Composite rocket promises low-cost launches
jeudi, 31 juillet 2014
US Aerospace company Rocket Lab (Los Angeles, CA) is developing a world-first launch vehicle to deliver satellites into orbit cheaper and faster than ever before. The vehicle will make extensive use of carbon composites. Rocket Lab is building the world’s first carbon composite launch vehicle at its Auckland, New Zealand facility. The development of Electron
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Dassault announces ultra long range Falcon 8X
lundi, 02 juin 2014
The Falcon 8X will offer a range of 6,450 nm (11,945 km) and will feature the longest cabin of any Falcon. Moreover, it will offer the same low operating economics and operating flexibility for which all Falcons are known. Dassault Aviation launched the Falcon 8X, the newest addition to the Falcon family in the ultra
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Airbus, Dassault Aviation and Alenia Aermacchi propose joint approach to Europe’s next generation drone
lundi, 19 mai 2014
After their call for the development of a European drone at last year’s Paris Airshow, the three most relevant European aeronautical companies have now agreed on further details for a joint approach. Airbus Defence and Space, Dassault Aviation and Alenia Aermacchi, a Finmeccanica company, delivered a proposal for further defining a European UAS to the
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Aerospace Valley se mobilise avec les grands du secteur spatial sur les débris spatiaux
mercredi, 09 avril 2014
Le Pôle de compétitivité Aerospace Valley lance un appel à idées pour mieux lutter contre les débris spatiaux. Ceux-ci s’élèvent à plusieurs dizaines de millions d’objets d’une taille supérieure à 1 millimètre. Cette initiative est lancée de concert par Aerospace Valley, le Cnes, Thales Alenia Space et Airbus Defence & Space. La Commission Marchés Espace
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