29 January 2021
NASA is looking at commercial options to launch its Europa Clipper
... SLS would have an advantage in that the Europa Clipper could be sent directly to Europa, whereas a later launch window using a commercial launch vehicle would require Mars and Earth gravity assists therefore extending the flight time of the...
03 November 2015
China’s Kuaizhou-11: coming in 2016?
... China’s space program, as saying that the new rocket has big potential and that an investment in the commercial launch sector bring a return of up to 14 times the original investment. It should be noted that in the past, much of the Kuaizhou...
12 November 2018
"Its Business Time" for Rocket Lab's first commercial flight
...Lab’s aptly named mission saw the company’s first commercial launch successfully deploy six small satellites into a low-Earth ..., small satellites using atmospheric drag. The Electron orbital launch vehicle had its inaugural test flight in May 2017,...
18 May 2018
China launches its first private space rocket
... research. It is still early days for this emerging sector, but 2018 could be the year that Chinese commercial launch companies begin to come into their own, as companies such as Landspace, Linkspace and Expace look to increase testing...
June 2021
China’s ascending commercial space sector
... 2021 saw multiple pieces of space-related information in the Five-Year Plan, including the creation of a commercial launch site, the launch of global satcom, satnav, and EO constellations, and the fourth phase of the China Lunar Exploration Program...
April 2018
Transforming the launch market for small spacecraft
..., because university project budgets are tight and often require state support. In such a situation, hiring commercial launch services is not an option. Due to technical constraints and limitations on economies of scale, the development and operation...
