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Eris blows its cap off before a launch has even taken place
Australia’s Eris Block 1 rocket, made by Gilmour Space Technologies, had a rough start to its career with a pre-launch failure delaying the vehicle’s maiden flight. The nose cone/fairing, triggered by an electrical fault, “pinged” off the rocket prematurely while it...
US$218 million insurance loss avoided as SARah Passiv radar sats manage to shake out their antennas
Two military Synthetic Aperture Radar satellites have been rescued in orbit after being out of action for nearly 18 months. A series of complex manoeuvres has freed the antennas, which were jammed on SARah-Passiv 1 and SARah-Passiv 2. Non-deployment of the passive...
PSLV suffers rare launch failure
India’s space agency was left a little shaken after its dependable PSLV launch vehicle sustained a rare failure. The launch took place from the Satish Dhawan Launch Center in Sriharikota, India at 0029 GMT on 18 May. On board was the EOS-09 satellite (also known as...
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Analysis: US military gets serious about using rockets for point-to-point cargo delivery on Earth
A string of recent orders indicates a rising appetite for point-to-point (P2P) deliveries on Earth, as the US military looks for ways to deliver large cargos anywhere in the world within an hour. The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) of the US Department of Defense (DoD)...
NASA faces up to White House plan for more science cuts and for Artemis to have one human lunar landing attempt
The Trump Administration has proposed cutting NASA’s budget by 32%, earning it the nickname of “the Skinny Budget”. The President’s Budget Request (PBR) for the fiscal year to end-September 2026 is US$18.8 billion, a cut of US$6.1 billion from NASA’s US$24.9 billion...
Satellite and Launch Orders – April 2025
The following construction and launch orders for the space industry were announced in April 2025: Construction Orders: Astranis received a US$115 million GEO comsat order for Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom China revealed solar system exploration launch plans Boeing readies...
Seradata’s recommended space stories – April 2025
We are cutting through the orbital debris for you. In other words, we're keeping an eye on space news on the web so you don't have to. Here is our round-up of the most important, and interesting, space news stories of April (space orders can also be found in another...
Firefly Alpha fails to make orbit after explosion damages second-stage nozzle
The first stage of Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket blew up after separation, damaging the second stage and setting off a chain of events that meant Alpha narrowly missed out on achieving orbit. The vehicle lifted off on flight FLTA006 “Message in a Booster” at 1337...
Bandwagon 3 mission went smoothly for most payloads but put Phoenix 1 into too steep re-entry
Phoenix 1, a re-entry capsule on board the Bandwagon 3 rideshare mission, returned to Earth at a steeper angle than originally intended, after SpaceX adjusted the mission plans for a fellow payload less than two months before the launch. The payload, developed by...
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