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...
September 2021
Developing an in-orbit servicing and manufacturing economy
...to the adoption of removal actions will reduce the beneficial effect. It is also clear that preparing satellites for in-orbit servicing (IOS) before launch will reduce servicing costs, while standardisation and modularisation of satellite design will...
November 2017
Reusable air-launch and the space access paradigm
.... An evolved version of such a system could also employ basic in-space operational capabilities such as rendezvous and docking, on-orbit assembly and propellant transfer to enable a subsonic air-launched RLV to form the first leg of a fully reusable...
04 July 2016
JUNO's orbit insertion phase starts soon!
... will complete a burn of its main engine, placing it in orbit around the most massive planet in our solar system, Jupiter. The...72 minutes later, it will make a faster turn into the orbit-insertion attitude. At 10:41 p.m. EDT (7:41 p.m. PDT), Juno ...
22 April 2020
SpaceX seeks permission to lower the orbit of all its first-gen Starlink satellites
... acknowledged in their application, concerns raised by a number of parties regarding the problems vast quantities of satellites in a low-Earth orbit could cause. Some small satellite operators have in the past said it would make it more difficult for...
26 May 2020
Virgin Orbit's first orbital test flight fails due to anomaly
... though not as many as we would have liked,” said Virgin Orbit CEO Dan Hart. “Nevertheless, we took a big step forward ... other rockets for subsequent missions not far behind. Virgin Orbit’s decision to begin production of multiple rockets well in ...
