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ESA role in Europe's first all-electric telecom satellite
Oct 18, 2017 (ESA)
The satellite relied entirely on electric thrusters to climb from its initial orbit into its planned slot over the equator some 35 800 km up, and is now using t...
Lockheed Martin Launches Second Cycle of 'Girls' Rocketry Challenge' in Japan
Oct 18, 2017 (SPX)
In partnership with the Japan Association of Rocketry (JAR), a non-profit organisation that sets the industry standard for model rocketry in Japan, the Girls' R...
First Four Space Launch System Flight Engines Ready To Rumble
Oct 16, 2017 (SPX)
"NASA's priority is to deliver hardware for the first flight of the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft," said John Honeycutt, SLS program manager at NASA'...
Rocket motor for Ariane 6 and Vega-C is cast for testing
Oct 16, 2017 (ESA)
Each P120C will hold over 140 tonnes of propellant in a carbon fibre casing almost 11.5 m long and about 3.4 m in diameter. It is derived from Vega's current fi...
RS-25 Engines Ready for Maiden Flight of NASA's Space Launch System
Oct 16, 2017 (SPX)
"The Space Launch System epitomizes our nation's legacy of ingenuity and our spirit of exploration," said Aerojet Rocketdyne CEO and President Eileen Drake. "Wh...
SpaceX launches, lands recycled rocket
Oct 11, 2017 (AFP)
On a clear autumn evening at 6:53 pm (2253 GMT), the tall, white Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida carrying the Echostar 105/SES-11 satel...
DARPA Awards Aerojet Rocketdyne Contract to Develop Hypersonic Advanced Full Range Engine
Oct 10, 2017 (SPX)
"Through the AFRE program, we aim to mature the design and component technologies and bring them together to conduct a full system-level Turbine Based Combined ...
Angola's First Satellite to Be Launched From Baikonur Spaceport Dec. 7
Oct 10, 2017 (Sputnik)
Ukrainian-made Zenit carrier rocket, loaded with an AngoSat-1 satellite built at Angola's request will be launched from the Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan on ...
ASPIRE Successfully Launches from NASA Wallops
Oct 10, 2017 (SPX)
The 58-foot tall rocket carried the Advanced Supersonic Parachute Inflation Research Experiment (ASPIRE) from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Cali...
Russia May Adjust Space Program to Construct Super-Heavy Carrier Rocket
Oct 10, 2017 (Sputnik)
Solntsev said that Energia is jointly working with Roscosmos "on proposals to amend the federal space program" to get the necessary funding for the project. "We...
Arianespace signs contract for 10 Vega and Vega C launchers
Oct 03, 2017 (SPX)
The signing ceremony was attended by French President Emmanuel Macron and Paolo Gentiloni, the President of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic, at...
Arianespace to launch COSMO-SkyMed satellites manufactured by Thales
Oct 02, 2017 (SPX)
The signing ceremony was attended by French President Emmanuel Macron and Paolo Gentiloni, the President of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic, at...
Ariane 5 rocket puts satellites into orbit on second attempt
Sep 30, 2017 (AFP)
The rocket launched successfully from the Kourou Space Centre in French Guiana on Friday, carrying the Intelsat 37e and the BSAT-4a satellites into space, Arian...
New Zealand opens first rocket launch site
Sep 29, 2017 (XNA)
Joyce congratulated Rocket Lab's chief executive and founder Peter Beck and his team "who have worked hard to achieve this," saying in a statement that "it is t...
mu Space partners with Blue Origin to launch geostationary satellite
Sep 26, 2017 (SPX)
Commenting on the new partnership, mu Space CEO James Yenbamroong says, "We've decided to go with Blue Origin because we're impressed with the company's vision ...
What looks good on paper may look good in space
Sep 24, 2017 (JPL)
Origami, the Japanese tradition of paper-folding, has inspired a number of unique spacecraft designs here. It's little wonder that it fascinates NASA engineers:...
Demonstrator 3 linear aerospike ready to start tests
Sep 21, 2017 (SPX)
The system will perform a series of ground tests that will ultimately qualify the engine for flight. After the ground tests, the same engine will be integrated ...
ISRO to resume satellite launches by December
Sep 21, 2017 (IANS)
"We will resume the launches by November or December, with one of the remote sensing satellites though we are yet to finalise with which," said Indian Space Res...
Dragon Splashes Down in Pacific With NASA Science Experiments
Sep 19, 2017 (SPX)
Expedition 53 Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli of ESA (European Space Agency) and International Space Station Commander Randy Bresnik of NASA released the Dragon s...
Mechanisms are Critical to Space Vehicle Flight Success
Sep 19, 2017 (SPX)
The vehicle was named the VSS Enterprise, or more precisely, Virgin Galactic/Scaled Composites Model 339 SpaceShipTwo experimental test vehicle. This spacecraft...
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