by David Todd | Aug 11, 2020 | China, exploration, NASA, Russia, Seradata News, SpaceX
Every August, Seradata does an analysis of which nation is leading the “human” space race – or rather races – to return humans to the Moon and put them on the surface of Mars. This year progress has become clearer and the USA is very much the leading contender in both... 
by Philip Hylands | Jul 31, 2020 | Launches, Russia, Satellites
Russia successfully launched the EXPRESS 80 and EXPRESS 103 communications satellites into Geostationary Transfer Orbit an a Proton M/Briz M vehicle. The mission lifted-off at 2125 GMT on 30 July from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The two satellites will be used... 
by David Todd | Jul 24, 2020 | Military space, Russia, Satellites, Seradata News, Technology
US Space Command has formally protested about the Russian “inspection satellite” Cosmos 2543 releasing a high-velocity space object – believed to be a missile projectile. It notes that the suspected missile, object Sat Cat No 45915, was released on 15... 
by David Todd | Jul 23, 2020 | Launches, Russia, Soyuz
Russia successfully launched the Progress MS-15 cargo spacecraft on a Soyuz 2-1A launch vehicle at 1426 GMT on 23 July from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The spacecraft is on a resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The approach of the... 
by David Todd | Jul 13, 2020 | Military space, Russia
Former journalist Ivan Safronov, communications assistant, Dmitry Rogozon, the Head of Roscosmos, the part conglomerate/part space agency that is the Russian space programme, and a key ally of President Putin, has been arrested by the Federal Security Bureau (FSB) of... 
by David Todd | Jul 13, 2020 | China, Launches, Military space, Russia, Satellites, Seradata News
While it might be premature to say this, it appears to be the “half-time” point in the Covid-19 pandemic. Those countries that have managed to control the outbreak – even those with very bad starts (e.g. Italy, Spain, France, UK) – are starting...
