April 2025
Spacecraft anomalies and insurance losses
... insurance. The insured value of the spacecraft normally covers the cost of its construction, the cost of a launch (or replacement launch), and even the cost of the insurance itself (the ‘premium’). Insurance for commercial satellites is still common...
April 2025
Lego’s tribute to NASA’s SLS and Artemis
...politicians are incorruptible. It is arguably more important to ask what President Trump thinks. SLS and Artemis on the launch pad at KSC in 2022. Irrespective of opinions on the matter, Elon Musk’s Starship is already a part of the Artemis programme...
24 March 2016
Cygnus Cargo Spacecraft Successfully Launched
... June, Orbital ATK hopes to resume Cygnus launches on its Antares vehicle, which has been grounded since October...will be determined later and depend on NASA's schedule. Prior to that launch, Orbital ATK plans to carry out a static fire test of another ...
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...
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...
15 February 2017
Indian rocket sets new satellite launch record
...that it really becomes space debris,” he said after witnessing the launch. “Since they are small in size, they may not ... extent the worry is there." ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle launched the 714 kg Cartosat-2 Series Satellite along with 103...
