March 2015
Sizing down and reaching higher with CubeSats
... CubeSats on several different vehicles. Commercially, one can deploy on Russian and Indian vehicles. And the European Vega and Soyuz also offer flight opportunities. Meanwhile, NanoRacks’ deployment program from the International Space Station...
June 2015
Great expectations: launch markets, SpaceX, China, and other new players
... customers. Russia’s Angara-1.2 and Soyuz-1.2 lighter capacity rockets, which are beginning to be tested, may be a cheaper competitor to Vega (Europe), Taurus and Minotaur (US), and GSLV (India) – while being able to carry bigger loads. Yet the...
February 2016
Data Systems to Support Early Warning of Spaceborne Emergency Situations
...system objects. // Astronomy Herald. 2012. V. 46. ? 2. P. 190. 2N.B. Zheleznov, F.A. Novikov, V.A. Shor, Y.D. Medvedev, T.G. Vega, O.M. Kochetova, G.A. Netsvetaeva, O.A. Bratseva, U.N. Tikhonova, I.N. Netsvetaev, R.V. Kovtun AMPLE 3 - a multi-purpose...
August 2016
Smallsat launch strategy
.... Dedicated launch vehicles appropriately sized for small satellites that are currently operating include Pegasus, Minotaur-C, Vega, PSLV and Dnepr. Controlling the orbit and schedule partially mitigates the risks associated with schedule...
August 2016
Polish Space Agency pursues task of developing country’s space expertise
... national in space. Poland’s PW-Sat Pawel Sanczyk was launched in February 2012 on the first flight of ESA’s new Vega launcher. After 1989, political changes allowed for cooperation between countries from the Eastern Bloc, and...
November 2017
Reusable air-launch and the space access paradigm
...cost-competitive energy. About the author David Salt is a Senior Consultant in space systems and operations at Telespazio VEGA Deutschland GmbH (TPZV-D). He is currently part of the INTEGRAL-XMM flight operations team at the European Space Operations...
