April 2024
Commercial launch development in Spain
... was nothing at the base level, so we tried to convince our national delegation to give us a small contract to develop a little rocket engine demonstration because, for us, propulsion is the key. If you don’t have an engine, you have nothing. We won...
June 2015
Re-usable rockets: a new breakthrough for suborbital research
... launches, largely using expensive Cold War technologies. Today, thanks to dedicated efforts by next generation reusable suborbital rocket firms like Virgin Galactic, XCOR Aerospace, and Blue Origin, the field is on the verge of a revolution in how...
05 January 2018
Gilmour Space completes successful test of hybrid rocket engine
... small satellite launch market, it’s notable that only a handful have progressed to actually building, testing and launching a rocket that demonstrates their technology. “Gilmour Space is doing it; and if all goes well, I believe our new engine...
16 January 2017
First international contract for commercial rocket launch signed by Denmark and China
...the first Chinese company to develop its own commercial rockets and provide services to the international marketplace. The ... near equatorial orbit, using the Chinese company’s LandSpace-1 rocket starting next year. GOMspace which was founded in 2007 ...
October 2023
Space architecture on Earth
...(-40C in Plesetsk) to the heat of equatorial sites. In Kourou, French Guiana, one of the main challenges is oceanside humidity, so rockets have to minimise outdoor time because of the salty, corrosive sea air. In Baikonur, one engineer challenged the...
April 2019
Space launch industry analysis
... they normally go on to have a long run of launch successes. That is, once the teething troubles have been solved, rockets such as the Ariane 5 show a ‘nirvana’ trend of almost no failures in their mature years. However, there is an exception to this...
