05 March 2019
New British spaceflight company set for launch
... UK. The difference with their approach is in the unique launch system Black Arrow are developing; seaborne rocket launches – commercial rockets launched from ships! This will enable the UK to offer a unique service unavailable elsewhere in the world...
12 December 2019
Blue Origin's New Shepard makes 12th test flight
... of the vehicle. One day, a capsule affixed to the rocket's summit will carry six astronaut passengers on a trip that accelerates... with minimal refurbishment between flights. This particular rocket has been an operational payload vehicle for several...
March 2015
Congested, contested, and invested: of space debris, risky launches and private initiative
... to sustain current operations and to support innovative and profitable development. Risky launches On October 28, 2014, Orbital’s Antares rocket exploded just 15 seconds after ignition on what would have been the third mission to deliver cargo and...
13 June 2017
Asgardia nation to launch inaugural satellite
...arrays, will primarily be a data storage satellite. It is scheduled for launch into orbit on 12 September by an Orbital ATK Antares rocket carrying the ninth Cygnus cargo freighter, which will be on its eighth operational cargo delivery flight to the...
26 January 2018
NASA launches GOLD to study Earth-space boundary
... assignment, yesterday with the help of a European Ariane 5 rocket, NASA launched a satellite that is hosting its Global-scale ... lost or placed in the wrong orbit after the Ariane 5 rocket it hitched a ride on lost contact with ground crew, reports...
16 September 2016
China launches its second space lab 'Tiangong 2' into orbit
... skies from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China’s northwestern Gobi Desert on the back of a Long March 7 rocket. This new module builds on the earlier success of the first space station, Tiangong-1, and aside from...
