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...
by Matt Wilson | Aug 16, 2017 | commercial launch services, ESA, Satellites, Seradata News
On 11 August, Virgin Orbit signed a contract for the provision of one of their air-launched, small-satellite launch vehicles, LauncherOne, to Italian aerospace manufacturer SITAEL S.p.A. The mission will be for SITAEL’s technology demonstration...
by Matt Wilson | Mar 7, 2017 | commercial launch services, ESA, Launches, Satellites
The SENTINEL-2B Earth-observation spacecraft was carried to low-Earth Orbit (LEO) by a Vega light launcher at 0149GMT on 7 March. The mission was conducted by Arianespace, under a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA), in service to the European...
