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Virgin Galactic boosts rocket capability
Posted in Science on 15th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller
The aim now is to lift payloads up to 200kg into standard orbits, instead of the previously stated 120kg, in 2016 or 2017 for a price of under $10m.
World's first all-electric propulsion satellite goes on line
Posted in Hardware on 14th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller
Boeing says that the technology is based on 210,000 hours of ion propulsion flight experience and is 10 times more efficient than liquid-fueled rockets.
After delays, SpaceX's massive Falcon Heavy rocket set to launch in spring 2016
Posted in Science on 9th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller
'Its going to be a great day when we launch the Falcon Heavy, some time in the late April to early May timeframe'
CubeSats to Mars and beyond
Posted in Hardware on 6th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller
All the activity and interest in CubeSats has been primarily limited to spacecraft in Earth orbit. Now engineers are exploring what CubeSats could do beyond Earth orbit.
Key Inmarsat rocket flight from Kazakhstan 'a success'
Posted in Science on 29th Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller
A rocket mission to put a new spacecraft in orbit for London-based Inmarsat has been declared a success.