09 March 2015
ARTES and the world of satcoms
... 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...
17 May 2021
Chinese sector continues world-leading post-covid rebound
...a country that is now home to more than 15 commercial launch companies, accounting for around half of funding received in ...from the Euroconsult shop. A special article ‘China’s rising commercial space sector’ by Blaine Curcio will be published in the ...
January 2017
Blueprint for NASA’s journey to Mars
... 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...
July 2016
France, Europe and Russia - two decades of space launch cooperation
... 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...
January 2022
De Ayrshire ad Astra
...) 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...
June 2014
Space 1.0 to Space 3.0: from Gagarin to market growth
... 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...
