by David Todd | Jan 23, 2020 | Reliability Info, Satellites, Seradata News
The Boeing-built Spaceway 1 spacecraft suffered an anomaly during December 2019 which caused a “significant and irreversible” thermal damage to its batteries. The spacecraft’s owner DirecTV has informed the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)...
by David Todd | Jan 21, 2020 | Reliability Info, Satellites, Seradata News, Space Insurance
It has been reported that customers on the Thaicom 5 communications satellite have been moved to other satellites following a telemetry issue that is preventing control of the spacecraft. The nearly 14-year-old spacecraft was coming to the end of its design life. ...
by David Todd | Jan 17, 2020 | commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
A pair of communications satellites, Eutelsat-Konnect and GSAT-30, were successfully launched by an Ariane 5 ECA rocket into a 35764 x 245 km orbit six degree inclination geosynchronous Transfer orbit (GTO). The launch of the VA251 flight took place from the Kourou,...
by David Todd | Jan 16, 2020 | China, Launches, Satellites
China launched the Yinhe 1 satellite on a Kuaizhou 1A aunch vehicle from Jiuquan satellite launch centre at 0300 GMT on 16 January 2019. Built, owned and operated by Galaxy Space, the 227 kg Yinhe 1 is a technology test satellite for the forthcoming 5G standard mobile...
by David Todd | Jan 16, 2020 | China, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
China has launched four satellites on a Long March 2D/2 from the launch site at Taiyuan at 0253 GMT on 15 January 2020. The spacecraft were placed into a relatively low Sun-synchronous low Earth orbit of 491 x 477km at 97.4 degree inclination. The main payload was...
by David Todd | Jan 10, 2020 | Satellites, Seradata News
The European spacecraft and communications payload manufacturer Thales Alenia Space has received an order from the European satellite operator Hispasat to build the Amazonas Nexus spacecraft. The spacecraft is designed to operate in geostationary Earth orbit over the...
