04 November 2016
China launches new heavy-lift rocket
...: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation The heavy rocket is comparable to United Launch Alliance's Delta IV Heavy launcher, although SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, scheduled for flight early 2017, is expected to be larger than both the Long...
13 January 2017
New patent granted to 3D printed hybrid rocket fuel engines for low cost access to space
... to keep costs down, RCI is adopting a different approach by making Intrepid-1, the world’s first mass-producible, expendable launcher. Intrepid-1 is based on a hybrid rocket design. A system that avoids some of the dangers associated with propellant...
15 March 2017
Zero 2 Infinity successfully launch Bloostar from the edge of space
... point in the development of the company’s small satellite launcher system, which aims to provide customers with a simplified ... near quasi-vacuum environment at the edge of space, the launcher can rapidly gain momentum and altitude to propel it into a...
08 February 2019
New Orbex rocket revealed
.... As a result, the Prime vehicle is claimed to be 30 percent lighter and 20 percent more efficient than other small satellite launchers. Orbex is partnering with Calor for supply of the bio-propane fuel required, a clean-burning renewable fuel...
06 May 2020
China launches prototype spacecraft on maiden flight of Long March 5B
... 5B rocket yesterday, clearing the way forward for the launcher to carry space station modules to low Earth orbit. The...diameter core stage, this new version of the Long March 5 launcher relies on liquid oxygen, liquid hydrogen and kerosene to loft its...
26 September 2022
Stage set for massive space industry showcase
... space manufacturing & testing services, components and systems engineering for spacecraft, launcher and satellite programmes. Exhibitors already signed up for 2022 include Launcher, Leaf Space, ISAR Aerospace, Satlantis, Astroscale, Spire, D-ORBIT...
