July 2018
Rediscovering UK sovereign launch capability
... space tourism industry and has one eye on the development of Skylon, the single-stage-to-orbit satellite launch vehicle. Despite the breadth of topics, the SIA is, in fact, somewhat skeletal in terms of the details and some of these...
06 January 2021
India lays out its space plans for the next 10 years
...Authorization Center (IN-SPACe) would be formed, to support private entrepreneurs who had come forward to develop end-to-end launch vehicles and satellites, ISRO said. "We want to help Indian startups that are doing pioneering work,” Finance Minister...
03 June 2019
Stratolaunch to close operations
... new aerospace company Vulcan Aerospace, a subsidiary of Vulcan, Inc, announced in 2014 that it was considering multiple launch vehicle options over a range of satellite sizes, to rival the likes of SpaceX and Blue Origin – those seen as traditional...
February 2022
An interplanetary transportation system
... of materials into space, which will require a far more efficient and capacious delivery solution than current launch vehicles, including the SpaceX Starship. Here, the authors describe their concept for a Galactic Harbour as part of a Dual...
15 April 2019
Stratolaunch completes maiden flight successfully
... lands from a runway just like any other aircraft. Roc’s reinforced centre wing can support multiple launch vehicles, weighing up to a total of 227000 kilograms (500,000 pounds) and once the plane reaches a cruising altitude of 10,668...
September 2017
India’s dynamic ecosystem for space entrepreneurship
... Testing (AIT) consortium of industries to produce navigation satellites and a Joint Venture (JV) for producing the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). These strategies are possibly the next step in closing the gap between state-led initiatives...
