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...
06 April 2016
Crude oil launched into space today to study Earth's depths
..., allowing data to be collected that can model real-life conditions of oil reservoirs deep underground. Set for launch on China’s SJ-10 satellite on 6 April 2016, the Soret Coefficient in Crude Oil experiment will measure how hydrocarbon molecules...
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.
22 April 2016
Arianespace's Soyuz Launch Scheduled for Later Today
... 22. This will be Arianespace's third mission in 2016, and the first one with its Soyuz launcher. The launch will take place at the Spaceport in French Guiana at 06:02 pm local time on April 22, 2016. The launcher will deploy...
24 May 2021
A CubeSat that produces visible light on the ground to be launched in NASA initiative
...Space Station (ISS) as an auxiliary payload aboard a rocket launching between 2022 and 2025. Once deployed the CubeSat will respond with...that were chosen by NASA as part of its CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) Other CubeSat ideas also selected as part...
