by Matt Wilson | May 9, 2019 | commercial launch services, Finance, Seradata News
Having finally received the fixed number of “institutional launches” that the company needed, Arianespace have officially placed an order for the first 14 series-production units of their next-generation launcher, Ariane 6, on 6 May. This follows an ESA...
by David Todd | May 9, 2019 | China, Military space, Seradata News, Space Arts, SpaceX
While the UK Prime Minister Theresa May might be at risk of being imminently fired herself – not least over her determined self-righteousness over her Brexit plan – it did not stop her using her remaining time in office to fire her Secretary of State for...
by David Todd | May 8, 2019 | Launches, Seradata News, Suborbital
At 1135 GMT the Blue Origin conducted another unmanned suborbital launch of its New Shepard launch vehicle/carrier spacecraft (Mark II) with an unofficial altitude achieved of 105.6 km above the Van Horn launch site in Texas. The launch is counted by Seradata as a...
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...
