by David Todd | Aug 5, 2016 | commercial launch services, exploration, Satellites, Science
While not yet the official licensing agency for lunar and interplanetary transportation (no official law saying so has yet been passed), the US Government Federal Aviation Authority’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation has become the de facto licensing...
by David Todd | Aug 2, 2016 | commercial launch services, Launches, Russia, Seradata News
International Launch Services (ILS) the marketing arm of the Russian rocket manufacturer Khrunichev has sold its first commercial launch of the Angara rocket series. The contract was signed between ILS and the Korean Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) for the launch...
by David Todd | Aug 1, 2016 | Commercial human spaceflight, commercial launch services, International Space Station, Launches, NASA, Seradata News, SpaceX
NASA has ordered a second post-certification mission from commercial provider SpaceX in Hawthorne, California. The order represents the second manned, fully commercial NASA flight to the International Space Station (ISS) for SpaceX and its Dragon V2 capsule. Unmanned...
by David Todd | Jul 21, 2016 | commercial launch services, Launches, Technology
Vector Space Systems, a microsatellite space launch company, has announced the acquisition of its small space launcher competitor, the Garvey Spacecraft Corporation. Garvey was working on rocket engine technology for its Nanosat Launch Vehicle (NLV) – a two...
by David Todd | Jul 21, 2016 | commercial launch services, ESA, Launches, Seradata News
The European Commission (EC) announced, on 20 July, that it had approved the intended acquisition of European launch provider Arianespace by newly formed joint venture Airbus Safran Launchers (ASL). ASL will purchase the 35% stake in Arianespace held by the French...
by David Todd | Jul 18, 2016 | commercial launch services, Launches, NASA, Russia, Satellites, Seradata News, Soyuz, SpaceX
The astronauts aboard International Space Station (ISS) awaited two deliveries after two launches within two days of each other in mid-July. The first of these launches was a Soyuz-U launch of a Progress MS-03 cargo craft at 2116 on 16 July. The launch took place from...
