December 2014
India joins the major league with the Mars Orbiter Mission
...already existed – the proven four-stage Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). The use of this launcher, however, ... the rocket had been the three-stage Geo-Synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV), which is capable of carrying more weight. However,...
08 December 2017
Second test launch window for trailblazing Electron rocket
... commercial barriers. “Electron’s first test made history when it became the first orbital-class launch vehicle to reach space from a private launch facility. We analysed more than 25,000 channels of data from flight one, and we’re eager to learn...
23 October 2017
Space race ramps up between Blue Origin and SpaceX
... rocket engine, as the U.S. Air Force has awarded a further $40.8 million to the company under its Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program. The Air Force had already agreed an initial contract worth $33.7 million awarded earlier in January, with...
22 January 2021
Russia develops instrument to search for precious metals on the Moon and Mars
... make it possible "to create the production capacities necessary for the production of final products - the Angara-A5V launch vehicles and upper stages (Breeze-M or a heavy-class oxygen-hydrogen unit) - up to 10 products per year,” notes RIA Novosti...
15 February 2017
Indian rocket sets new satellite launch record
... out their positions. They become passive and to that extent the worry is there." ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle launched the 714 kg Cartosat-2 Series Satellite along with 103 co-passenger satellites on 15 February 2017 from the Satish...
15 January 2018
Earth-i launches first-of-a-kind satellite
... (SSTL), the prototype satellite was launched on the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle operated by the Indian Space Research ...the ability to film moving objects such as vessels, vehicles and aircraft in Ultra High Definition colour video and the...
