25 March 2020
China to launch experimental deep-space spacecraft in April
... station, can carry a cargo of 6,500 kilograms. Tianzhou-1, whose name literally translates as ‘Heavenly Ship’, was first launched on the Long March 7 rocket from Wenchang on 20 April, 2017, however it was not designed for return journey...
November 2017
Reusable air-launch and the space access paradigm
...far too speculative and therefore risky for the vast majority of investors. Global competition is now forcing launch companies to reduce costs by employing advanced manufacturing methods to build cheaper expendable vehicles. A few, most notably Space...
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...
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...
