Swiss Space Systems (S3), entered the rapidly growing field of air-launched orbital delivery systems yesterday, with the official unveiling of a three stage architecture aimed at placing up to 250 kg small satellites into space. The first stage launch platform is an Airbus A-300 jet aircraft certified for zero-G, parabolic flights. In a departure from other concepts currently […]
Only hours after NASA announced the latest winners in its Flight Opportunities Program housed in the Office of the Chief Technologist, researchers announced a major scientific discovery made possible by a similarly brief suborbital launch conducted on a Black Brant sounding rocket on July 11 as part of NASA’s separate Low Cost Access to Space program. The High Resolution Coronal […]
Virgin Galactic, Masten Space Systems and UP Aerospace were among the winners in the latest round of research flight assignments as part of NASA’s Flight Opportunities Program, which makes use of a variety of reusable assets to host small, low-cost research payloads. Altogether, the agency made 13 awards, but only four were for payloads on reusable commercial suborbital vehicles, with […]
As spaceship Earth embarks on another trip around the Sun, it’s an appropriate occasion to take a look ahead at the New Year and consider what developments might take place which could change the fundamental cost basis of reaching orbit. Suborbital Space: After seemingly endless delays, 2013 is poised to be the breakout year for the reusable suborbital launch industry. (but […]
Korea has announced that the upcoming launch of its Nar0-3 rocket will be further delayed while it awaits the arrival of a new fuel coupler from Russia. The Korean Space Agency (KARI) had hoped to reschedule the launch of the two stage rocket to sometime around November 17, but has yet to receive a firm delivery date on the replacement component, leading to a […]
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