May 2017
India confirms commercial launch intent
... centre and Mithi River, Mumbai, India. They suggested that US launch services were at a disadvantage as they were being wiped out of competition for the launch of micro and nanosatellites. Similar concerns had also been expressed at a US hearing...
January 2019
Is the NewSpace bubble about to burst?
... to raise money in the face of a rapid decline in launch demand allied with increasing competition from Blue Origin, which doesn’t ...Fund. And finally, given the lack of demand for launch services, the need for the BFR now seems highly questionable, ...
April 2021
Space industry trends in the pandemic
... Defense Analysis, China now has close to 80 commercial space companies, most of them focused on satellite manufacturing and launch services. Last summer, i-Space became the first privately owned Chinese rocket company – and third in the world...
13 March 2015
New rockets on the scene: ESA approves Ariane 6, Vega-C
... system, that requires 24 operational satellites (plus in-orbit spares), which should guarantee a continuing demand for launch services. Dordain said that at yesterday's meeting ministers committed €4 billion for the development of Ariane 6 and Vega...
29 January 2021
NASA is looking at commercial options to launch its Europa Clipper
... sources in anticipation of a full and open competition for the acquisition of launch services of the Europa Clipper mission," says the request for information. “The launch vehicle shall deliver a minimum 6065 kg Europa Clipper spacecraft (SC) with...
09 February 2022
Gilmour looks to Europe for mission critical launcher system
... and demonstrate equivalence to current land-based systems in terms of performance and reliability, providing launch service providers and government launch organisations the ability to replace legacy systems which rely on costly land facilities and...
