by Matt Wilson | Jan 7, 2020 | China, Constellation, Launches, Military space, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX
Two launches occurred on 7 January 2020, signalling the start of a new year of launches. The first launch was early in the day and lifted-off from Cape Canaveral, United States of America, at 0219 GMT. The second mission took place from the Xichang Satellite Launch...
by David Todd | Dec 17, 2019 | commercial launch services, SpaceX
Northrop Grumman made a big show of its mainly solid rocket-based OmegA, aimed at the military and government market, at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2019) in Washington DC in October. But it was not until 12 December that the company announced that...
by Matt Wilson | Dec 6, 2019 | International Space Station, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX
Launching from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 1729 GMT, 5 December 2019, a Falcon 9 rocket has carried the Dragon CRS-19 (CRS1-19) mission to the ISS. This mission was part of the Commercial ReSupply 1 (CRS1) contract between SpaceX and NASA. The Dragon capsule was...
by David Todd | Nov 21, 2019 | Seradata News, SpaceX, Suborbital, Technology
Officially it is not a blow to SpaceX, given that its Starship Mk.1 suborbital hopping test rocket was not going to fly again, but the tank failure on the spacecraft/upper stage during a deliberate over-pressurisation test on on 20 November still made a spectacular...
by Matt Wilson | Nov 12, 2019 | Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX
Lifting-off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has lifted-off for the fourth time. This mission took place at 1456 GMT, on 11 November 2019, launching the second batch of 60 Starlink satellites into orbit. Following on from the...
