18 May 2020
India opens its space industry to private firms and start-ups
... over five years. It has also seen a few failures too, such as repetitive losses of its Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle and an unfortunate ending to its Chandrayaan-2 lander, which lost contact with mission control shortly after plummeting...
05 June 2019
A first for China as it demonstrates new sea-launch capabilities
..., is designed and built by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology and is the only solid-fuel carrier rocket in...different orbits,” said a statement on the administration’s website. The launch is likely to be the first of many, indeed a premise ...
October 2019
Reusability is key to expanding future space launch business
... agreement that will help us to develop and certify the vehicle and develop a launch site on a west coast Air Force base. The maiden launch of New Glenn is targeted for 2021. The key to achieving such an ambitious long-term...
January 2018
SLS ushers transformation of deep space exploration
... beyond Earth and the Moon, SLS offers substantially greater characteristic energy (C3) than contemporary evolved expendable launch vehicles (EELV). For the missions to the outer planets, for example, this can enable a larger science payload...
14 June 2022
Countdown to launch vehicle test for South Korea
South Korean space startup specialising in small launch vehicles INNOSPACE has unveiled the nation's new civilian test launch vehicle, HANBIT-TLV. First launch of HANBIT-TLV, to verify the flight performance on a suborbital test flight up to an ...
25 April 2018
New Skyrora launch vehicle focused on UK lift-off!
...-cost access to space from a UK spaceport, is working hard to finalise plans for an inaugural test of their of sub-orbital launch vehicle. Using technology inspired by Black Arrow – a British satellite carrier rocket developed in the 1960s – the...
