by David Todd | Feb 3, 2021 | Seradata News, SpaceX, Suborbital, Technology, test
Just as the Starship SN8 test launch ended in an explosive landing failure in December – after all the hard bits of the flight – so the same has happened to its successor, Starship SN9. After a few days’ delay due to a flight safety waiver dispute with the Federal... 
by David Todd | Feb 2, 2021 | Launches, Seradata News, Suborbital
Iranian media has announced the first launch of a new Iranian launch vehicle called Zoljanah-1. Although the exact date has not been disclosed, the launch occurred during January. The 25.5m-long three-stage launch vehicle was apparently launched on a suborbital test... 
by David Todd | Jan 15, 2021 | Blue Origin, Launches, Seradata News, Suborbital
At 1717 GMT on 14 January, Blue Origin conducted a test flight from their Van Horn, Texas, facility. The subject was a re-engined version of the New Shepard vertically-launched, suborbital, spaceflight system. Additionally the mission was also evaluating a new capsule... 
by David Todd | Dec 14, 2020 | Launches, Seradata News, Space tourism, Spaceport, Suborbital, Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Unity rocket plane was air-dropped on a suborbital test flight from its mother ship WhiteKnightTwo Eve (which lifted off from Spaceport America at 1524 GMT) from an altitude of 13km at 1615 GMT on 12 December. An attempted ignition was... 
by Matt Wilson | Oct 13, 2020 | Blue Origin, Launches, Seradata News, Suborbital, Technology
Lifting-off from the Van Horn facility, Texas, at 1335 GMT 13 October a Blue Origin New Shepard booster completed its seventh consecutive mission. Whilst this flight was the seventh for this booster in particular, it marks the thirteenth overall for the “New... 
by David Todd | Jan 3, 2020 | China, commercial launch services, India, Launches, Russia, Seradata News, Suborbital
While still high relative to recent years, the space launch total for 2019 at 102 orbital attempted launches was more than 10 per cent down on last year’s figure of 114. China continued to dominate, again taking the number one spot with 34 launches. These included the...
