...’s schedule and orbit requirements, often resulting in sacrifices on both mission parameters, the reward being a relatively cheap launch price. As the small satellite industry grows, there may be more customers willing to pay a premium over rideshare...
... adding hundreds if not thousands more satellites to the seemingly already saturated skies, the European Space Agency is launching a Clean Space initiative, tasked with safeguarding terrestrial and space environments from a surge in orbital debris...
Although it had a bumpy start to its assignment, yesterday with the help of a European Ariane 5 rocket, NASA launched a satellite that is hosting its Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk, or GOLD mission. GOLD is set to ...
.... Details of the country’s national space programme, which also involves building a spaceport in Somalia to facilitate launches, were unveiled by the President at the Bestepe National Congress and Culture Centre in February. Somalia is a longstanding...
... “Today can be considered the opening day for the cosmodrome.” According to Roscosmos, by 2018 the cosmodrome is expected to launch 8-10 rockets annually. The rocket carried three satellites into orbit - “Lomonosov”, “Aist-2D” and SamSat-218. The...
... agent on the Commission’s behalf. Preparations for the launch have been completed at Arianespace’s new Spaceport processing facility... will become the 13th and 14th operational Galileo craft launched since 2011. Built by prime contractor OHB System in...