September 2017
Plans for high-speed lunar rovers
...these missions affordable and sustainable. Unlike life in low Earth orbit (LEO) where resources can be brought form the... “NASA, ISS partners quietly completing design of possible Moon-orbiting space station,” The Planetary Society, 09 03 2017. [Online...
November 2017
Reusable air-launch and the space access paradigm
... and missions, while human access to space is restricted to a few people flying very infrequently to a single destination in low Earth orbit (LEO). Access paradigm ‘Space access is expensive because the demand for it is small, but the demand is small...
April 2020
Satellite mega-constellations pose threat to ground-based astronomy
... for worldwide Internet access are completed. As David Galadí-Enríquez explains, the intensive use of low Earth orbit by these new satellite networks is already proving detrimental - whether from an aesthetic, cultural or scientific point of view...
05 March 2019
New British spaceflight company set for launch
Black Arrow Space Technologies is a new British company developing spaceflight technologies designed to launch satellites into Low Earth Orbit from the UK. The difference with their approach is in the unique launch system Black Arrow are developing;...
09 September 2020
China's reusable spacecraft returns to Earth, deploys unknown object before deorbiting
...experimental spaceship has successfully returned to Earth having spent two days in low-Earth orbit (LEO), Chinese news agency ... spacecraft research and is expected to offer convenient and low-cost round trip transport for the peaceful use of the...
15 April 2020
Successful test clears the way for Virgin Orbit's first-ever launch
...fired into space where it can deliver up to 330 kilograms (660 pounds) of payload into a variety of destinations in low-Earth orbit. On a real flight, LauncherOne is released during the pull-up manoeuvre, but Sunday’s demonstration was about the fuel...
