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India maps out plan to increase satellite launches
Mar 17, 2022 (Sputnik)
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to take its missions to another level with an increase in the number of satellite manufacturing and lau...
China tests rocket engine for upcoming space lab launches
Mar 17, 2022 (XNA)
Developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, the engine is designed for the core stage of the Long March-5 carrier rocket series, which ...
Virgin Orbit to launch first Welsh satellite from UK Spaceport Summer 2022
Mar 10, 2022 (SPX)
In a historic moment for UK space, the satellite will be launched as part of a broader joint UK-US mission to open the country's first domestic space port in su...
Russia stops deliveries of rocket engines to US, Roscosmos Head Says
Mar 04, 2022 (Sputnik)
Russia will stop deliveries of rocket engines to the United States, Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin announced Thursday. "Not only are we refusing to supply these ...
First Platforms are Retracted Ahead of Artemis I First Rollout to Launch Pad
Mar 03, 2022 (SPX)
The first two of 20 platforms surrounding the Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft that allow work on the integrated system inside the building were r...
NASA Announces Launch Options for 2022 Student Launch Competition
Mar 02, 2022 (SPX)
Alternatively, Launch Division teams may conduct final test flights at a home launch field, as outlined in the Student Launch Handbook. Teams may also opt to co...
Russia wants launch guarantees from Europe's Arianespace
Mar 02, 2022 (AFP)
Roscosmos also said demanded the British government had to give up its stake in OneWeb, a global satellite communications company, because of "Britain's hostile...
Rocket Lab launches 2nd satellite for the Synspective SAR constellation
Mar 01, 2022 (SPX)
"The Owl's Night Continues" mission was the first to launch from Rocket Lab's second pad at Launch Complex 1, Pad B, on New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula. Following...
Rocket Lab selects Virginia for Neutron launch pad and manufacturing complex
Mar 01, 2022 (SPX)
The Neutron Production Complex and launch pad for its Neutron rocket will be located adjacent to and within the NASA Wallops Flight Facility and Mid-Atlantic Re...
NASA awards SpaceX additional crew flights to Space Station
Mar 01, 2022 (SPX)
The CCtCap modification, following the agency's notice of intent to procure the flights in December 2021, brings the total missions for SpaceX to nine and allow...
New rocket to be partially reusable
Mar 01, 2022 (SPX)
Wang Xiaojun, president of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, the country's major maker of carrier rockets, told an international forum in mid-Febr...
NASA Selects Futuristic Space Technology Concepts for Early Study
Feb 28, 2022 (SPX)
The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program fosters exploration by funding early-stage studies to evaluate technologies that could support future aeron...
China's new-generation manned launch vehicle may have reusable first stage: report
Feb 28, 2022 (XNA)
The reusable first stage can perform engine deceleration during the reentry, and control itself and decelerate by pneumatic rudders, said Wang Xiaojun, head of ...
Russia suspends space launches from French Guiana over sanctions
Feb 26, 2022 (AFP)
"In response to EU sanctions against our enterprises, Roskosmos is suspending cooperation with European partners over organising space launches from the Kourou ...
Russia halts space launches from French Guiana over sanctions
Feb 26, 2022 (AFP)
"In response to EU sanctions against our enterprises, Roskosmos is suspending cooperation with European partners over organising space launches from the Kourou ...
Rocket Lab officially opens third launch pad, Next launch within a week
Feb 24, 2022 (SPX)
Pad B is based within Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, the world's first private orbital launch site, located in Mahia, New Zealand. The new pad is Rocket Lab's thi...
Clean driving technology enables cleaner rocket fuel
Feb 24, 2022 (SPX)
In addition to emission reductions, this chemical also has several advantages over other types of rocket fuels: higher energy, lower costs, and no requirement f...
Vaya Space completes first suborbital test flight
Feb 17, 2022 (SPX)
"This is a huge milestone," stated Vaya Space CEO Grant Begley, "and demonstrates our ability with this technology to revolutionize space access. Vaya Space has...
Orbex prepares for rocket launch 'dress rehearsals' as launchpad arrives at test site
Feb 16, 2022 (SPX)
The new launchpad - known as 'Orbex LP1' - recently completed an 80-mile road trip from Peterhead to Kinloss on two trucks, accompanied by a police escort. The ...
US billionaire announces three more ambitious SpaceX flights
Feb 14, 2022 (AFP)
The first, named Polaris Dawn, will take place no sooner than the fourth quarter of this year, and will be commanded by Isaacman, the founder of payment process...
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