25 January 2016
ESA to Invest in Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser
...launch of the Dream Chaser inside the fairing of Europe’s Ariane 5 rocket. “There is a memorandum of understanding not only...said. “The idea is to have Dream Chaser also launched with an Ariane. We have checked and that is possible. There is already a ...
15 July 2016
The Week in Space: Business Digest, July 8-15
... pounds ($2 million), and have been awarded to the following companies: Airbus Safran Launchers, prime contractor for Ariane 5 and Ariane 6 rockets; Deimos Space UK, associated with Firefly Space Systems (USA); Lockheed Martin (USA); Orbital ATK...
December 2014
India joins the major league with the Mars Orbiter Mission
... can carry only two-tonne class communication satellites. Those with a higher mass have to be launched by Arianespace’s Ariane-5 rocket from the European spaceport of Kourou in French Guyana. Thereafter, there are any number of missions relating...
March 2015
Sizing down and reaching higher with CubeSats
... of space was dependent on monster rockets and huge satellites. Think of the American Saturn or Atlas, the French Ariane and the Russian N1 and Proton vehicles. In that sense, the space industry reflected the times. These...
March 2015
Small is the new big: why micro-satellites require new laws
... to break the $1,000 per pound launch cost barrier; in comparison to around $5,000 per pound of payload for an Ariane 5. ‘Instead of failure can’t be an option, fail fast and often’ Another example is the US-based air-launch company...
March 2015
ARTES and the world of satcoms
... of the value of all satellites launched (67% in 2012). Also, they represent the bulk of the commercial launches: 87% of Ariane launches in the last three years were satcoms. Satcoms represent a major commercial investment. The cumulated CAPEX of ...
