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...
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...
08 April 2016
Falcon 9 Launch Scheduled for Later Today
SpaceX will be launching its Falcon 9 rocket with the robotic Dragon cargo capsule to the International Space Station (ISS), scheduled ... down on terra firma at Cape Canaveral — the first time this had ever been done during an orbital launch.
February 2020
Climate change and spaceports – a difficult balance
...picturesque county that survives on tourism and a rural agriculture economy. I agree that the idea of a spaceport regularly launching large aircraft and rockets seems at odds with an environment-orientated holiday experience. But a county has to have...
March 2021
Building SLS - a contractual odyssey
... to stay on schedule. It was in 2011 when NASA announced its latest venture in human exploration: development of the Space Launch System super heavy-lift rocket after an independent commission had presented a range of approaches NASA could pursue...
