September 2020
Commercial opportunities beyond Earth orbit
... a lunar base using automated 3D printers, making use of lunar regolith as building material. SpaceX recently succeeded in the Falcon-9 launch of astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), the return of the reusable rocket, and then the...
April 2021
Space industry trends in the pandemic
...chain from launch to smallsats and spaceships. After a record-setting 2020, SpaceX has ambitious targets of launching 48 Falcon missions, three crewed missions to the ISS and flying Starship closer to Mars. Starship is a fully reusable transportation...
June 2021
Is NewSpace really so new?
... the efficient loading of the standardised and relatively simple Starlink satellites in a single Falcon 9 rocket. Closely packed Starlink satellites before launch on a Falcon 9 rocket. The shift between ecosystems is well illustrated by plotting the...
18 May 2018
China launches its first private space rocket
... is the first in the US. We're the first in China.” However OneSpace is not looking to match the payload capabilities of the Falcon 9 just yet and is instead looking to provide launches for prices lower than US$10,000 per kilogram. Clearly...
11 November 2019
Fourth time rocket reuse for SpaceX mission but concerns still over satellites
...of a recovered fairing – the nosecone – previously flown on Falcon Heavy’s Arabsat-6A mission earlier this year. The nosecone is ...the mission will mark the first fourth flight of a Falcon 9 first stage that previously supported the Iridium-7, SAOCOM...
03 February 2021
SpaceX announces Inspiration4, the first ‘all-civilian’ mission to space
... of Florida. The crew will prepare for the flight by undergoing commercial astronaut training from SpaceX on the Falcon 9 launch vehicle and Dragon spacecraft. This includes training in orbital mechanics, operating in microgravity, zero gravity, and...
