April 2019
LISA Pathfinder – paving the way for future studies of the gravitational universe
... Funding constraints led to the selection of a small launcher, the European Vega rocket launched from French Guiana. Due...direct insertion towards the target orbit with a sufficiently powerful launcher should always be the first choice. This success is...
April 2019
Building the UK’s first spaceport
... GEO communication satellites at several tonnes, but many still exceed the capacity of the smallest currently operational launchers such as Electron and Pegasus. While the bulk of constellation business (for example OneWeb) may be met by ramping...
14 July 2022
Europe's Vega-C rocket makes successful debut flight
... war in Ukraine. The withdrawal of Russia’s Soyuz launchers from the market earlier this year left European institutional...“Today we have demonstrated the Vega-C is a flight proven launcher and one which is perfectly adapted to future European needs.” ...
August 2016
Rosetta overcomes major setback
...without a full explanation of the causes of the recent launcher failure. A public announcement was made on the following ... small batteries, to cover some launch scenarios in which the launcher would carry it through Earth eclipse, so we could count ...
November 2016
Turning the Solar System into our backyard
... to 120 km altitude, thereby measuring the entire atmosphere. The T-Minus launch team on the T-Minus Mobile rocket launcher Miniaturised sensor systems and electronics that are available nowadays make it possible to perform a lot of science within...
November 2017
Japanese space industrial policy in transition
... was exported to a Singapore-Taiwanese company in 2011. There are several more cases of Japanese satellite manufacturers and launcher systems winning international competitions in Qatar, Turkey, Canada and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Japan has...
