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...
22 May 2020
Virgin Orbit to attempt first orbital launch starting Sunday
...will coast for 22 minutes before releasing its payload into low Earth orbit. “If LauncherOne reaches an altitude of 50 miles on this mission,... to a partnership with DMG Mori, which saw Virgin Orbit become the owner of one of the first hybrid additive...
29 September 2021
Orbit Fab to launch first geostationary fuel tanker
...-001 Tenzing – is a 35 kilogram small satellite tanker designed to store green propellant (high-test peroxide) in a sun-synchronous orbit to refuel other spacecraft. Tenzing was launched on 30th June, 2021 via a SpaceX Falcon 9, and is also being...
24 August 2018
Astrocast and D-Orbit announce InOrbit NOW launch agreement
...and early 2020. “Astrocast is pleased to partner with D-Orbit in securing an established, proven launch vehicle for our fourth... mark the fourth deployment of Astrocast’s spacecraft in orbit. During the planned Astrocast mission, the ten nanosatellites...
30 October 2019
Solar Orbiter ready for launch transfer
... Cape Canaveral in Florida, USA, in preparations for launch. Solar Orbiter will perform a close-up study of our Sun and the Sun-... of the Solar System. At the same time, Solar Orbiter will acquire in situ data and characterise and calibrate its remote...
18 January 2021
Virgin Orbit rocket reaches orbit for first time
...before yesterday. “A new gateway to space has just sprung open! That LauncherOne was able to successfully reach orbit today is a testament to this team’s talent, precision, drive, and ingenuity. Even in the face of a global pandemic, we’ve maintained...
