by David Todd | Aug 23, 2018 | ESA, Launches, On a Lighter Note, Satellites, Science, Seradata News
Ahhh…the irony. The Vega launch of the Lidar-equipped ESA satellite Aeolus (aka ADM-Aeolus), which was designed and built to measure the dynamics of strong winds, was delayed by 24 hours…err, due to strong winds. Our thanks to Seradata’s Phil Hylands for pointing...
by David Todd | Jul 26, 2018 | ESA, exploration, History, Seradata News
July saw more than its fair share of space announcements, including official acceptance of a “vertical” spaceport in Sutherland, North Scotland, and a “horizonal” one getting the nod from Virgin Galactic/Virgin Orbit at Newquay, Cornwall, England. But Cornwall has...
by David Todd | May 3, 2018 | ESA, Military space, Satellites, Seradata News
The ongoing row between the United Kingdom and the European Union over the Galileo work share is becoming increasingly bitter. The argument began when the EU prevented British companies from bidding on new work for the EU-financed, ESA-developed Galileo navigation...
by Matt Wilson | Dec 13, 2017 | commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
At 1836 GMT, 12 December, an Arianespace Ariane 5 heavy-lift rocket lifted-off from the ELA 3, Kourou, French Guiana, carrying four spacecraft for the European global navigation satellite system, Galileo. The Ariane 5 flew in its rarely used “ES version”,...
by David Todd | Oct 23, 2017 | Launches, NASA, Satellites, Science, SpaceX
NASA has announced that it has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the SENTINEL-6A mission. Launch is currently targeted for November 2020. The launch will use a SpaceX Falcon 9 Full Thrust rocket...
