by David Todd | Jun 6, 2019 | China, Launches, Satellites
At 0406 GMT on 5 June 2019, a Long March 11 (CZ-11) rocket was launched from a barge stationed in the Yellow Sea. On board were seven satellites including the Jilin-1 03A Earth observation satellite with an optical resolution of 1.13 m. Launched into 543 x 528 km at...
by David Todd | Nov 20, 2018 | commercial launch services, Seradata News, Technology
S7, the Russian firm that took over the assets of the defunct international Sea Launch enterprise, has been outlining its future plans for its S7 Space division. S7 Space has announced that it is to modernise the oil rig-based launch pad and its command vessel with a...
by Matt Wilson | Sep 28, 2016 | commercial launch services, Finance, Russia, Seradata News
S7 Airlines, the Russian airline company, has signed an agreement with RSC Energia for the main assets of the Sea Launch business, including the two launch vessels, at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Guadalajara. The deal, signed on 27 September, is...
by David Todd | Mar 31, 2016 | commercial launch services, Russia
The Moscow Times reports that Russia’s space conglomerate/space agency Roscosmos has announced that the Sea Launch operation, which has been moribund for several years, has now been sold to an as yet unidentified buyer. Sea Launch’s principal asset is its...
by David Todd | Oct 1, 2015 | commercial launch services, Russia, Seradata News
Boeing has won its case in a US District Court in California against its former partners in the Sea Launch operation, the Russian firm of RSC Energia, and the Ukrainian firm of Yuzhnoye, for the repayment of monies owed to it as part of the debts it incurred...
