12 July 2022
Star billing for first Webb picture
... beginning at 16:30 CEST. Webb is the largest, most powerful telescope ever launched into space. Under an international collaboration agreement, ESA provided the telescope’s launch service, using the Ariane rocket. For more information see: Essential...
28 September 2022
Firms pioneer embryo conception mission for ‘space mice'
... next year of the ARTIS (Assisted Reproduction Technology in Space) mission which will use Independence-X’s low-cost launch service and re-entry capsule. “Our ARTIS prototype is in full development to prepare for the first test flight. Our...
December 2014
A door closes
... providing powerful engines, the RD180s, for the Atlas V rockets to launch its most important military satellites into orbit, and many US firms used Russian launch services for their commercial satellites. But after Russia’s annexation of Crimea...
October 2019
Reusability is key to expanding future space launch business
... Air Force in 2018 for a launch services agreement that will help us to develop and certify the ... the Moon). And finally there is the national security market, launching payloads for the US Department of Defense and other national security agencies...
07 October 2015
Google Lunar X Prize sees first verified launch contract
... announced Wednesday that it had signed a launch contract for a lunar module, with take... at the end of 2017. Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries will provide the launch services, using a Falcon 9 rocket purchased from SpaceX. “Last year we made...
10 February 2017
UK pledges cash for commercial launch capabilities
..., interested parties have been asked to develop competitive, commercial and safe spaceflight proposals for UK-based satellite launch services and sub-orbital flights. Businesses expected to bid for a share of the newly allocated funding are likely...
