October 2023
Space architecture on Earth
... the coast has generally been first choice, because ascending rockets can soon be over water where, should ... tough for Israeli enthusiasts who hope for a glimpse of an ascending rocket over sand dunes. The original Soviet bases were officially secret ...
June 2015
Drone regulation in the European Union amid a thriving market
... and research. They have developed the first drone for firefighters in Denmark with both HD and infrared. Ascending Technologies17 offers an advanced multicopter for professional aerial imaging in full-HD quality. This thriving market, the variety...
June 2015
Preventing pilot spatial disorientation
... Carolina, leaving all lights behind. Along with the lights went any reference to the world around me. As I ascended, I searched for a horizontal landmark. Lights on the horizon. A road. River. Anything. The mountainous terrain and the...
October 2015
Japan’s H-IIA rocket: beautiful, accurate, and on-time
... north. The H-IIA places the satellite in a plane forming a 30-degree angle (inclination) relative to the equator. When ascending to its apogee, a satellite launched by the H-IIA must switch from an orbital plane to an equatorial plane. To achieve...
May 2017
India confirms commercial launch intent
... of US President Donald Trump! So the days ahead will see 104 and counting. ISRO is most definitely in the ascendency and promises to be true ambassador for ‘brand India’ in the months and years ahead. About the author...
June 2017
Spaceplane rationale - a new way of thinking
...?’ About the author David Ashford is Managing Director of Bristol Spaceplanes Ltd, an innovative small company developing the Ascender spaceplane. He was involved in Concorde, the Skylark sounding rocket, and missile and electronic warfare projects...
