by Matt Wilson | Apr 21, 2021 | commercial launch services, Constellation, Satellites, Seradata News
Amazon has made its first official contract award for its future LEO satellite internet constellation – known as Project Kuiper. The award, announced on 19 April, was granted to American launch provider United Launch Alliance. ULA has been contracted to provide nine...
by David Todd | Aug 11, 2020 | Blue Origin, commercial launch services, Launches, Military space, SpaceX
On behalf of the US Department of Defense, the US Air Force has awarded launch contracts as part of the National Security Space Launch (Phase 2) programme to two launch providers: the United Launch Alliance (ULA) and SpaceX. These are set to take place between 2020...
by David Todd | May 18, 2020 | Launches, Military space, Satellites
At 1314 GMT on 17 May, an Atlas V 501 rocket lifted off from its pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying the X-37/OTV-6 mission of the X-37B spaceplane. The flight, dubbed USSF-7, marked the first time that the X-37B was carried into space with a service module...
by David Todd | Feb 10, 2020 | ESA, Launches, NASA, Satellites, Science, Seradata News
The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter (SolO) mission has been sent on its way by an Atlas V 411 rocket launch. The launch took place at 0403 GMT from Cape Canaveral in Florida. The Centaur stage of the United Launch Alliance rocket put the SolO spacecraft into a...
by David Todd | Oct 3, 2019 | Launches, Military space
Due to mission delays putting some of its launches beyond 30 Sept 2019, the US Air Force Missiles and Space Center has signed a follow up Launch Operations Support (LOPS) contract with the ULA worth US$1.18 billion covering NRO L-44, NRO L-82, NRO L-91, NRO L-68 and...
