by David Todd | Jan 9, 2020 | Satellites, Science, Technology
While Ball Aerospace is the payload manufacturer and also the main “Prime” contractor as integration constructor of the MethaneSAT spacecraft, the nano-satellite manufacturer and kit maker Blue Canyon Technologies has just received a surprising order to...
by David Todd | Nov 21, 2019 | Seradata News, SpaceX, Suborbital, Technology
Officially it is not a blow to SpaceX, given that its Starship Mk.1 suborbital hopping test rocket was not going to fly again, but the tank failure on the spacecraft/upper stage during a deliberate over-pressurisation test on on 20 November still made a spectacular...
by David Todd | Nov 8, 2019 | Spaceport, Technology
In the nick of time, on 5 November, before UK General Election rules would prevent major government funding announcements, the UK Government announced that it would provide £7.35 million (US$9.5 million) for “spaceport” infrastructure changes at Newquay airport in...
by David Todd | Nov 5, 2019 | ESA, India, India, JAXA, NASA, Russia, Science, Seradata News, Technology
The 70th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2019) was held in the US Capital Washington DC during October. One advantage of the event being held in a “mainline” capital city – rather than the much smaller city of Bremen last year and Adelaide the...
by Matt Wilson | Nov 5, 2019 | China, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, Technology
At 0322 GMT, on 3 November 2019, a four-satellite mission launched out of Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, Northern China, on-board a Long March 4B (CZ-4B) rocket. The primary payload for the mission was the GAOFEN-7, high-resolution, Earth imaging satellite. This...
by Matt Wilson | Oct 21, 2019 | commercial launch services, Seradata News, Technology
Rocket start-up Firefly and, rocket engine manufacturer, Aerojet Rocketdyne, revealed on 18 October that they had entered into an agreement to provide “flexible, sustainable and highly competitive space access solutions”. It is hoped that collaboration will benefit...
