by David Todd | Dec 18, 2018 | Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX
Having ordered a SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch for its satellite, start up satellite operator Ovzon realised that it would need to order one to launch on it. As it eyes giving a mobile broadband service to the Middle East and African region, Ovzon has now ordered a...
by David Todd | Dec 18, 2018 | Constellation, Satellites, Seradata News
Start-up satellite constellation operator OneWeb has announced that it is reducing the size of its planned satellite constellation in low Earth orbit (LEO) by one third from 900 to 600 satellites. This reduction, and the inevitable cost savings released, was made...
by David Todd | Dec 17, 2018 | commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites
Rocket Lab launched its Electron launch vehicle at 0633 GMT on 15 December 2018 from its Mahia Peninsula launch site in New Zealand. The launch carried 13 cubesat class spacecraft for NASA totalling 83kg by mass.There were launched under its Educational Launch of...
by David Todd | Dec 13, 2018 | Satellites, Seradata News
Boeing Satellite Systems has officially cancelled the construction of the GiSAT 1 communications satellite for the Cayman Islands-based Global IP. Officially the cancellation of the construction order which was originally made in September 2016, was for a payment...
by Matt Wilson | Dec 10, 2018 | China, commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
Launching from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, located in Northern China, at 0412 GMT, on 7 December 2018, a SAST (Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology) Long March-2D (CZ-2D) rocket lifted-off to LEO (Low Earth Orbit) for CGWIC (China Great Wall Industry...
by David Todd | Dec 7, 2018 | Military space, Satellites, Seradata News
Using its past experience in building the Cosmo-Skymed radar satellite series, Thales Alenia Space has been approached to be part of the team building four new radar satellites for the South Korean Agency for Defence Development. The firm has since signed separate...
