16 August 2019
SNC remains optimistic about crewed Dream Chaser
... is "purpose-built" for national security missions and has proposed it for the US Air Force's upcoming round of launch service procurement. Dream Chaser's ticket to space is a series of six missions to deliver supplies to the ISS for NASA. SNC...
09 February 2022
Gilmour looks to Europe for mission critical launcher system
... and demonstrate equivalence to current land-based systems in terms of performance and reliability, providing launch service providers and government launch organisations the ability to replace legacy systems which rely on costly land facilities and...
24 August 2018
Astrocast and D-Orbit announce InOrbit NOW launch agreement
... been selected by Astrocast for such an important mission,” said Renato Panesi, CCO of D-Orbit. “Our InOrbit NOW launch services are ideal for the small satellite market because they provide high performance, guaranteed deployment, and...
23 October 2020
Shetland spaceport boosts UK's plans for launch
... the UK’s spaceflight programme – LaunchUK. Lockheed Martin is in discussions with a preferred partner to provide launch services for its UK Pathfinder Launch, which would take place from Shetland Space Centre. UK Government Amanda Solloway, Science...
May 2017
India confirms commercial launch intent
... centre and Mithi River, Mumbai, India. They suggested that US launch services were at a disadvantage as they were being wiped out of competition for the launch of micro and nanosatellites. Similar concerns had also been expressed at a US hearing...
April 2021
Space industry trends in the pandemic
... Defense Analysis, China now has close to 80 commercial space companies, most of them focused on satellite manufacturing and launch services. Last summer, i-Space became the first privately owned Chinese rocket company – and third in the world...
