by Matt Wilson | Jul 29, 2021 | China, Launches, Military space, Satellites, Seradata News
China successfully launched a Long March 2D/2 (CZ-2D/2) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China, at 0401 GMT on 29 July. The mission carried the Tianhui 1-04 satellite, used for mapping/cartography purposes. Western sources believe this series of satellites...
by Matt Wilson | Jul 29, 2021 | commercial launch services, Launches, Military space, Satellites, Seradata News
Rocket Lab has successfully deployed a satellite for the US Space Force into low Earth orbit completing a return-to-flight after a launch failure suffered in May. This mission utilised a Electron rocket which lifted-off at 0600 GMT on 29 July, from the Rocket Lab...
by Matt Wilson | Jul 28, 2021 | Satellites, Seradata News
Anuvu, which emerged from the Chapter 11 proceedings of Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) in March, has contracted with newspace satellite manufacturer Astranis for two spacecraft. The deal announced on 27 July covers two ~400 kg satellites based on the Astranis...
by Mark Williamson | Jul 28, 2021 | Blue Origin, Commercial human spaceflight, exploration, Finance, NASA, Seradata News, SpaceX, Technology
Blue Origin CEO and recent addition to the ranks of ‘astronaut’, Jeff Bezos, has offered to restore competition to NASA’s Human Landing System (HLS) programme in an open letter to the NASA Administrator. In return for an HLS contract, Bezos has offered to cover the...
by Mark Williamson | Jul 28, 2021 | History, International Space Station, NASA, Russia, Seradata News
It is a time of renewal at the International Space Station as one long-standing module is removed to be replaced by another. At 1055 GMT, on 26 July, the Progress MS-16 cargo spacecraft removed the Pirs airlock module from the station in preparation for a de-orbit...
by Mark Williamson | Jul 27, 2021 | History, NASA, Satellites, Science, Seradata News
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is back online after a month of downtime due to a malfunctioning payload computer. The veteran telescope, launched to low Earth orbit in 1990, was brought back into service on 17 July when controllers switched over to a backup...
