While COVID-19 has hobbled the launch plans of many satellite operators at other sites, Russia and China are continuing with their programmes. Thus, while Arianespace’s Soyuz launches from Sinnamary, near Kourou in French Guiana, have been suspended, its Russian...
SpaceX is looking ahead of the Coronavirus outbreak as it lands yet another launch contract. The global communications satellite operator Intelsat has chosen to launch its Maxar (SSL)-built Intelsat-40e communications satellite via a Falcon 9 launch vehicle. The...
Whether you call it coronavirus or COVID-19 you cannot avoid this “Elephant in the Room”, which is affecting much of industry and commerce, the world’s health systems and even basic human relationships. And space has not been insulated from the virus. Despite a tardy...
Russia successfully launched a navigation satellite codenamed Cosmos 2545 as part of its Glonass navigation system at 1828 GMT on 16 March into Medium Earth Orbit on a Soyuz 2-1B/Fregat M launch vehicle. The launch took place from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northern...
The maiden flight of China’s Long March 7A at 1334 GMT lifted off on 16 March from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Centre on Hainan Island. But the launch failed when a serious problem arose with the second or third stage of the vehicle. The launch failure was not a...
HawkEye 360 was represented at SATELLITE 2020 by their Americas Sales Executive, Richard Holmquist. He was on the Hybrid Satellite-Based Solutions for the Maritime Market panel, talking about the niche that HawkEye is carving out for itself. HawkEye 360 is providing a...
