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...
April 2020
Spaceport Cornwall – from protests to sustainability
...independent study from the University of Exeter on the carbon impact of the project and the operator Virgin Orbit. The report established that, at the height of activities, Spaceport Cornwall’s operations would contribute just 0.04-0.1 percent of all...
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...
06 November 2019
UK Space Agency confirms £7.35 million funding to support small satellite launch from Cornwall
... climate change. The UK Space Agency originally announced its intention to award funding to Spaceport Cornwall and Virgin Orbit in June, subject to approval, as part of a wider £20 million funding package from Cornwall Council and the Cornwall and...
June 2015
Promoting growth at geostationary orbit with a one-stop-shop
... customer wanting to put a spacecraft into the 36,000kmhigh orbit, you’re probably looking at an entrylevel cost somewhere between ... were more than 400 active satellites in geostationary orbit. The majority are communications satellites but there are...
