29 January 2021
NASA is looking at commercial options to launch its Europa Clipper
... would have an advantage in that the Europa Clipper could be sent directly to Europa, whereas a later launch window using a commercial launch vehicle would require Mars and Earth gravity assists therefore extending the flight time of the Clipper...
29 November 2021
Skyroot successfully test fires India's first privately developed cryogenic rocket engine
... successfully demonstrates the technology that will power the upper stages of its upcoming Vikram-2 orbital launch vehicle, one of three launch vehicles Skyroot has designed specifically for the small satellite market. Vikram-1 can carry a payload...
04 September 2020
Rocket Lab secretly launches its first own designed and built satellite
... delays associated with having to build their own satellite hardware and procure a separate launch.” Designed for launch on Electron, as well as other launch vehicles, ‘First Light’ paves the way for future, high-energy variations of Photon designed...
November 2016
Moon or Mars - NASA’s next logical step?
...list of technologies it deems essential for a journey to Mars which include - ground operations, a heavy-launch vehicle, crew capsule, a deep-space transit vehicle with high-efficiency in-space propulsion and power, protection from radiation, optical...
September 2017
Australia’s unique space history
... - 1970, ELDO, the European Launcher Development Organisation (a precursor of the European Space Agency) conducted its Europa launch vehicle programme, the largest space project undertaken at Woomera. Although ELDO never managed...
August 2019
Space investment – from build-up to breakthrough
... impact from the smallest satellites to the largest. For launch vehicles, reusability and the prospects for increased launch rates are trends disrupting the historically predictable launch market. Reusability’s impact will start with the first stages...
