April 2020
Replacing hydrazine fuel with a greener alternative
...-ups that push the envelope. CTO of Dawn Aerospace, Stefan now heads various technical teams building reusable launch vehicles and new space transportation technologies. A Kiwi at heart with a dash of Dutch eccentricity, Stefan is currently spending...
August 2016
Space stations - drivers of cooperation
... an enormous cost. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully tested a prototype of a reusable space shuttle on 23 May 2016. The Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD), which is about six times smaller than the final...
April 2019
Building the UK’s first spaceport
... with the intention of using this method for sub-orbital space tourism flights. Space tourism and reusable launch vehicles require a spaceport which allows vehicles and people to return safely. This is currently being established by companies...
January 2023
China’s space ambitions fuel defence spending and global innovation
..., multi-object and non-Keplerian tracking algorithms. Space Launch/Access: reduce cost and cycle time and launch on demand, high performance propulsion, enable reusable launch. SATCOM: integrate communications across the US Department of Defense...
05 November 2021
Blue Origin loses NASA lawsuit over SpaceX lunar lander contract
...) with its Starship proposal. Its creator, Elon Musk, envisions that eventually Starship will be used a fully reusable launch and landing system designed for travel to the Moon, Mars, and other destinations. The space agency...
November 2017
Managing air and space traffic from orbit
... area of airspace. The increasing use of airspace by spacecraft, satellite launches and, in the future, sub-orbital flights, is likely at some... sea and follow the same rules. With reusable launch vehicles soon becoming the more frequent, the need...
