... part of this overall structure as a sort of space transport way-station for transitioning from chemically fuelled rocket launchers to much more efficient electric ion propulsion systems that could fly on to the Moon and Mars? Conceptual...
... visiting cargo and crew vehicles have also to be launched into this orbit and it is likely that China’s CZ-5B launcher, reserved for lifting the station modules, the CZ-2F vehicle, designated for launching the Shenzhou, and the...
... in space. Poland’s PW-Sat Pawel Sanczyk was launched in February 2012 on the first flight of ESA’s new Vega launcher. After 1989, political changes allowed for cooperation between countries from the Eastern Bloc, and Poland...
...small launch vehicles on standby could help rapidly populate and reconstitute constellations. To support building this small launcher army, ASRA starts a Department of Defense (DoD) Venture Class Launch Services pilot programme modelled on NASA’s and...
...between the states of Europe. In space terms, the failure of the Europa programme - developed by the European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO), a former European space research organisation - and the subsequent success of the Ariane programme...
... students, many of whom had already graduated before Duchifat’s conception turned into reality. The launch of a Dnepr launcher , used today to launch small satellites like Duchifat 1. After Duchifal-1 was launched, the team successfully enrolled...