by David Todd | Dec 6, 2013 | commercial launch services, Russia, Spaceport
NRO L-39 was launched by an Atlas V 401 launch vehicle ot 0714 GMT on 6 December 2013. Details about the satellite remain sketchy save to noted that it is thought to be a military radar satellitle of the TOPAZ class which was lauched fron Vandenberg in California to...
by David Todd | Oct 30, 2012 | commercial launch services, International Space Station, NASA, Seradata News, space station, Spaceport, SpaceX
The Dragon CRS-1 has returned to Earth. The International Space Station’s robot arm unberthed Dragon CRS 1 from the Harmony module at 1119 GMT and released it at 1329 GMT on 28 October 2012. After making two burns and jettisoning its “trunk”, the...
by David Todd | Oct 8, 2012 | commercial launch services, Spaceport
It has been revealed in a presentation at the International Astronautical Congress by Michael Berglund of the United Launch Allance that unexpectedly high temperature readings were recorded on the centrebody soon after ignition the NRO...
by David Todd | May 18, 2012 | Commercial human spaceflight, commercial launch services, Personal spaceflight, Seradata News, Space tourism, Spaceport
The United Kingdom’s Institude of Directors (IoD) has commissioned a report into Britain’s Space Industry. The report called Space: Britain’s New Space Infrastructure notes how well the space business is doing in the United...
by Rob Coppinger | Mar 22, 2010 | Commercial human spaceflight, Personal spaceflight, Space tourism, Spaceport, Suborbital, Technology, Virgin Galactic, White Knight
Watch this 22s video of Virgin Galactic’s first SpaceShipTwo (SS2) captive carry flight on 22 March 2010 as the WhiteKnight Twi, SS2 vehicles pass over Mojave
by Rob Coppinger | Dec 9, 2009 | commercial launch services, Satellites, Spaceport
The launch of France’s Helios 2B reconnaissance satellite has been cancelled for today and is to be rescheduled in a few days time The cancellation news came just after 10am local time (1300h GMT) from Arianespace chief executive Jean-Yves Le Gall. A valve on...