26 September 2017
Rocket Lab to fly Planet and Spire satellites on second test flight
... Spire aboard its upcoming second test flight, ‘Still Testing’, from Launch Complex 1 on the Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand. Rocket Lab’s Electron orbital launch vehicle will carry two Earth-imaging Dove satellites for Planet and two...
April 2020
European spaceports compete for recognition and business
... Shetland, northern Scotland. Business case There are a number of European companies pursuing private smallsat orbital launch vehicles with a view to launching them from Europe At present, the spaceport operators hope to receive grants and awards for...
12 November 2018
"Its Business Time" for Rocket Lab's first commercial flight
..., will test the ability to passively deorbit inactive, small satellites using atmospheric drag. The Electron orbital launch vehicle had its inaugural test flight in May 2017, followed by an equally successful demonstration mission entitled “Still...
October 2019
Skyrora – building on British space heritage
... and the huge benefits that access to space can bring to us all The much more ambitious Skyrora XL orbital launch vehicle aims to cater for the burgeoning domestic and international smallsat market. The XL is still undergoing final design...
09 February 2022
Gilmour looks to Europe for mission critical launcher system
... an Autonomous Flight Termination System (AFTS) for the Eris launch vehicle, which is being developed for the small satellite market....Eris orbital launch vehicle will deliver up to 305 kg to low Earth orbit (LEO) with a first commercial launch expected later...
25 April 2018
New Skyrora launch vehicle focused on UK lift-off!
... low-cost access to space from a UK spaceport, is working hard to finalise plans for an inaugural test of their of sub-orbital launch vehicle. Using technology inspired by Black Arrow – a British satellite carrier rocket developed in the 1960s – the...
