A US$175 million insurance claim has been filed for the ‘total loss’ of the SkyTerra-1 communications satellite, after its 22 m diameter main mesh antenna developed a fault, Seradata understands. No details have been released by its owner, Ligado Networks (formerly...
Middle Eastern satellite operator Yahsat’s subsidiary Thuraya has lost the communications payload on one of its satellites. The Thuraya-3 communications satellite, located over 98.5 degrees east in geostationary Earth orbit (GEO), had a serious payload anomaly on 15...
After two failed launches, hopes were high that the Super Heavy first stage and its Starship upper stage/reusable spaceship would perform well on the combination’s third flight attempt. Those hopes were not misplaced. At 1325 GMT on 14 March, the mammoth SpaceX rocket...
The maiden flight of the Japanese commercial KAIROS (Kii-based Advanced and Instant Rocket System) launch vehicle ended in failure after only five seconds of flight. Carrying a dummy satellite, KAIROS was launched from the Kii Space Port, Japan, at 0201 GMT on 13...
Farah Ghouri and David Todd followed the launch, descent, landing and subsequent communications of the first private spacecraft lunar landing “Odysseus is alive and well” was the first update on IM-1 from its operator after the lander touched down on the Moon, making...
David Todd, Seradata’s head of space content, reviews ‘The Space Shuttle that Fell to Earth’, a new BBC documentary marking the 21st anniversary of the fatal Space Shuttle Columbia disaster In January 2003 the 113th flight of the Space Shuttle program was launched...
