31 March 2017
Success for SpaceX's first 'flight-proven' launch
...Success for SpaceX as the company is the first to use a ‘flight-proven’ rocket to deliver SES’s commercial communications satellite to a Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). The SES-10 mission marked an historic milestone as SpaceX seeks to prove that...
04 July 2017
Rocket failure could delay China's Chang'e 5 mission
... March 5 came crashing back down to Earth. The rocket was carrying Shijian-18, a seven metric tonne experimental communications satellite that was to be placed into geostationary orbit, some 36,000 km above Earth. Great expectations are riding on the...
12 February 2020
Planning is submitted for Europe’s first vertical launch site
... pave the way for the latest generation of small communications satellites to be launched into an Earth orbit from the ...time, up to 12 launches a year of small, commercial satellites that will typically be used for Earth observation could be made ...
05 February 2016
SpaceX' Ambitious Plans Discussed at Commercial Space Transportation Conference
... industry. The company has yet to announce a launch date for its next mission, carrying the SES-9 communications satellite, with speculation that the launch might slip into March. Shotwell, after her conference speech, said...
