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...
15 April 2018
TESS, NASA's planet-finding mission launches today!
... readiness review (yesterday morning) and here we are. The spacecraft and the launch vehicle are ready to go,” said Omar Baez, launch director for NASA’s Launch Services Program at a prelaunch news conference last night from NASA's Kennedy Space...
06 May 2019
Japan's first private rocket launches successfully
... flight test in 2020. As with many NewSpace start-ups, Interstellar’s goal is to provide ultra low cost, reliable launch services to capitalise on the growth in the small satellite market and Horie is hopeful of his new business; “I’m hoping that...
13 April 2020
Russia to cut launch rates after price war with SpaceX
... Information Agency news website. To counter Musk’s pricing strategy, Russia will slash the price of its space launch services by 30 percent, said Rogozin. A move that means reducing non-manufacturing costs and increasing the operational efficiency...
24 February 2021
Orbex commissions industrial 3D printer for rocket engines
... only UK spaceport to receive planning permission, with construction expected to begin during 2021 and the first orbital launch expected in 2022. Uniquely for a commercial rocket, Prime is fuelled by bio-propane, a clean-burning, renewable fuel which...
24 May 2021
A CubeSat that produces visible light on the ground to be launched in NASA initiative
... helping to bridge gaps in knowledge and, ultimately, accelerate technology,” says Sam Fonder, program executive, Launch Services Office. Promoted as an educational-based mission, the idea behind LightCube however is already garnering scepticism from...
