September 2024
Hypersonics and the route to orbit
... a runway and return to that same runway, having delivered a payload to orbit, is the ultimate space launch technology. Perhaps that is why serious engineering concepts have been published on the subject since the early ...
30 January 2017
Orion engineers test for vibrations and SLS completes a major review
... start developing components and materials for the EUS, and build up tooling," he added. NASA is currently on track to launch an uncrewed Exploration Mission (EM) in 2018, however the detailed SLS assessment is a big step forward in being ready for...
26 September 2017
Rocket Lab to fly Planet and Spire satellites on second test flight
...among the first payloads to fly on a Rocket Lab Electron. The Electron will be a game changer in a traditionally difficult launch market. We are excited to quite literally be riding the leading edge with Rocket Lab.” Planet is an integrated aerospace...
12 November 2018
"Its Business Time" for Rocket Lab's first commercial flight
..., will test the ability to passively deorbit inactive, small satellites using atmospheric drag. The Electron orbital launch vehicle had its inaugural test flight in May 2017, followed by an equally successful demonstration mission entitled “Still...
April 2019
Building the UK’s first spaceport
...believes the Earth observation and communications low orbit constellation market will require close to 1000 satellites to be launched, and potentially as many as 4000 over the next decade. Constellation satellites tend to be small (only a few hundred...
April 2020
European spaceports compete for recognition and business
... from the state, it would be hard to find an investor ready to take such a risk. The main risk is a launch accident resulting in a launch hiatus. For example, the Amos-6 accident resulted in an estimated $120 million loss for SpaceX, including...
