July 2021
Nitrous oxide – a green propellant for commercial space exploration
..., the combination of soft-cryogenic N2O and HRF-1 trades better than other propulsion systems for a small orbital launch vehicle. Moreover, while N2O has the lowest storage density, it is non-toxic, low hazardous, non-flammable, environmentally...
18 July 2018
Boost for UK space sector as Scotland and Cornwall to offer spaceport facilities
... to use a modified Boeing 747-400 aircraft called “Cosmic Girl” – the first stage of its two stage orbital launch vehicle – to carry its LauncherOne rocket to around 35,000 feet over the Atlantic. At around this height, stage two...
13 May 2020
Debris from China's rocket may have hit African villages
... of the Long March rocket family and has been built to launch modules for China’s planned space station. Bucking the design trend of other powerful orbital launch vehicles currently in operation, such as ULA’s Delta IV Heavy and SpaceX’s Falcon...
