by David Todd | Dec 11, 2019 | Launches, Satellites
Russia launched the Glonass M59 satellite navigation satellitle into medium Earth orbit on a Soyuz 2-1B Fregat M launch vehicle at 0854 GMT on 11 December 2019 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northern Russia. The satellite will be placed into plane 1 slot 4 of the...
by Matt Wilson | Dec 9, 2019 | commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
Lifting-off at 0818 GMT, 6 December 2019, the tenth Electron rocket from Rocket Lab has carried seven satellites in to orbit. The mission took place from the Rocket Lab facility in the Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand, on its way to Low Earth Orbit (LEO). This is the...
by Matt Wilson | Dec 6, 2019 | International Space Station, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX
Launching from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 1729 GMT, 5 December 2019, a Falcon 9 rocket has carried the Dragon CRS-19 (CRS1-19) mission to the ISS. This mission was part of the Commercial ReSupply 1 (CRS1) contract between SpaceX and NASA. The Dragon capsule was...
by David Todd | Dec 6, 2019 | Satellites, Seradata News
The UK-based mobile communications satellite operator Inmarsat has formally delisted on the London Stock Exchange after a US$3.3 billion buy-out which had been delayed by a court case. In the end, the acquisition by the Connect Bidco consortium involving Apax,...
by David Todd | Dec 5, 2019 | Satellites, Seradata News
It has been announced that the regional satellite operator Nilesat has ordered the construction of a new communications satellite called Nilesat 301 from Thales Alenia Space. The spacecraft will eventually replace the Nilesat 201 in geostationary orbit. The 4,100kg...
by David Todd | Nov 29, 2019 | China, Launches, Satellites
China has launched the Gaofen 12 syntheric aperture radar (SAR) satellite using a Long March 4C (CZ-4C) rocket at 2352 GMT on 27 November 2019. The spacecraft launch occurred from Taiyuan launch site. According to US Space Command the spacecraft is in 595 x 599 km x...
