March 2016
The Use of 3D Printing for Space Applications
... a launcher’s time to market to below five years, while minimising the recurring costs and development risk. Launcher propulsion has been a precursor in AM with the metal deposition process used in the manufacturing of the Vulcain nozzle extension...
November 2017
Delivering a revolutionary reduction in space launch costs
... is a UK-based company formed in 1989 to design and develop the technologies needed for a new class of innovative hypersonic propulsion system - the Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine (SABRE). Our founders, Alan Bond, Richard Varvill and...
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...
