January 2018
SLS ushers transformation of deep space exploration
SLS represents a game-changing spaceflight capability, enabling mission profiles that are currently impossible to become possible. Conceived and designed for exploration of deep space, the primary purpose of SLS is to enable NASA’s journey to Mars ...
March 2018
Enabling private sector success in space - SGAC perspective
... (OCC) established by the IPC and the internal mandatory activities steering committee. The revision of the 2007 Launchers Exploitation Declaration for the exploitation phase of Ariane 6, Vega C and their evolutions will be applicable for a period...
April 2018
Servicing the space economy
... DRONE™, it is a simple mechanism that attaches to the one feature that all telecommunication satellites possess, their launcher interface adaptor. By adopting such solutions, using mostly commercial off-the-shelf components, our spacecraft, which...
August 2018
UAE’s ambitious plans for space sector growth
... two satellites, DubaiSat-1 and DubaiSat-2. Will your focus be on buying launch access on a commercial basis? Yes, because launchers are a very large investment and so we will concentrate on areas that we think are important. The launch business...
October 2018
Funding the space frontier – a moment that changed the Universe
...’s New Shepard on the launch pad on the morning of Mission 8 (29 April 2018). The crew capsule atop the launcher is large enough for six people to float freely and experience weightless before returning to Earth. About the...
January 2019
Engineering six-hour solar eclipses with formation flying
... orbit will have a perigee of 600 km, an apogee of 60,500 km and an inclination of 59 degrees. After separation from the launcher, de-tumbling and Sun-acquisition, the solar panel will be deployed and commissioning performed. Only afterwards will ...
