Virgin Galactic has named Swami Iyer as the company’s President of Aerospace Systems and Stephen Justice as the Vice President of Engineering. As President of Aerospace Systems, Iyer will lead […]
Launch Facilities
D-Orbit Commits To Marubeni Partnership For Global Sales Expansion
D-Orbit S.p.A. and Marubeni Corporation have signed a commercial partnership that will enable D-Orbit to expand the firm’s sales network worldwide. According to the agreement, Marubeni will promote and sell […]
Spaceport America®’s New Executive Director, He’s A Musical New Mexico Native
News from Spaceport America reveals that a native New Mexico native has been selected to become their new executive director. Scott A. McLaughlin, a New Mexico native and a […]
ASTRA Selected By NASA To Provide TROPICS Mission Launch Services
NASA has selected Astra Space Inc. to provide a launch service for the agency’s Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of SmallSats (TROPICS) mission. The […]
Direct From SmallSat Symposium, Sir Richard Branson, Founder, Virgin Galactic, + Dan Hart, President + CEO, Virgin Orbit, Keynote Address
Chris Stott, Executive Chairman, Mansat, was the moderator of this extremely interesting interview of Sir Richard Branson, the Founder of Virgin Galactic, and Dan Hart, the President and Chief Executive […]
Major Mods To Space Launch Complex-41 + Facilities Completed By ULA
United Launch Alliance (ULA) has modified Space Launch Complex-41 and the processing facilities in support of Vulcan Centaur’s inaugural launch later this year. The multi-year project to prepare for the […]
Virgin Orbit’s Launch of First Satellite for Dutch Ministry of Defense
Europe comes to southern California to launch Royal Netherlands Air Force’s (RNLAF) first ever satellite from the Virgin Orbit launch company. Virgin Orbit will conduct this mission from Mojave Air […]
SpaceX May Well Be Rig’d
Why on Earth would SpaceX purchase oil rigs? Why, to convert them into seagoing launch platforms, that’s why… especially as such edifices can trim costs as trajectories for launch vehicles […]