21 November 2018
First captive carry of Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne
... ground in 2017 - a figure that sounds reasonable enough, but falls somewhat short of true potential say Virgin Orbit. The company therefore has designs on scaling up launch rates to an unprecedented frequency and its LauncherOne system ‘is a great...
15 May 2020
An unexpected meeting could see Solar Orbiter study Comet ATLAS
... paper published in the journal Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society. All eyes will now be on Solar Orbiter and if the spacecraft’s instruments do detect material from Comet ATLAS, “it will be the first predicted serendipitous comet...
September 2017
Space nation set to mark its presence in orbit
... the constitution developed by lawyers. Asgardia-1 will primarily be a data storage satellite. It is scheduled for launch into orbit this autumn by an Orbital ATK Antares rocket carrying the ninth Cygnus cargo freighter, which will be on its eighth...
06 March 2017
Virgin Galactic announces its new space venture - Virgin Orbit
... Previously conducted as a division of Virgin Galactic, Virgin Orbit proposes to offer flexible, reliable and low cost launch ...Talking of the recent announcement, Whitesides said, “Virgin Orbit will lead the world in responsive, affordable, dedicated ...
07 February 2020
ESA's Solar Orbiter mission set to launch on 10 February
...is counting down the hours to the launch of their Solar Orbiter mission. Scheduled for launch Monday 10 February 04:03 GMT (05:03 CET... will face blistering temperatures of up to 500°C. Solar Orbiter’s mission objective is to collect data on the Sun’s...
15 April 2020
Successful test clears the way for Virgin Orbit's first-ever launch
... similar to that which will be carried on operational flights - super cold liquid oxygen. Founded by Richard Branson, Virgin Orbit is a branch of the billionaire’s Virgin Group of companies, which also includes the Virgin Galactic space tourism firm...
