April 2024
Planning, designing and delivering a spaceport
... associated with government-funded and government/contractor-operated spaceports, supported by billion-dollar prime contractors. Legacy launch sites, established by the USA and Russia over several decades, had a more straight forward journey during...
April 2025
Catapult to orbit - will David finally defeat Goliath?
... suitable for this kind of application. US start-up Longshot is building a cannon to gradually accelerate a projectile up to orbital launch speeds, with the goal of launching cargo into space. Shown here, the Longshot team with CEO Mike Grace (front...
28 July 2017
Japan's first privately developed rocket launches tomorrow
... a nose-dive into the sea upon its return. Interstellar technologies mission is to “change the economics of Space Launch Services, making it more economic to existing customers and accessible to entirely new markets,” and it aims to achieve this...
21 August 2017
First Slovak satellite launched into space
...of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket, when it hitched a ride along ...companies and other potential partners around the world. “The launch of this satellite is only the beginning,” said Michaela...
04 September 2017
Secret spaceplane set for another launch
... hitch a lift on a Falcon 9 rocket, showing that SpaceX is surpassing its private space company roots to multitask as a military launch provider too - a contract that is no doubt a big deal and a very profitable one for this advancing organisation.
08 December 2017
Second test launch window for trailblazing Electron rocket
... the team will be focusing on gathering more data to inform future launches. “Once again, we’re expecting to scrub multiple times as we wait...and an Earth-imaging Dove satellite for Planet. The launch will enable Rocket Lab to gather crucial data and ...
