According to a release from the European Space Agency, Europe is one step closer in plans for producing the next generation replacement for the market dominating Ariane V commercial booster. The new booster, dubbed Ariane VI, marks a curious retreat in capabilities from its predecessor, and the wholesale adoption of a business plan which seems […]
“Once again, Ariane 5’s unmatched reliability and availability has set the highest standards in the satellite launch business.” – comments by Arianespace CEO Stephane Israel upon Arianespace’s 70th launch for the Ariane V, and its 56th successful launch in a row. Yesterday’s launch of the Ariane V ECA took place at 4:54 pm local time […]
Although there has been no official word from SpaceX, nor even a tweet from Elon Musk, according to Wacotrib.com Space X apparently conducted another moderately long duration test of the Falcon 9-R Wednesday evening. It is unclear just how long the test lasted with witnesses saying it was “about a minute.” NASAspaceflight.com has a […]
The latest resupply mission to the International Space Station got off to a perfect start yesterday evening with the launch of an Ariane V rocket carrying the Automated Transfer Vehicle ATV-4, “Albert Einstein.” There is one more ATV planned for ISS, after which the European Space Agency will supply a modified version of the propulsion […]
The countdown is underway at Kourou, French Guiana for this evening’s launch of the European ATV supply ship “Albert Einstein” to the International Space Station. Launch is scheduled aboard the Ariane V booster at precisely 6:52:11 p.m. local (5:52:11 p.m. US EDT.) Today’s launch will mark the fourth flight of the Automated Transfer Vehicle, and the heaviest […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=LtI1V624vWM SpaceX has released this video of a fairing separation test being conducted at NASA’s Plum Brook Station, part of the Glenn Research Center. In designing the composite fairing, SpaceX kept with its overall philosophy of both in-house production as well as a preference for pneumatic separation systems which can be tested before flight. Market leader Arianespace […]
The Humans2Mars Summit in Washington D.C. wrapped up today, and almost all of the proceedings recorded on Livestream, either already are, or will be, posted on the ExploreMars.Org website, and are certainly worth a look. A couple of points stand out. One: Dr. John Logdson noted a distinction in the current program of record which was introduced as NASA’s […]
Source: Arianespace The Ariane V booster for the next ATV headed for the International Space Station was moved from the Launcher Integration Building to the Final Assembly building yesterday at the equatorial launch site in Kourou, French Guiana. The launch of the ES version of the world’s undisputed heavy lift champion is currently scheduled for sometime […]
Kicking off a full 2013 launch campaign, an Ariane V ECA heavy lift booster carrying two satellites lifted off from the CSG space center in French Guiana today, and in the process established a record performance of placing 10,317 kg into GTO. The larger of the two satellites, the 6,265 kg Amazonas 3, was built by Space Systems/Loral Satellite for Spanish operator Hispasat. […]
Sea Launch A G suffered a major, and possibly crippling setback in efforts to regain a meaningful market position in the early hours of Friday morning (EST) when its Zenit 3-SL launch vehicle veered off its course immediately following liftoff. 50 seconds later, the main engine shut down, terminating thrust and sending the rocket and its Intelsat -27 payload […]
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