by Matt Wilson | Oct 21, 2019 | commercial launch services, Seradata News, Technology
In an announcement on 18 October, Firefly and Aerojet Rocketdyne revealed that they had entered into a “cooperative agreement” to provide “flexible, sustainable and highly competitive space access solutions”. The collaboration will benefit...
by Matt Wilson | Oct 18, 2019 | China, Launches, Military space, Satellites, Seradata News, Technology
Lifting-off at 1521 GMT, on 17 October, a Long March-3B/G2 rocket has dropped-off the TJSW-4 satellite into a Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). The mission lifted-off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Southern China. The TJSW (Tongxin Jishu Shiyan Weixing)...
by David Todd | Oct 9, 2019 | Launches, Satellites, Technology
A Proton M/Briz M vehicle was launched at 1017 GMT, on 9 October from Baikonur Cosmodrome near Tyuratam in Kazakhstan. The vehicle was carrying two satellite payloads into a super-synchronous transfer orbit on their way to the geostationary arc. While...
by David Todd | Oct 4, 2019 | exploration, NASA, Science, Technology
Having received a NASA CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) contract in May worth US$77 million to carry up five payloads to the lunar surface, the Nova-C commercial lunar lander’s operator has moved quickly to secure its passage to the Moon. It has signed...
by David Todd | Sep 30, 2019 | ESA, Satellites, Seradata News, Technology
While General Election “purdah” curbed policy announcements and political appearances at the 2017 UK Space Conference in Manchester, hopes were high that this year’s conference in Newport, South Wales, would be better. And it was, but only in terms...
by David Todd | Sep 30, 2019 | Satellites, Science, Seradata News, Technology
The UK Space Conference 2019 had its fair share of current players in the space market very much on display. However, there were other companies there who were looking to break into the space market and which could be major players in the future. Here are two that...
