by Matt Wilson | Apr 2, 2020 | Constellation, ESA, Launches, Russia, Satellites, Seradata News, Soyuz
It has been reported that one of the first missions for the yet-to-launch Ariane 6 has been given to the rocket it is intending to replace. This mission concerns the first two Batch 3 satellites for the European Galileo Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). These... 
by David Todd | Mar 23, 2020 | Launches, Russia, Satellites, Seradata News, Soyuz
While COVID-19 has hobbled the launch plans of many satellite operators at other sites, Russia and China are continuing with their programmes. Thus, while Arianespace’s Soyuz launches from Sinnamary, near Kourou in French Guiana, have been suspended, its Russian... 
by David Todd | Mar 17, 2020 | Military space, Russia, Satellites
Russia successfully launched a navigation satellite codenamed Cosmos 2545 as part of its Glonass navigation system at 1828 GMT on 16 March into Medium Earth Orbit on a Soyuz 2-1B/Fregat M launch vehicle. The launch took place from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northern... 
by Philip Hylands | Feb 20, 2020 | Launches, Military space, Russia, Satellites, Soyuz
Russia successfully launched a Soyuz 2-1A Fregat M vehicle carrying the Meridian M No 19 L (Meridian M 9) satellite into a high arcing Molniya orbit at 0824 GMT on 20 February from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northern Russia. Note that the third stage actually... 
by Matt Wilson | Feb 7, 2020 | commercial launch services, Launches, Russia, Satellites, Seradata News
Launching at 2142 GMT, 6 February 2020, a Soyuz 2-1B rocket has carried 34 OneWeb satellites to LEO. The launch, which lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, was part of a contract signed between OneWeb and Arianespace. This mission, utilising one of the... 
by David Todd | Feb 5, 2020 | International Space Station, NASA, Russia, Satellites, space station
Cygnus NG-12 was unberthed and undocked from the ISS/released from the ISS robot arm at 1436 GMT on 31 January to conduct 31 days of flight operations including deployment of satellites until destructive re-entry planned for 2 March 2020. Aboard were several cubesats:...
