21 July 2021
Blue Origin launches four commercial astronauts to space and back
... fly in space. Oliver Daemen, 18, was the first ever commercial astronaut to purchase a ticket and fly to space on a ...person to fly in space. New Shepard became the first commercial vehicle under a suborbital reusable launch vehicle license to fly ...
16 January 2017
First international contract for commercial rocket launch signed by Denmark and China
... in Beijing, has signed a contract with a Danish firm to become the first Chinese company to develop its own commercial rockets and provide services to the international marketplace. The deal will see the launch of a series of Gomspace...
16 October 2019
Astroscale takes next step toward launch of world’s first commercial active debris removal mission
...orbital sustainability but is also an exciting challenge for our team of talented engineers.” ELSA-d, the world’s first commercial orbital debris removal mission to operate in low Earth orbit (LEO), consists of two spacecraft, a Servicer (~180kg) and...
17 December 2021
First commercial lunar distance communications network validated in space
... Cosby, chief technology officer for GES. “The work with IM marks the start of GES and IM offering commercial services to the Moon and testing the complete system using INTEGRAL mitigates the risk for the...
June 2015
Great expectations: launch markets, SpaceX, China, and other new players
... Industries has announced plans to cut launch costs by 50 percent by 2020, thus announcing a serious decision to enter the commercial launches market. At the same time, ILS – the main provider of Proton-M rockets – could potentially lose a 15 percent...
March 2016
Building Confidence and Reducing Risk in Space Resources Policy
...- and a need - for additional action to define a regulatory scheme that reduces the political risk faced by the commercial sector while simultaneously upholding national obligations to the international legal system. On-orbit authority The window for...
