by David Todd | Feb 22, 2021 | History, Launches, Seradata News
Most of those living today will not have been alive during the World Wars of the Twentieth Century. And yet, the Coronavirus Covid-19 Pandemic, with all its sorrow and restrictions on normal life, has given a little taster of what wartime life was like on the various...
by Matt Wilson | Feb 10, 2021 | commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
Virgin Orbit announced on 9 February 2021 that it has been contracted by Polish smallsat manufacturer SatRevolution. The two 3U CubeSats will be launched later in 2021 on one of its LauncherOne rockets. SatRevolution plans to use these two STORK CubeSats as part of...
by Matt Wilson | Jan 27, 2021 | commercial launch services, Satellites, Seradata News
The Royal Netherlands Air Force has – through its satellite manufacturer ISISpace – secured a slot on a March 2021 mission of the Virgin Orbit LauncherOne rocket. The contract was signed on 25 January and will see the 6U-CubeSat – known as BRIK-II...
by David Todd | Jan 18, 2021 | Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
After several technical delays and a maiden launch failure (and at a developmental cost of around US$1 billion), Virgin Orbit finally achieved the first successful flight of its air-launched LauncherOne vehicle. The procedure began with the Boeing 747-400 “Cosmic...
by Matt Wilson | Nov 2, 2020 | Finance, Seradata News
Announced on 28 October, are the plans of upcoming small launch provider Virgin Orbit to purchase part of Sky and Space Global (SAS). SAS intends to orbit a CubeSat constellation providing IoT services. However, following the launch of their three demonstration units...