February 2016
The Benefits of a British Spaceport
... flying candidate is XCOR Aerospace’s Lynx. The company continues to make steps towards commercial spaceflight and ...Area (D201) operated and managed by Defence and Space Company QinetiQ. From fully functioning communications satellites to smal ...
19 February 2016
Test Masses of ESA's LISA Pathfinder Released Successfully
... Pathfinder was built by Airbus Defence and Space and is the European Space Agency’s gravitational-wave detection technology demonstrator. Airbus Defence and Space is the world´s second largest space company. Satellite operators from ESA, supported...
21 September 2018
Net to capture space junk passes debut debris collection
... is RemoveDEBRIS. This specialist satellite was designed, built and manufactured by a consortium of leading space companies including the Surrey Space Centre, Airbus and the ArianeGroup, and was co-funded by the European Commission. It is also...
05 May 2021
Dream Chaser cleared for Florida runway landing from 2022
... functions, Kavandi said. SNC recently announced its Space Systems Group will transition to an independent commercial space company, Sierra Space that will build and deliver space transportation and infrastructure for LEO commercialisation. Sierra...
28 September 2022
Firms pioneer embryo conception mission for ‘space mice'
... for gestation and birth to occur, their development monitored and compared to control samples. Independence-X is a Malaysian space company that has developed a small launch vehicle called DNLV (Dedicated Nano Launch Vehicle) with a maximum payload...
September 2023
A multifaceted approach to space sustainability
... US$10 billion in 2022 due to a combination of market saturation, disappointing financial results of publicly listed emerging space companies and the deteriorating global macroeconomic context. However, 2023 showed signs of recovery with investments...
