by David Todd | May 7, 2020 | Reliability Info, Russia, Satellites, Space Insurance
The Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) has confirmed that it has turned off the Ka-band payload of the communications satellite Express AM-6 and transferred its clients to other satellites. The announcement also confirmed that the underlying cause was a... 
by David Todd | Apr 9, 2020 | China, Launches, Satellites, Space Insurance
Having had a launch setback with its new Long March 7A (CZ-7A) rocket in March, it looked unlikely that China would have another launch failure so soon. And yet, on 9 April 2020, its venerable Long March 3B-G2 launch vehicle failed while carrying the Palapa-N1... 
by David Todd | Apr 7, 2020 | Seradata News, Space Insurance
On 9 March it was announced that Aon the World’s second largest insurance broker in the world would by Willis Towers Watson, the third largest broking firm. The deal, which is subject to regulatory approval involves all-stock US$30 billion purchase of Willis... 
by David Todd | Mar 17, 2020 | Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, Space Insurance, Space politics
Whether you call it coronavirus or COVID-19 you cannot avoid this “Elephant in the Room”, which is affecting much of industry and commerce, the world’s health systems and even basic human relationships. And space has not been insulated from the virus. Despite a tardy... 
by David Todd | Jan 21, 2020 | Reliability Info, Satellites, Seradata News, Space Insurance
It has been reported that customers on the Thaicom 5 communications satellite have been moved to other satellites following a telemetry issue that is preventing control of the spacecraft. The nearly 14-year-old spacecraft was coming to the end of its design... 
by David Todd | Oct 25, 2019 | Seradata News, Space Insurance
Having been successfully launched by a Proton M/Breeze M rocket on 9 October – along with its MEV co-payload – the Eutelsat 5 West B suffered a fault during deployment to one of its solar arrays (the array is deployed but has a major problem). The fault, if not fixed,...
