... 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...
... 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...
..., 2011), Tupak Katari (Bolivia, 2014) and LaoSat-1 (Laos, 2015). These projects typically involved Chinese satellites, launch vehicles, TT&C infrastructure, insurance and financing (through the Export/Import Bank of China), and were brokered by the...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle has exploded during a static fire test on September 1, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Falcon 9 was scheduled to launch on September 3 with the Amos-6 communications satellite payload for the Israeli satellite ...
..., Scotland, this week. Edinburgh-based Skyrora, which is currently developing an orbital launch vehicle and has recently started a series of engine test firings, has plans to launch from the UK and follow in the footsteps of Black Arrow through the...
... for smaller satellites to be placed in orbit on faster and more efficient timescales using a dedicated Nano Satellite Launch Vehicle. JAXA intends to apply the mission results to conduct experiments and observations in space, while lessons learned...