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US$218 million insurance loss avoided as SARah Passiv radar sats manage to shake out their antennas

US$218 million insurance loss avoided as SARah Passiv radar sats manage to shake out their antennas

by David Todd | May 27, 2025 | Finance, Reliability Info, Satellites, Seradata News

Two military Synthetic Aperture Radar satellites have been rescued in orbit after being out of action for nearly 18 months. A series of complex manoeuvres has freed the antennas, which were jammed on SARah-Passiv 1 and SARah-Passiv 2. Non-deployment of the passive...
PSLV suffers rare launch failure

PSLV suffers rare launch failure

by David Todd | May 19, 2025 | Launches, Reliability Info, Seradata News

India’s space agency was left a little shaken after its dependable PSLV launch vehicle sustained a rare failure. The launch took place from the Satish Dhawan Launch Center in Sriharikota, India at 0029 GMT on 18 May. On board was the EOS-09 satellite (also known as...
Firefly Alpha fails to make orbit after explosion damages second-stage nozzle

Firefly Alpha fails to make orbit after explosion damages second-stage nozzle

by David Todd | Apr 29, 2025 | Launches, Reliability Info, Satellites, Seradata News

The first stage of Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket blew up after separation, damaging the second stage and setting off a chain of events that meant Alpha narrowly missed out on achieving orbit. The vehicle lifted off on flight FLTA006 “Message in a Booster” at 1337...
Astranis UtilitySat is stranded in transfer orbit – likely total loss

Astranis UtilitySat is stranded in transfer orbit – likely total loss

by David Todd | Apr 4, 2025 | Reliability Info, Satellites, Seradata News

UtilitySat, one of four small communications satellites, launched for Astranis, has failed on its way to its planned geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) operational location, according to industry officials, reported first by Space Intel Report. The craft was launched by...
ISAR Spectrum maiden failure: spectacular but not surprising

ISAR Spectrum maiden failure: spectacular but not surprising

by David Todd | Mar 31, 2025 | Launches, Reliability Info, Seradata News

The maiden flight of Spectrum ended in a spectacular explosion against the dramatic icy backdrop of Andøya Spaceport, Norway. Footage of Spectrum’s fiery explosion punctuating the remote wilderness of Andøya was quickly picked up by news outlets internationally. This...
The curious case of the Chinese KZ-1A rocket

The curious case of the Chinese KZ-1A rocket

by Farah Ghouri | Mar 21, 2025 | Launches, Reliability Info, Seradata News, SpaceX

A Kuiazhou 1A (KZ-1A) three-stage solid rocket was set to launch on 1 March at about 1001 GMT from Jiuquan, China. However, whether it made it off the pad intact was called into question after reports gained traction that KZ-1A suffered an explosive failure. An...
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