13 April 2020
Russia to cut launch rates after price war with SpaceX
... Information Agency news website. To counter Musk’s pricing strategy, Russia will slash the price of its space launch services by 30 percent, said Rogozin. A move that means reducing non-manufacturing costs and increasing the operational efficiency...
22 May 2020
Virgin Orbit to attempt first orbital launch starting Sunday
... before — lighting an orbital-class, liquid-fuelled, horizontally-launched vehicle in flight, Richard Branson’s firm said in a ... starting with one for NASA’s Venture Class Launch Services program carrying a collection of smallsats. Delivering CubeSats...
18 June 2020
Countdown to NASA’s new Mars rover launch
.... “Any major perturbation” in the launch preparations could push back the launch date, said Omar Baez, launch director in NASA’s Launch Services Program in Florida, but the three-week launch window provides some reassurance. “It’ll be interesting...
10 December 2020
Orbex secures $24 million funding round for Scottish space launch
...-national space firm Deimos Space - in a new funding round for the orbital launch services company. The new investments secure the roadmap to the first launch from the Space Hub Sutherland spaceport in Scotland. "Orbex is an impressive UK company...
24 February 2021
Orbex commissions industrial 3D printer for rocket engines
... only UK spaceport to receive planning permission, with construction expected to begin during 2021 and the first orbital launch expected in 2022. Uniquely for a commercial rocket, Prime is fuelled by bio-propane, a clean-burning, renewable fuel which...
24 May 2021
A CubeSat that produces visible light on the ground to be launched in NASA initiative
... helping to bridge gaps in knowledge and, ultimately, accelerate technology,” says Sam Fonder, program executive, Launch Services Office. Promoted as an educational-based mission, the idea behind LightCube however is already garnering scepticism from...
