ESA Fires Away With P80 For Vega
Tested at the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, was the P80 rocket motor. This motor will power the first stage of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Vega small launcher.
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Kawasaki Fairing Well
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. announced it has shipped a payload fairing for the H-IIA No.14 (H-IIA F14) launch vehicle to the Tanegashima Space Center.
Read MoreIndian Focus On Cryogenic Engine Succeeds
In an article bylined by BR Srikanth of the Hindustan Times, seems as though the Indians have now joined a rather exclusive league of U.S., Russian and European scientists in that the country now possesses the capability to design and build cryogenic engines. These engines are critical for boosting comsats and manned missions into space.
Read MoreNASA Heats It Up Again
NASA’s Space Shuttle Program has successfully fired a four-segment, reusable solid rocket motor. This occurred on Thursday, November 1st, at the ATK Launch Systems Group, a test facility located in Promontory, Utah, and burned for approximately two minutes.
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