March 2015
Congested, contested, and invested: of space debris, risky launches and private initiative
... to sustain current operations and to support innovative and profitable development. Risky launches On October 28, 2014, Orbital’s Antares rocket exploded just 15 seconds after ignition on what would have been the third mission to deliver cargo and...
13 June 2017
Asgardia nation to launch inaugural satellite
...arrays, will primarily be a data storage satellite. It is scheduled for launch into orbit on 12 September by an Orbital ATK Antares rocket carrying the ninth Cygnus cargo freighter, which will be on its eighth operational cargo delivery flight to the...
26 January 2018
NASA launches GOLD to study Earth-space boundary
... assignment, yesterday with the help of a European Ariane 5 rocket, NASA launched a satellite that is hosting its Global-scale ... lost or placed in the wrong orbit after the Ariane 5 rocket it hitched a ride on lost contact with ground crew, reports...
16 September 2016
China launches its second space lab 'Tiangong 2' into orbit
... skies from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China’s northwestern Gobi Desert on the back of a Long March 7 rocket. This new module builds on the earlier success of the first space station, Tiangong-1, and aside from...
21 August 2017
First Slovak satellite launched into space
... space with the aid of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket, when it hitched a ride along with 30 other satellites. The satellite is packed with innovative technologies and a scientific...
28 August 2019
SpaceX's Skyhopper impresses with its highest test flight
SpaceX’s Starship “hopper” spacecraft – the company’s experimental version of its planned Mars launch system called Starship – made its highest and longest flight yet from the firm’s Boca Chica, Texas, test facility this week. The event also marked ...
