Author: Tereza Pultarova
May 28, 2024
China’s progress in space exploration and technology has been rattling U.S. defense and NASA experts for years. From the threat of space weapons to the risk of appropriating the moon, China is a force to be reckoned with. However, China’s efforts to foster an innovative, disruptive commercial space industry have so far rendered lukewarm results,…
February 20, 2024
The failed debut launch of Virgin Orbit from British soil in January of last year was a bitter start to the U.K.’s spaceflight ambitions. It was also the beginning of a bitter year for the space sector in the western world. In a sense, Virgin Orbit, which filed for bankruptcy three months after the British…
November 28, 2023
The Ukrainian space tech startup scene was only taking its first breaths when the Russian army invaded Ukraine. The war may set its development back, but it could also give it a boost. The outcome will depend on the decisions of Ukraine’s future government, insiders agree. In 2021, Dnipropetrovsk University rocket engineering professor Vitaliy Yemets…
January 21, 2020
Just five years ago, small satellite operators would say “yes” to any possibility to get into orbit at a reasonable price, says Stephen Eisele, vice president of Business Development at Virgin Orbit. But times are changing, and with the small satellite market growing exponentially, the operators are increasingly aware of their significance for the launch…