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...
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 Officially the cancellation of the construction order which was originally made in September 2016, was for a payment...
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...
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...
After a series of delays due to reasons ranging from national holidays to high winds, the Sun-Synch Express mission for Spaceflight Industries was launched by a Space X Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket at 1834 GMT, 3 December 2018. The launch from the western SpaceX launch pad...
On 13 November 2018, Eutelsat Communications S.A. announced that it formally selected Airbus Defence and Space to manufacture two next generation HOTBIRD satellites based on the Eurostar Neo satellite bus/platform. This, in effect, solidifies the earlier MoA...
