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From 20 to 22 March 2024, ESA’s Future Space Transportation preparation programme (Future Launchers Preparatory Programme – FLPP) hosted the ESA Space Transportation Pitch Week: a series of virtual events exploring new technological concepts for space transportation.
In line with...
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket stands ready to launch prototype spacecraft for Amazon's Project Kuiper, a satellite network that will provide fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world. The encapsulated payload arrived at...
In 2019, SpaceWorks published “A New Era for Orbital Debris Policy”, which expounded on the orbital debris problem, the historical policies aimed at addressing it, and a recommended policy framework based on the associated costs of debris removal. Like...
On the Rise
The first half of 2023 saw 97 global orbital launch attempts, surpassing the 75 launch attempts carried out in the first half of 2022. If this pace is maintained, total 2023 launches will just barely surpass 2022...
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket and its U.S. national security payload are vertically integrated atop their launch pad for the upcoming NROL-68 mission in service to the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and support from the...
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is preparing for the Flight Readiness Firing (FRF) of the Vulcan rocket as a validation of the fully integrated vehicle at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
FRF demonstrates the day of launch timelines and procedures,...
The second Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (ICPS), derived from the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket, is beginning pre-flight testing and preparations to help launch four pioneering astronauts on NASA's Artemis II mission around the Moon.
ICPS serves as the...
Completing the next phase of testing in preparation for the inaugural Vulcan rocket flight, the United Launch Alliance (ULA) team accomplished tanking demonstrations at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The pathfinder tests filled the Vulcan first stage and Centaur...
The first United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rocket is atop its Cape Canaveral launch pad for the next phase of qualification testing in preparation for the inaugural flight.
Over the next several days, ULA engineers and technicians will put the...
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