by David Todd | Dec 18, 2018 | Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX
Having ordered a SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch for its satellite, start up satellite operator Ovzon realised that it would need to order one to launch on it. As it eyes giving a mobile broadband service to the Middle East and African region, Ovzon has now ordered a...
by David Todd | Dec 18, 2018 | Constellation, Satellites, Seradata News
Start-up satellite constellation operator OneWeb has announced that it is reducing the size of its planned satellite constellation in low Earth orbit (LEO) by one third from 900 to 600 satellites. This reduction, and the inevitable cost savings released, was made...
by David Todd | Dec 14, 2018 | Commercial human spaceflight, Personal spaceflight, Seradata News, Virgin Galactic, White Knight
The US Air Force has traditionally awarded its pilots “astronaut wings” if they have exceeded 50 miles (80km) in altitude. Others who support this limit of where “space begins” include astrophysicist and spaceflight expert Dr Jonathan...
by David Todd | Dec 13, 2018 | History, Seradata News
SpaceX congratulated itself that its recent wayward Falcon 9v1.2 Block 5 reusable rocket first stage (on the otherwise successful launch of the Dragon CRS-16 space mission) had managed to land safely in the Atlantic Ocean despite missing its Landing Zone 1 landing pad...
by David Todd | Dec 13, 2018 | Satellites, Seradata News
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 Officially the cancellation of the construction order which was originally made in September 2016, was for a payment...
by Matt Wilson | Dec 10, 2018 | China, commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
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...
