by Matt Wilson | Sep 26, 2019 | Launches, Military space, Russia, Satellites, Seradata News
The second Soyuz rocket to launch in under 24 hours lifted-off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia, at 0746 GMT, 26 September. The mission saw a modern Soyuz 2-1B variant carry the third, next-generation, early-warning satellite – known as TUNDRA 13L –...
by Matt Wilson | Sep 25, 2019 | History, International Space Station, Launches, NASA, Personal spaceflight, Russia, Satellites, Seradata News, space station
At 1357 GMT on 25 September, a Soyuz-FG rocket lifted off from Launch Site No. 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, carrying the Soyuz MS-15 crew mission to the International Space Station (ISS). This launch marked the end of some eras – and the beginning of...
by Matt Wilson | Sep 2, 2019 | Launches, Military space, Russia, Satellites, Seradata News
Launching on 30 August 2019, from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia, a Rockot launch vehicle has carried the GEO-IK-2 3 satellite to a Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The GEO-IK 2 satellites are third-generation Geodetic satellites launched for the Russian Ministry of Defence....
by David Todd | Aug 22, 2019 | Apollo, China, ESA, exploration, India, JAXA, NASA, Russia, Seradata News
Every August Seradata does its usual analysis of the “runners and riders” in “The Great Space Race” between the major space nations. Here we judge each space programme on the basis of technological ability, financial and other resources, national will and, most...
by David Todd | Aug 22, 2019 | Launches, Russia, Soyuz
At 0338 GMT on 22 August 2019, a Soyuz 2.1a rocket successully launched the Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft into orbit from the Baikonur launch site, near Tyuratam, Kazakhstan. While such Soyuz MS spacecraft usually carry cosmonauts and astronauts, this flight had no humans...
by David Todd | Aug 14, 2019 | ESA, exploration, Russia, Satellites, Science
The complicated multi-parachute landing system for the European Space Agency’s ExoMars landing mission in 2020 is under scrutiny after it failed a second test. The test on 5 August, of the large 35 m diameter subsonic main parachute was deemed a failure. It...
