February 2017
Growing space agency dilemma
... attention of the man or woman in the street. These accomplishments and rocket systems such as Proton, Soyuz, the H-2, Ariane 5 or the Space Shuttle have helped the public embrace the wonder and vision of space. This article...
May 2017
India confirms commercial launch intent
... costs Rs 381 crores; other rockets-a Russian Proton Rs 455 crores; Japan’s H-11A, Chinese Long March, Arianespace Ariane-5 and the American Atlas 5 each cost Rs 6,692 crores. Against these a launch by ISRO’s PSLV is estimated to be around...
June 2017
Bepi-Colombo will unveil Mercury’s secrets
... Simulator (LSS). The integration and testing of the various modules is being completed and the launch of BepiColombo on an Ariane 5 rocket is currently scheduled for 2018. After a six-year cruise, that will see the spacecraft fly...
September 2017
Science searches for cosmic company
... via private donations, and the combined annual effort runs at approximately three percent of the cost of a single Ariane 5 launch. It is also worth noting that, at present, only the United States has any dedicated SETI programmes...
March 2018
Enabling private sector success in space - SGAC perspective
... mandatory activities steering committee. The revision of the 2007 Launchers Exploitation Declaration for the exploitation phase of Ariane 6, Vega C and their evolutions will be applicable for a period running until the end of 2035; additionally, the...
May 2018
Challenging the boundaries of materials science
... structure, roof structure and internal platforms, accelerated by emission gases and particulates from 119 space missions of Ariane 2, 3 and 4 rockets between 1986 and 2003. In 2011, ELA-2 was brought down by a controlled explosion and dismantled...
