by David Todd | Jun 12, 2015 | Satellites, Space Insurance, Technology
At the Seradata Space Conference in London on 9 June 2015, this writer (David Todd) gave a brief presentation noting that launch reliability had remained relatively stable, and from Seradata’s serious anomaly dataset, that in orbit reliability was slowly improving –...
by David Todd | Jun 11, 2015 | commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites, Seradata Announcements, Seradata News, Technology
The health and prospects of the Space Industry and Space Insurance market were the principal discussions at the inaugural Seradata Space Conference held in London on 9 June 2015. Cubesats dominate growth in numbers but there is little money in there Alan Perera-Webb,...
by David Todd | Jun 11, 2015 | Satellites, Seradata News, Technology
The Planetary Society’s crowd-funded LightSail-A solar sail test mission nearly came to a premature end twice before it even had a chance to unravel itself. Two days after its launch on 20 May on an Atlas V, along with the X-37B OTV Mission 4 space plane and...
by David Todd | Jun 8, 2015 | Satellites, SpaceX, Technology
Having previously announced a plan to launch thousands of small spacecraft into a low Earth orbit constellation, SpaceX has announced a plat to launch test satellites. The first two called, Microsats-1a and -1b, will be launched into a 626km near polar orbit in...
by David Todd | Jun 6, 2015 | ESA, Seradata News, SpaceX, Technology
While the European Space Agency’s (ESA) planned Ariane 6 launch vehicle will still be expendable, Airbus Defence and Space (Airbus DS) has realised that Ariane 6 may need elements of reusability if it is to compete with the Falcon 9R of its US arch-rival, SpaceX, in...
by David Todd | May 21, 2015 | Launches, Military space, Technology
At 1505 GMT on 20 May 2015, a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket successfully launched the AFSPC-5 mission for the U.S. Air Force from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral. The AFSPC-5 was the mission name for the fourth flight of the X-37B/OTV (Orbital...
