August 2016
Flying in formation - why China and the rest of the world should collaborate
... 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...
August 2016
Polish Space Agency pursues task of developing country’s space expertise
... 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...
September 2016
Transforming US space policy
...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...
September 2016
Co-operating in space transcends national identity
...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...
January 2017
Israeli students inspired by nano-satellite projects
... 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...
September 2017
India’s dynamic ecosystem for space entrepreneurship
... data distribution), launch authorisation of spacecraft in line with the Outer Space Treaty (especially when a foreign launcher is procured by an Indian company), among others. Regulatory framework It has to be noted that India does have a defined...
