by David Todd | Feb 24, 2015 | commercial launch services, Seradata News, Soyuz
The European launch provider Arianespace has ordered six more Soyuz launch vehicles to fly from its Sinnamary launch site near Kourou in French Guiana (part of the Guiana Space Centre) during the next four years. According to the Russian state news agency Tass, the...
by David Todd | Feb 17, 2015 | International Space Station, Russia, Satellites, Soyuz
Progress M-026M re-supply craft was successfully launched at 1100 GMT on 17 February 2015 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome near Tyuratam in Kazakhstan on a Soyuz-U launch vehicle. The Progress cargo spacecraft conducted a four orbit rapid rendezvous ascent to catch up...
by David Todd | Jan 29, 2015 | Commercial human spaceflight, NASA, Personal spaceflight, Russia, Soyuz, SpaceX
The days of the Russian space programme extracting pay cheques out of NASA may soon be coming to an end if NASA’s commercial crew launch schedule occurs as planned. At a press conference at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, NASA and representatives...
by David Todd | Jan 2, 2015 | China, exploration, Russia, SLS, Soyuz, Space Insurance, SpaceX, Technology, Virgin Galactic
2014 was an interesting space year in many ways. It had elements of great achievement, some notable failures, and confirmed some industry trends that are looking unstoppable. Record breaking year for number of launched payloads Driven mainly by commercial factors and...
by David Todd | Jan 1, 2015 | China, commercial launch services, Launches, Russia, Satellites, Soyuz
The dying days of a year are traditionally the time when Russia and China launch a number of payloads into orbit while Western nations are distracted as they celebrate their Christmas festival. And this year was no exception. On 23 December at 0557 GMT from the...
by David Todd | Dec 19, 2014 | Launches, Satellites, Soyuz
A Soyuz ST-B /Fregat MT launch vehicle has successfully put four O3b spacecraft into orbit following its launch from the Sinnamary launch site in French Guiana. The third batch of four spacecraft named O3b FM9 – 12, was launched at 1837 GMT on 18 December...
