by David Todd | May 8, 2019 | Launches, Military space, Satellites, Seradata News
At 0600 GMT on 5 May 2019, a Rocket Lab Electron KS rocket was launched from Onenui Station on the Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. On board were the officially titled STP-27RD mission were three US military small satellites: The US Air Force Academy’s Falcon Ode...
by David Todd | May 8, 2019 | International Space Station, Launches, NASA, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX
The SpaceX Dragon CRS-17 cargo freighter spacecraft carrying out a resupply mission for NASA was successfully launched into low Earth orbit by a Falcon 9 at 0648 GMT on 4 May on its way to dock with the International Space Station (ISS). The Falcon 9 first stage...
by Matt Wilson | May 7, 2019 | Satellites, Seradata News, Technology
At the OneWeb keynote session during SATELLITE 2019, OneWeb CEO Adrian Steckel, accompanied by SoftBank Managing Director Alex Clavel, gave insight into the coming year from a OneWeb point-of-view. Following the success of the their first test launch in which an...
by Matt Wilson | May 6, 2019 | Satellites, Seradata News
Announced during the SATELLITE 2019 show in Washington D.C. on 6 May 2019, the award of a dual satellite contract from Spanish government satellite operator, Hisdesat S.A. The contract is for follow-on units to the SPAINSAT and XTAR-EUR satellites called SPAINSAT NG 1...
by David Todd | May 3, 2019 | Satellites, Seradata News
LeoStella, the satellite manufacturer which is jointly owned by Thales Alenia Space and Spaceflight Industries, has been selected to built ten data storage satellites for the Cloud Constellation company as part of its SpaceBelt constellation. The construction contract...
by David Todd | Apr 30, 2019 | China, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
A Long March 4B (CZ-4B) launch vehicle has successfully launched three Tianhui Earth imaging satellites into low Earth apparently Sun-synchnronous orbits. The satellites carry the official titles of Tianhui Yi Hao 01 Xing, Tianhui Yi Hao 02 Xing, Tianhui Yi Hao 03...
