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 ...
December 2014
India joins the major league with the Mars Orbiter Mission
...Centre, Sriharikota on 5 November 2013, carrying the Mars Orbiter Mission This apart, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory at ... becomes operational, will have the capacity to place in orbit four-tonne class communication satellites. This flight, which ...
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 ...
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...
