04 October 2018
Space cluster launch takes UK beyond the final frontier
... Centre, which is for companies working in 5G, rocket propulsion and autonomous vehicles. Next year, we will open the.... “Our £4 million investment in a new National Space Propulsion Test Facility at Westcott will allow companies and academia to test...
January 2018
SLS ushers transformation of deep space exploration
... configuration uses a Space Shuttle-heritage, flightproven propulsion system that’s been upgraded and modernised, including...at least 45 metric tons to TLI. The Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (ICPS), built by Boeing and United Launch Alliance,...
June 2022
Space logistics: achieving end-to-end mobility for space
... for a full fleet become available. Today, space logistics consists mainly of choosing between internal propulsion or external propulsion for delta-V positioning following a rideshare launch. But this choice is becoming more and more elaborate...
18 October 2017
Europe’s first all-electric telecom satellite breaks record
... satellite, Nicolas Chamussy, Head of Space Systems at Airbus said; “we are the first company to demonstrate full electric propulsion for satellites of this size and capacity, enabling their launch in the most cost-efficient manner. Furthermore...
27 April 2018
Another milestone for the SPACE DRONE™ spacecraft
... the SPACE DRONE™ in completing its various mission phases. Speaking of the announcement, Stefan Hässler, Head of Orbital Propulsion at ArianeGroup said; “Effective Space is one of the pioneers in an important new era for the space industry and...
July 2014
The hypersonic grail: advances at DARPA, AFRL and beyond
...-speed technology research programmes, including Lapcat (propulsion and aircraft concepts), Atllas (materials and ... TSTO launch vehicle; takes off and lands horizontally; air-breathing propulsion on both stages; - Mach 4 turbine engines on the first...
