on its independence did have some reported intimidation and anti-English sentiment from the “yes” side, and scaremongering and economic threats from supporters of the “no” side, in the end the secret ballot was in...
