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November 2021
Space launch emergency response
...organisation is essential. Certainly, during the initial stages of spaceport development, the relative low number of space launches means that the cost of an emergency service may seem quite high, although it will of course... for LSOs to collaborate to share costs. Collaborative working is a hallmark of the UK space industry and given that UK space launches will need to be deconflicted from a timing and location perspective, there is little reason ...
September 2024
Liberating access to space
... challenges effectively and ensure the UK’s competitiveness in the global space launch market. Andrew Turner: Raising capital for space ventures poses significant challenges due to the high risks and ... the strategic importance of a country having an independent, sovereign launch capability? George Zambellas: It’s hugely important. Securing an independent, sovereign space launch capability is vital for countries like the UK. It ensures national...
February 2019
The Space Elevator – an alternative path to space?
... of the nozzle. A high delta-v is required to reach low Earth orbit (LEO) to remain in space. A number of non-rocket space launch methods have been proposed, but none has yet been successfully tested Are there other...vaporise the payload, as has been proven in some spectacular launch failures. The rocket equation for chemical rockets results in only a small payload fraction. The space shuttle carried only one train-wagon-equivalent payload to LEO, ...
October 2023
Space architecture on Earth
...glass-and-steel facilities in the world. Top of the list must be the Wenchang Space Launch Site, from which China has launched its space station (opened, 2016); and Vostochny, in the Russian far east (also 2016). ... French Guiana) and wide roads or railways to bring in the outsize cargoes. Three sites built long, adjacent shuttle runways: Cape Canaveral, Vandenberg and Baikonur. Structures Some facilities were abandoned and rotted but became...
February 2017
Protecting our space interests
...situation, let’s look at some numbers: Twelve states have demonstrated their own space launch capability but only six of these conduct regular launch operations: China, Europe (via Arianespace), India, Japan, Russia and the...a time. Between 1957 and the end of 2015 there were 5,165 successful space launches. About 22,000 objects are being tracked by the US Space Surveillance Network and a high proportion (17,255) have been catalogued, that is, they...
November 2017
Delivering a revolutionary reduction in space launch costs
... is opening up new opportunities for the burgeoning commercial satellite industry. Government-led initiatives, such as NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) and ESA’s Ariane 6, are also part of this wave of new launcher development and ...SABRE class engines might be used in both multi-stage and single-stage architectures. While the ultimate space launch application of the technology - and one where its greatest benefits will be derived - remains single ...
March 2018
Enabling private sector success in space - SGAC perspective
...approach taken by the US government to support and regulate private investment in space under the Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act, wherein launch standards are based on ‘voluntary industry consensus standards’. Progress reports are being...Shifting policy interests between the Moon, asteroid exploration and Mars, has had its effect on NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS). About the authors Lauren Napier has a BS in Communications and a MA in...
April 2019
Space launch industry analysis
The past year was a busy one for the launch industry, not only in terms of actual launches, but also by way of promises for the future. Here, space launch analyst and seasoned ‘number-cruncher’ David Todd highlights the ‘... free-flying Sherpa SSO-A carrier craft (plus upper stage dispenser) launched on a Falcon 9 in December 2018. Last year was an interesting one for the space launch market; we must hope that in 2019 the industry lives up to the ...
July 2019
Who owns outer space?
... decisive action to create a domestic legal environment that facilitates space mining. In 2015, after extensive lobbying, Congress passed the Commercial Space Launch and Competitiveness Act, which purports to grant US companies ownership... of anything they bring back from space, while maintaining that the US does ...
