November 2017
Managing air and space traffic from orbit
...aircraft going higher than this. It is really only the expendable launch vehicle (ELV) that uses the airspace above this. NASA’s Ikhana glides... is reopened after the expendable stages of the launch vehicles have come down. Some launchers take off from...
January 2020
Commercialising space exploration and development
... without astronauts. In fact, we have funding for a multi-year effort to work on upper stage re-purposing with a variety of launch vehicle providers. This really opens the door to true exploration at far lower cost. Following the study, we announced...
February 2021
In-orbit servicing and insurance – a marriage of convenience?
... coverage. Far left: Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicle-1 (MEV-1) captures target satellite Intelsat 901 (IS-901...risks is made worse by the diverse range of launch vehicles and satellites, which further narrow the possibility of acting...
November 2021
Space insurance and the future of risk management
... space hardware is designed, manufactured and tested to the highest standards. At the time of writing, a launch-plus-one-year rate for a proven launch vehicle and medium-to-large sized comsat varies between about 6.5 and 7.5 percent, while rates...
05 June 2017
The world's largest airplane gets its debut
... fall, we will initially launch a single Orbital ATK Pegasus XL vehicle with the capability to launch up to three Pegasus vehicles in a single sortie mission. We have already started preparations for launch vehicle delivery to our Mojave facilities...
08 February 2019
New Orbex rocket revealed
... Elecnor Deimos Space, and it was already flight-proven. We didn’t have to re-invent it.” The Orbex announcement of the launch vehicles details and the opening of its new production facility represents a further boost for Scotland’s fast-growing...
