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...
May 2021
In-situ propellant design for Mars ascent vehicles
.../plant growth and astronaut biology, while cargo transfer to the ISS can be performed easily with existing launch vehicles. However, a major goal of the space community is to engender an Earth-independent era for space exploration. All the...
April 2018
Transforming the launch market for small spacecraft
... than rideshare on conventional (existing) launchers. It can therefore be assumed that for the foreseeable future, small launch vehicles currently under development will offer less affordable access to space. This is why big manufacturers producing...
September 2024
Hypersonics and the route to orbit
... to orbit (SSTO) spaceplane. Although the development of reusable, or partially reusable, staged launch vehicles is impressive, the concept of a vehicle that can be launched from a runway and return to that same runway, having delivered a payload...
September 2016
Small launcher market survey
...’ [11], Crisp et al, note that many of the smallsat players may “not be able to economically justify the use of dedicated launch vehicles”. The market is further balanced by the fact that many larger LV providers are hesitant to embrace ride-sharing...
