by David Todd | Nov 21, 2018 | commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
An Arianespace-operated Vega launch vehicle successfully lifted off from the Kourou launch site in French Guiana at 0142 GMT on 21 November 2018. Aboard was the 1,108kg MOHAMMED VI – B satellite is an Earth observation satellite built for the Kingdom of Morocco by...
by David Todd | Oct 18, 2018 | Launches, Military space, Satellites
OHB Italia, the Italian offshoot of the German OHB Systeme firm, has awarded a launch order for a Vega launch for the National Advanced Optical System (NAOS) under the term of a turnkey contract between OHB Italia and the Luxembourg’s Directorate of Defence. The...
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 | May 31, 2018 | commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, Technology
Arianespace announced on 3 May that it had been selected by SITAEL to launch the first small satellite for delivery of STRIVING services on its Small Spacecraft Mission Service Proof of Concept (SMSS POC) flight on a Vega in 2019. The flight will be flown from Kourou...
by David Todd | May 3, 2018 | commercial launch services, Launches, Seradata News
The CubeSat deployment service firm D-Orbit has signed a contract with launch provider Arianespace for the carrying of the D-Orbit ION CubeSat Carrier – a cubesat delivery spacecraft – on a Vega launch. The mission which is part of the Small Spacecraft...
