by Matt Wilson | Jul 11, 2019 | Launches, Military space, Russia, Satellites, Seradata News
At 1714 GMT, on 10 July 2091, an Soyuz 2-1V rocket lifted-off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northern Russia. The mission carried four satellites into LEO, in aid of the Russian military. These four units were later identified as COSMOS (KOSMOS) 2335, 2536, 2537 and...
by David Todd | Jul 11, 2019 | commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, Space Insurance
While launch vehicles usually have their first launch failure during their first ten flights, the Avio-built Arianespace-operated Vega launch vehicle waited until its 15th flight to have its first. After what seemed to be a successful launch from its Kourou launch...
by David Todd | Jul 9, 2019 | Satellites, Seradata News
The French Space Agency CNES has ordered four 300 kg Earth observation satellites from Airbus Defence and Space (Airbus DS) under its CO3D programme which will be launched in 2022. The terrain mapping satellites will be financed by both CNES and Airbus DS with the...
by Matt Wilson | Jul 9, 2019 | Commercial human spaceflight, Finance, Seradata News, Space tourism
In an joint announcement made 8 July 2019, the space tourism operator, Virgin Galactic (VG) and the investment partnership, Social Capital Hedosophia (SCH), have agreed a merger which will see SCH shareholders own approximately 49 per cent of the new combined Virgin...
by David Todd | Jul 5, 2019 | On a Sadder Note, Seradata News, Space Arts
While spaceflight and space insurance has its fair share of colourful characters, they pale when it comes to some others involved in measuring risk. As such, we are sad to reveal that the world of horse racing and betting has just said goodbye to one of its biggest...
by David Todd | Jul 4, 2019 | Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a two-satellite construction order as part of the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM).by Norway’s state-run firm Space Norway which is offering communications payloads on board the satellites for Norwegian Ministry of...
