Following the success of its Mars probe “Hope”, the UAE Space Agency has announced a plan to launch a probe to the asteroid belt by 2028. Known as the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt (EMA), from 2030 onwards it will study six asteroids on its way to a final one,...
For Eutelsat, a leading geostationary and low Earth orbit communications satellite operator (with the acquisition of OneWeb), a lack of available launch slots over the next five years is of immediate concern, according to keynote speaker Vijay Thakur, the company’s...
Speaking at the Seradata Space Conference in London on 20 June, Stéphan Rives, the global head of reinsurer SCOR, set out the current status of the space insurance market. He noted falling premiums after a profitable year – with premiums at historically low levels –...
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA at 1535 GMT on 23 June 2023. The launch vehicle was carrying Starlink Group 5-12, a total of 56 v1.5 second generation Starlink satellites. The reusable B1069 first stage,m on its...
The Seradata Space Conference remains the leading forum for space insurance underwriters and brokers to meet their clients – the satellite operators, and their related industries such as launch providers. Attendance at this year’s event (the conference takes...
Launching at 0318 GMT on 20 June a Chinese Long March 6 (CZ-6) rocket carried Shiyan-25 into LEO. The mission took place from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, Northern China. Like many of its Shiyan-series siblings this satellite is only described as an...
