16 August 2019
SNC remains optimistic about crewed Dream Chaser
... we fly Vulcan," Bruno said. "So all of the major elements of Vulcan - its payload fairing, its solid rocket boosters, its avionics, its software - are going to be feathered in on Atlas flights between now and then so that by the...
30 September 2019
Elon Musk unveils SpaceX's massive new Starship
... base, however this could increase substantially for the new version of Starship and its Super Heavy booster, which could have as many 37 Raptors. Each future mission will probably require at least 24 said Musk. Musk...
05 February 2020
Legal action could be used to stop Starlink ruining the night say astronomers
... mega-constellation into a low-Earth orbit (LEO) and currently sat at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, is a Soyuz-2.1b booster loaded with 34 satellites for OneWeb’s global Internet network due for lift off on Thursday. This is just...
27 April 2020
SpaceX's first full-scale Starship passes key test
... a few weeks is likely to be around 150 metres (500 feet). When complete, Starship and its mammoth rocket booster the Super Heavy (collectively referred to as Starship), will house 43 Raptor engines between them, making it the world...
06 May 2020
China launches prototype spacecraft on maiden flight of Long March 5B
... with hard ground are also expected to be carried out. With its ten engines, including four strapped on boosters to increase its lift capabilities, the Long March 5B is China’s most powerful launch vehicle to date. As tall as an 18-storey...
13 May 2020
Debris from China's rocket may have hit African villages
.... The Long March 5B however just has the one stage. After using four liquid-fuelled strap-on boosters to get it off the ground, its weighty core stage made its way into orbit with the...
