October 2019
Skyrora – building on British space heritage
... a few big names like SpaceX, Virgin Galactic and Rocket Lab but with more than 10,000 smallsats predicted to be ...newly opened Slovakian research and development centre. British legacy Having rockets that are always ready to go at the next available ...
March 2015
Sizing down and reaching higher with CubeSats
... more opportunity for small satellite launches. Companies ranging from Virgin Galactic to XCOR to new entrants such as Rocket Lab in New Zealand are pouring hundreds of millions of into developing standalone dedicated CubeSat and Small Sat launches...
August 2016
Smallsat launch strategy
... under development that are specifically tailored to the needs of small satellites. The industry recognised leaders include Rocket Lab, Firefly and Virgin Galactic - however, dozens of companies around the world are attempting to build similar types...
June 2021
Is NewSpace really so new?
... that said, this picture will soon be changing as many of the emerging companies of recent years (such as SPIRE, Rocket Lab and Astra) are presently envisaging stock exchange listings via so-called SPAC (Special Purpose Acquisition Company...
November 2017
Japanese space industrial policy in transition
... and the emergence of start-ups such as Planet Labs, OneWeb and Rocket Lab are defining a new age in the space industry.... Japan, is building a small launcher comparable to those of Rocket Lab or PLD Space. Astroscale, a company based in Singapore but...
August 2020
Battle for the night sky - from telescopes to ad-breaks
... sole purpose of being seen from the Earth. In January 2018, the launch company Rocket Lab added a carbon-fibre sphere to its normal payload. According to Rocket Lab founder, Peter Beck, the ‘Humanity Star’ was designed as an opportunity to “feel...
