April 2019
Space launch industry analysis
... satellites and capacity to effectively ‘self-insure’ once in orbit, they will still want to insure the launches. Constellation launch risk can be large. For the cost benefits of scale, satellite operators will try and put as many...
October 2019
Reusability is key to expanding future space launch business
... Moon). And finally there is the national security market, launching payloads for the US Department of Defense and other national ...ago: the market crashed and went from an annual geostationary launch rate in the high twenties to a market in the...
November 2021
Space launch emergency response
... is for LSOs to collaborate to share costs. Collaborative working is a hallmark of the UK space industry and given that UK space launches will need to be deconflicted from a timing and location perspective, there is little reason why two or more LSOs...
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...
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 ...
