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Satellite 2022: Some launch providers looking forward to this year, others into next
During the Satellite 2022 conference we were provided with plans for this year from some American launch providers. Rocket Lab The American small launch provider Rocket Lab - who primarily launches out of New Zealand - announced that it hopes to conduct its...
Satellite 2022: Arianespace CEO updates us on present challenges and future plans
On Tuesday afternoon at the Satellite 2022 conference, Washington D.C. representatives from the main global launch providers gathered for a talk. The European participant on the "Next Generation Launchers Gearing Up" panel was CEO of Arianespace, Stéphane Israël. He...
NASA outlines Artemis lunar landing plan with a second lander type for later missions (Updated)
NASA has outlined the Project Artemis plan to land humans back on the Moon. Having already selected SpaceX to supply its Starship-based lunar lander, NASA has released more detail into the public domain. The plan involves two Starship launches initially into low Earth...
Satellite 2022: PSN orders Boeing HTS GEO satellite for Indonesia for launch on Falcon 9
At the Satellite 2022 conference in Washington DC, PSN (Pasifik Satelit Nusantara) of Indonesia contracted with Boeing to provide an HTS GEO satellite giving 140 Gbps of capacity over the country. The company intends that this spacecraft will complement the SATRIA-1...
Russia launches Meridian M10 satellite
The Russians successfully launched a Soyuz 2-1A/Fregat vehicle from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia, at 1248 GMT on the 22 March 2022. The launch vehicle was carrying the Meridian M10 satellite which will be used to provide communications over the northern latitudes from...
Interview: Exotrail CEO Jean-Luc Maria discusses plans for the future and OTV aspirations
When Seradata was offered an interview with Jean-Luc Maria, Co-founder and CEO Exotrail, we were intrigued, not least because we had already detected this up-and-coming French software and thruster firm on our “radar”. And we wanted to know more. The Massy and...
Satellite 2022: EchoStar Hughes reveals that SpaceX will be launching its long coming Jupiter 3 satellite
In a press meeting at the Satellite 2022 conference, Hughes President and CEO Pradman Kaul confirmed that SpaceX would be launching its 500 Gbps Jupiter 3 satellite later this year. The company had previously signed a launch contract in late-2020 but at that time...
Satellite 2022: Telesat’s Lightspeed constellation now expecting first launch in 2025
Speaking at the Satellite 2022 conference in Washington D.C. Erwin Hudson, Vice President, Telesat Lightspeed System Development, of Telesat revealed that even his satellites - despite them being early in their production - had been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic...
OneWeb calls and SpaceX answers with launch contract to complete constellation after Soyuz cancellations
SpaceX has ridden to the rescue of low Earth orbit satellite operator OneWeb after it lost its Soyuz rides for its satellites during a series of tit-for-tat actions following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. OneWeb secured Falcon 9 launches for the satellites required to...
Falcon 9 launches Starlink satellites Group 4-12 from Cape Canaveral…but seven maybe faulty
At 04.42 on 19 March a SpaceX Falcon 91.2FT Block 5 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida USA. It was carrying another set of 53 Starlink satellites - this one dubbed Group 4-12 to low Earth Orbit. The first stage B1051 (on its 12th...
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