...However, many other planned spaceports are based on the vertical launch of (mostly) small launch vehicles. Meanwhile, the technology of reusable first stages that return autonomously to the launch site, or an off-site recovery platform, has been ably...
... tracking challenges. In November 2013, a US Minotaur I launch vehicle carried 28 spacecraft into orbit: at that time, this ...in an era where one can expect the launch of one payload on board one launch vehicle. This has been further emphasised by the ...
... - 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...
... 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...
... could truly compete with the 1960s when it comes to progress in a decade. Musk’s design for a fully reusable launch vehicle, capable of reaching the Moon, is already undergoing hop-tests in Texas. Starship, as it’s known, is partially bankrolled...
... clients and markets. Together this drives the end-to-end Scottish value chain of small satellites, launch vehicles, launch sites and downstream applications and technologies. In addition, the Scottish Funding Council sponsors seven innovation...