NASA should turn its considerable talents to developing a safer and more reliable
launch vehicle. Until then, we should stop risking people's lives by sending them into space.
Two more trial flights are expected before the rocket is formally commissioned and ISRO confirms its commercial potential in the international space
launch vehicle market.
The payload rockets that launch all commercial satellites and most government ones are Expendable
Launch Vehicles, or ELVs.
In fact, they must be configured to follow a particular
launch vehicle. These systems concentrate their active elements on the ground, with the vehicle mainly remaining passive.
For a space program that continued at approximately the pre-Challenger level of launch activity, the "best buy" would be to improve existing
launch vehicles such as the space shuttle and Titan rocket.
The H-IIA
launch vehicle is Japan's flagship
launch vehicle and one of the most reliable
launch vehicles in the world.
KhalifaSat, the first satellite built on UAE soil by Emirati engineers, has passed the necessary functional tests and has been integrated into the
launch vehicle, an HII-A rocket, in time for its launch into orbit on Monday.
The cooperation with Brunei Darussalam through the agreement would lead to the operation, maintenance and augmentation of Indian Ground Station to support India's
launch vehicle and satellite missions.
Garden Grove, CA, November 13, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Saint-Gobain Seals Group's Meldin[R] and OmniSeal[R] components were installed as part of the fuel delivery system in the Space X Falcon 9 and United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V
launch vehicles that successfully carried sophisticated satellites into orbit this past September.
A fuel leak was detected in the
launch vehicle's second stage even as the indigenous cryogenic engine was being fuelled, one hour, 14 minutes and 20 seconds ahead of the scheduled launch at 4.50 pm from the second launchpad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
Although the rocket's powerful first stage was Russian-made, South Korean experts said they had gained valuable know-how that could enable them to build their own
launch vehicle in its entirety by 2018.
DuPont has signed a Space Act Agreement with NASA to jointly develop urethane foam insulation reinforced with DuPont Kevlar fiber for use in a variety of future spacecraft, including the new
launch vehicle being designed to replace the Space Shuttle.
