by Matt Wilson | Oct 11, 2019 | commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
Following a launch abort at 0130 GMT, the Pegasus XL rocket successfully launched at 0200 GMT, 11 October 2019, carrying the NASA ICON satellite to Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The ICON (Ionospheric Connection Explorer) satellite is part of the NASA Explorer programme...
by David Todd | Oct 9, 2019 | Launches, Satellites, Technology
A Proton M/Briz M vehicle was launched at 1017 GMT on 9 October from Baikonur Cosmodrome near Tyuratam inn Kazakhstan. The vehicle was carrying two satellite payloads into a super-synchronous transfer orbit on their way to the geostationary arc. While...
by Matt Wilson | Oct 8, 2019 | commercial launch services, Satellites, Seradata News
Kepler Communications have announced an launch agreement with Dutch-company Innovative Space Logistics B.V. (ISL). The agreement, in partnership with GK Launch Services of Russia, will see two 6U-CubeSat satellites launched into a sun-synchronous orbit during Q2-Q3...
by Matt Wilson | Oct 7, 2019 | China, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
Lifting-off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, Northern China at 1850 GMT on 4 October 2019, a Long March-4C (CZ-4C) rocket carried the Gaofen-10R satellite into Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The satellite has entered into a sun-synchronous low Earth orbit inclined at...
by David Todd | Oct 7, 2019 | NASA, Satellites, Science, Seradata News
The Franco-US Jason-2 oceanography spacecraft which was operated by the French Space Agency CNES has now been retired from scientific operations, having exceeded its minimum three-year design life by over eight years. Launched in June 2008, the Jason-2 spacecraft...
by David Todd | Oct 3, 2019 | Launches, Military space, Satellites
Having already ordered a small reconnaissance satellite from the Netherlands-based ISISpsace (originally called ISIS BV) in September 2018, the Royal Thai Air Force has decided to order a second one. The new spacecraft is based on a ISIS 6U cubesat bus design and will...
