by David Todd | Sep 24, 2015 | Satellites, Seradata News, Technology
While Taiwan’s 2m ground resolution Formosat 5 is due for its launch in early 2016 on a Falcon 9 launch vehicle, Taiwan’s National Space Programme Office has given out some details of its future Earth observation spacecraft. Under current plans, Taiwan...
by David Todd | Sep 24, 2015 | commercial launch services, Launches, Technology
Following its rejection of a US$2 billion bid by Aerojet Rocketdyne, United Launch Alliance has announced that its launch vehicles will use solid rocket boosters supplied by Orbital ATK instead of Aerojet Rocketdyne. The announcement is especially significant as it...
by David Todd | Sep 9, 2015 | History, Seradata News, Technology
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II received world congratulations on officially surpassing Queen Victoria’s record as the longest reigning British monarch at 1630 GMT on 9 September 2015. Her reign has witnessed great achievements in medical science,...
by David Todd | Sep 4, 2015 | On a Lighter Note, Technology
There is a scene in the World War I series of the BBC comedy show, ‘Black Adder’, in which the British soldiers in the trenches start wistfully to reminisce about how war was much more enjoyable when all the British Army had to fight were natives armed with slices of...
by David Todd | Aug 28, 2015 | Launches, NASA, Seradata News, Technology
Having confounded its critics with its mainly successful progress, the SLS super heavy launch vehicle programme effectively got a stamp of approval by NASA’s high command when Todd May was promoted from being SLS Programme manager to the position of Deputy...
by David Todd | Aug 26, 2015 | Technology
In August 2015, the Boeing/Blue Origin team led by Boeing received US$6.5 million additional funding from DARPA to continue with its XS-1 design concept for Phase 1B of the program. Details of the propulsion system and propellants remain sketchy but is likely to use...
