05 January 2018
Gilmour Space completes successful test of hybrid rocket engine
..., 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 could well be the largest...
24 August 2018
First flight for EXOS's reusable suborbital rocket due tomorrow
... launch system market doesn’t belong to a select few high-profile companies, US firm EXOS Aerospace Systems and Technologies is making the final preparation for their Pathfinder flight of their reusable Suborbital Autonomous Rocket with GuidancE...
12 November 2018
"Its Business Time" for Rocket Lab's first commercial flight
...Spire Global, Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Fleet Space Technologies and the Irvine CubeSat Stem Program. Hoping to ...hitch a ride with the Electron was a drag sail technology demonstrator, designed and built by High Performance Space Structure Systems...
06 May 2019
Japan's first private rocket launches successfully
..., making it the first commercially developed Japanese rocket to reach orbit. Established in 2013 by a former internet maverick, Interstellar Technology Inc. said the unmanned rocket reached orbit after taking off from the company's test site...
07 November 2019
SSTL ships target satellite to Tokyo for Astroscale’s ELSA-d mission
... testing ahead of launch in 2020. The ELSA-d mission is designed to simulate capture of orbital debris and validate key technologies for end-of-life spacecraft retrieval and disposal services. The Target and Chaser satellites will be attached...
March 2015
SERC wants us all to get to grips with space junk
... of research aims to re-orbit and ultimately de-orbit certain common types of space debris. SERC will extend its technology for laser tracking of space debris to the use of lasers to interdict space debris immediately prior to a predicted collision...
