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Arianespace and ESA announce two earth observation launch contracts
Oct 29, 2019 (SPX)
Biomass also will provide essential support to United Nations treaties on the reduction of emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. The Biomass miss...
US Air Force hosts hypersonics pitch day
Oct 29, 2019 (SPX)
The purpose of Air Force "pitch days" is to do business at the speed of ideas by inspiring and accelerating startup and small business creativity toward answeri...
DLR and FAA working to integrate commercial spaceflight into the air transport system
Oct 28, 2019 (SPX)
This data exchange should facilitate improved situational awareness, allowing US and European ANSPs to respond as necessary in the event of a vehicle failure. T...
Three additional Russian RD-180 rocket engines being prepared for shipment to US
Oct 28, 2019 (Sputnik)
Roscosmos subsidiary Energomash is preparing to deliver three more RD-180 engines for use with Atlas-5 launch vehicles, the company reported on Friday. "A commi...
Air-breathing engine precooler achieves record-breaking Mach 5 performance
Oct 28, 2019 (ESA)
The precooler heat exchanger is an essential SABRE element that cools the hot airstream generated by air entering the engine intake at hypersonic speed. "This i...
Indian space agency ISRO's launch vehicles to carry along 14 foreign satellites
Oct 25, 2019 (XNA)
The 14 small satellites belong to four international customers, added the sources. So far, the PSLV has launched around 300 mostly small (1kg-100kg) satellites ...
DLR and Swedish Space Corporation combine expertise for engine tests
Oct 25, 2019 (SPX)
Further topics of the cooperation will be the exchange of expertise and intensified collaboration in the field of engine and launcher stage testing. Among other...
Air Force demonstrates rocket engine preburner for advanced liquid rocket engines
Oct 25, 2019 (SPX)
The preburner was designed, developed, and tested under the AFRL Hydrocarbon Boost program with prime contractor Aerojet Rocketdyne, and supported by the Air Fo...
Russia to launch Angara Carrier Rocket in 2024
Oct 24, 2019 (Sputnik)
"The Angara-A5M launch vehicle is planned to be launched approximately at the end of 2024," Sergey Kuznetsov said on Wednesday. Earlier this month, space indust...
DARPA updates competitor field for flexible, responsive launch to orbit
Oct 24, 2019 (SPX)
The remaining qualifying competitor is a space startup comprising industry veterans currently operating in stealth mode while the company works toward internal ...
DLR pursues international cooperation and future technologies for spaceflight
Oct 23, 2019 (SPX)
While celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing, more than 4000 visitors will gather at 150 exhibitor stands, and will participate in and atten...
New era of locally-sourced resources in space
Oct 23, 2019 (ESA)
Highlights of the conference included research that has extracted water from lunar soil returned to Earth with the Apollo astronauts. Hannah Sargeant of the Ope...
Rocket Lab teams with Kongsberg for Electron and Photon ground support
Oct 23, 2019 (SPX)
The agreement sees Rocket Lab deliver a complete solution for small satellite operators, including satellite design and build, launch, and ground segment suppor...
New rocket fairing design offers smoother quieter ride
Oct 23, 2019 (ESA)
RUAG manufactures fairings for Europe's Ariane and Vega launchers and has recently shown how a micro-perforation of the facesheet of the panels of the fairing c...
NASA attaches first of 4 RS-25 engines to Artemis I rocket stage
Oct 23, 2019 (SPX)
Integration of the RS-25 engines to the recently completed core stage structure is a collaborative, multistep process for NASA and its partners Boeing, the core...
Firefly Aerospace partners with Aerojet Rocketdyne
Oct 19, 2019 (UPI)
"This means we'll have access to the very significant expertise that Aerojet has developed over decades," said Eric Salwan, director of commercial business deve...
Rocket Lab launches ninth Electron mission, deploys payload to highest orbit yet
Oct 17, 2019 (SPX)
The mission, named 'As The Crow Flies,' lifted off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula at 01:22 UTC, 17 October 2019 (14:22 NZDT)....
NASA commits to future Artemis missions with more SLS rocket stages
Oct 17, 2019 (SPX)
The agency intends to work with Boeing, the current lead contractor for the core stages of the rockets that will fly on the first two Artemis missions, for the ...
Russia eyes launching satellite into orbit from Saudi Arabia
Oct 15, 2019 (Sputnik)
While space and high technology are known to be among the key areas for cooperation between Russia and Saudi Arabia, Kirill Dmitriev, the head of the Russian Di...
U.S. Army to deploy hypersonic missiles by 2023
Oct 15, 2019 (UPI)
Robert Strider, deputy director of Army hypersonic programs on Monday told attendees of the AUSA convention that an experimental prototype, "with residual comba...
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