10 December 2020
Orbex secures $24 million funding round for Scottish space launch
Orbex, the innovative European space launch company, has secured US$24 million in a funding...- parent company of the multi-national space firm Deimos Space - in a new funding round for the orbital launch services company. The new investments secure ...
07 August 2020
UK space launch sector builds foundation for collaborative future
...urging the UK government to establish world-class rules to enable safe, environmentally conscious and commercially viable space launches from British soil. A series of UK-wide workshops aimed at developing a common industry position across key issues...
July 2016
France, Europe and Russia - two decades of space launch cooperation
... The many twist and turns in the future of space launching and the evolution of the market for satellites is ...that closing the gap between French and Russian expertise in space launching via Starsem would lead to the globally unparalleled cooperation ...
April 2024
Planning, designing and delivering a spaceport
... the world’s first artificial satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome. Since then, space launch has been achieved from 28 spaceports around the globe, 22 of which remain active. Of a further possible 21 in the pipeline, it is ...
02 April 2026
NASA astronauts launch on lunar flyby mission
... the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years. NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket lifted off from Launch Pad 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 6:35 pm. EDT on 1 April, sending four astronauts aboard the Orion...
13 April 2020
Russia to cut launch rates after price war with SpaceX
... SpaceX, after Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin accused Elon Musk of unfair pricing for space launches. "Instead of honest competition on the market for space launches, they are lobbying for sanctions against us and use price dumping with impunity...
