by Matt Wilson | Dec 9, 2019 | commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
Lifting-off at 0818 GMT, 6 December 2019, the tenth Electron rocket from Rocket Lab has carried seven satellites in to orbit. The mission took place from the Rocket Lab facility in the Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand, on its way to Low Earth Orbit (LEO). This is the...
by David Todd | Dec 9, 2019 | China, Launches, Seradata News
China’s launch industry had a filip this month when it successfully launched two Kuaizhou 1A (KZ-1A) (aka Feitian 1) launch vehicles on “commercial” launches from the same launch site in a single day. The “commercial” Exspace company (a...
by Matt Wilson | Dec 6, 2019 | International Space Station, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX
Launching from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 1729 GMT, 5 December 2019, a Falcon 9 rocket has carried the Dragon CRS-19 (CRS1-19) mission to the ISS. This mission was part of the Commercial ReSupply 1 (CRS1) contract between SpaceX and NASA. The Dragon capsule was...
by David Todd | Dec 6, 2019 | Satellites, Seradata News
The UK-based mobile communications satellite operator Inmarsat has formally delisted on the London Stock Exchange after a US$3.3 billion buy-out which had been delayed by a court case. In the end, the acquisition by the Connect Bidco consortium involving Apax,...
by David Todd | Dec 6, 2019 | International Space Station, Seradata News, Soyuz, SpaceX
Russia successfully launched the Progress MS-13 unmanned cargo spacecraft on a Soyuz 2-1A at 0934 GMT on 6 December from the Baikonur Space Centre near Tyuratam in Kazakhstan. The Progress MS-13 is a resupply mission will be taking supplies to the International Space...
by David Todd | Dec 5, 2019 | Satellites, Seradata News
It has been announced that the regional satellite operator Nilesat has ordered the construction of a new communications satellite called Nilesat 301 from Thales Alenia Space. The spacecraft will eventually replace the Nilesat 201 in geostationary orbit. The 4,100kg...
