by David Todd | Nov 16, 2020 | Satellites, Seradata News, Space politics
Dominic Cummings, the principal adviser to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and the driving force for Brexit and the purchase of the OneWeb satellite constellation, left Number 10 Downing Street in November after his resignation was forced by what had been the UK... 
by David Todd | Nov 9, 2020 | Seradata News, SLS, Space politics
After a record breaking turnout and tense counts in the swing states, Democrat challenger Joe Biden – along with his running mate Kamala Harris – beat Republican incumbent President Donald Trump and his running mate Mike Pence in the US Presidential... 
by David Todd | Sep 28, 2020 | China, exploration, History, NASA, Seradata News, Space politics
With only about a month to go to the US Presidential Election on 3 November, we assess President Donald J. Trump’s successes and failures. While he has made serious – sometimes disastrous – errors, Trump’s opponents and detractors may not like it, but he was not wrong... 
by Matt Wilson | Aug 18, 2020 | Finance, Satellites, Seradata News, Space politics
Intelsat has updated its C-band transition plan with the FCC. On 14 August it outlined additions to the launch schedule for replacement satellites, including an intention to add non-C-band payloads to some of the new units, as well as a re-evaluation of the satellite... 
by Matt Wilson | Aug 5, 2020 | commercial launch services, Satellites, Seradata News, Space politics
SES, the Europe-based operator of a global satellite fleet, has selected two American launch companies to fly its C-band replacement satellites. The contracts, announced on 5 August 2020, outline a single dual-payload launch for United Launch Alliance (ULA) and up to... 
by Matt Wilson | Jul 7, 2020 | Constellation, ESA, Finance, Satellites, Science, Seradata News, Space politics
On 3 July 2020, the European Space Agency (ESA), on-behalf of the European Commission, issued development contracts for six missions that will compliment and enhance the Copernicus Earth observation programme. These initial contracts, valued at EUR€2.55 billion...
