10 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...
29 May 2024
Spanish and German firms join forces to expand commercial access to space
...Customers of PLD Space, and Jeanne Allarie, Chief Commercial Officer at Exolaunch, penned an agreement to obtain Exolaunch launch capacity on PLD Space's MIURA 5 launcher and... service." See also the ROOM article: Commercial launch development in Spain
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...
July 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...
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...
30 May 2023
Virgin Orbit cuts its losses and ceases operations
... failed to materialise, the company slashed 85 percent of its workforce. As part of its wider programme to deliver commercial launch capabilities to Britain, the UK Space Agency (UKSA) was strongly supportive of Virgin Orbit's first mission from...
