... are at least grateful that its Long March and other rockets cannot directly compete for commercial launches due to satellite technology transfer restrictions. Nevertheless, China cleverly sidesteps this ban in some instances via the ...
... satellites, their value represents more than 2/3 of the value of all satellites launched (67% in 2012). Also, they represent the bulk of the commercial launches: 87% of Ariane launches in the last three years were satcoms. Satcoms represent a major...
... the outpost missions in cis-lunar space to begin addressing proving ground objectives. The initial outpost, delivered by commercial launch, would also provide opportunities for scientific experiments, both during crew-tended periods and the untended...
... within only two years, will lead to at least 21 Soyuz launching from both the Guiana Space Centre and Russian launch sites. Along with the possibility to conduct commercial launches to GTO with Soyuz from French Guiana in 2017 in order...
...) and Sir George Zambellas. Horizontal launch history One of the first dedicated small commercial launch vehicles was a horizontal air-launch system Traditional horizontal launch, whereby rockets are air-launched from a carrier aircraft, rather than...
... perfect rocket, Ariane-5. The market cost of the launch of one satellite is more than $120m (and, as a rule, two are launched at the same time); but it is an open secret that every commercial launch of Ariane-5 is subsidised from the budget of the...