by David Todd | Jul 18, 2016 | Technology
The UK Space Agency is investing GBP£4.12 million in a National Propulsion Test Facility at the Westcott centre in Buckinghamshire. In truth this is not a new centre but really a refurbishment of a long standing test centre used by private companies such as Moog (for...
by David Todd | Jul 13, 2016 | ESA, NASA, Technology
Space has traditionally been very much an “also ran” at the Farnborough International Air Show which remains mainly civil and military aviation orientated. This year was no different, with just a small part of Hall 3 sectioned off from a combined ESA/UK...
by David Todd | Jun 30, 2016 | commercial launch services, Russia, Technology
Roscosmos, the Russian space agency/space manufacturer is reported to be planning a solo space station called ROS – the Russian Orbital Station. The plan is for the Russian Nauka module, scheduled to be launched in 2017 to become part of the International Space...
by David Todd | Jun 29, 2016 | commercial launch services, Satellites, Science, Technology
Sierra Nevada Corp (SNC) and United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for one or more Dream Chaser missions that will host payloads from member countries. SNC’s Dream Chaser is a reusable, orbital...
by Matt Wilson | Jun 20, 2016 | Blue Origin, Science, Space tourism, Suborbital, Technology, test
Blue Origin launched its New Shepard booster (the same vehicle) for the fourth consecutive time at 1435 GMT on 19 June 2016,. The suborbital booster achieved a peak altitude of 101 km before successfully landing back on the launch-pad some 8 minutes after lift off. ...
by David Todd | Jun 16, 2016 | Launches, Satellites, SpaceX, Technology
At 1429 GMT on 15 June 2016 a Falcon 9 v1.1R rocket launched two Boeing 720SP satellites, Eutelsat 117 West B and ABS 2A, into a “super-synchronous” transfer orbit of 62,759 x 400 km, ready for their orbit-raising journey to Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO). The two...
