by David Todd | Nov 14, 2016 | China, Launches, Satellites, Science, Technology
Another satellite that China apparently describes as purely peaceful in purpose has been launched from the Jiuquan launch site by a Long March 2D/2 at 2314 GMT on 11 November 2016. The spacecraft, which is thought to be sized in the 1,000-1,500 kg range is called...
by David Todd | Oct 28, 2016 | Blue Origin, commercial launch services, Launches, Technology
Salvatore T. “Tory” Bruno, President and CEO of United Launch Alliance (ULA), lays out his plans for the company in an email interview with David Todd, Seradata’s Head of Space Content. The issues include how to keep ULA competitive in a more open market and why the...
by David Todd | Oct 27, 2016 | commercial launch services, Launches, Seradata News, Technology
You realise you are in one of the great scientific institutions when you go to the toilet at the Royal Society. For black and white photographs of the great scientists and engineers of Britain’s past are on the wall next to the hi-tech toilet entrances. Perhaps...
by Matt Wilson | Oct 20, 2016 | ESA, exploration, NASA, Russia, Satellites, Science, Technology
The main Russian-launched Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) research element of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) ExoMars mission was successfully injected into its planned orbit around Mars. But the “exciting” part of the mission, ESA’s Schiaparelli lander, crashed into...
by David Todd | Oct 12, 2016 | exploration, NASA, SpaceX, Technology
While not a noted proponent of long range space exploration (he often stood in its way), President Barack Obama has seen fit to characterise the last days of his US Presidency by strongly advocating a manned mission to orbit Mars to take place by the mid-2030s with a...
by David Todd | Oct 10, 2016 | ESA, Satellites, Technology, test
At the IAC 2016 Guadalajara, Airbus Defence and Space (Airbus DS) showed its continued interest in the problem of space debris removal by revealing the following. Firstly, the firm is planning a ESA-sponsored deorbit mission of the defunct Earth observation and...
