Jan 22, 2025 · Orbital launch vehicles can be either expendable or partially/fully reusable and can assume various stage configurations. Finding an optimal solution under practical constraints is a challenging task, which gives a wide design space for potential future launch vehicles.

Jan 6, 2025 · Among the notable business engagements is the H-2A expendable launch system that has handled numerous projects for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and also played a pivotal...

4 days ago · The Space Launch System (SLS) and the Orion spacecraft comprise the first transportation system, while the second transportation system consists of SpaceX’s Starship. ... It is fully reusable, whereas the SLS is fully expendable. Yet another advantage is that Starship has a significantly higher launch frequency than the SLS. Unlike the SLS ...

Jan 23, 2025 · In an expendable configuration, Maia will be capable of delivering 1,500 kg to LEO and 500 kg to LEO when it's being recovered. ... This includes the installation of a liquid methane fueling system and launch pad mechanical adaptations. The manufacturing of the erector mast that will also serve as transporter and pallet has already started. We ...

Jan 24, 2025 · The principal objective of the LSP is to provide safe, reliable, cost-effective, on schedule, launch services for NASA and NASA-sponsored payloads seeking launch on expendable launch vehicles (ELVs). Full LSP launch services include advance analysis, mission integration, and payload processing.

4 days ago · 10,460 kg to 1,000 km when expendable, or 6,280 kg when the first stage is recovered. Features a “chopstick-style” tower recovery system; first flight in 2025 or 2026. Nayuta Space

Jan 3, 2025 · In 2023, an Ariane rocket launched from Kourou sent a space probe on an eight-year journey to Jupiter, as well as two military communication satellites (one French and one German). In July 2024, the Ariane 6, a European expendable launch system, completed its maiden flight from Kourou.

3 days ago · Spaceflights include the launches of Earth observation and telecommunications satellites, interplanetary missions, the rendezvouses and dockings with space stations, and crewed spaceflights on scientific or tourist missions.

Jan 3, 2025 · The debut launch of NASA’s super-heavy lift SLS (Space Launch System) rocket in November 2022 opened a new era of deep space exploration. Called the Artemis I mission, the launch sent an uncrewed Orion spacecraft more than 268,000 miles from Earth into a distant retrograde orbit (DRO) about the Moon, before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean ...

2 days ago · NASA’s Space Launch System is the only rocket capable of carrying crew and large cargo to deep space in a single launch. Powered by the Boeing-built Core Stage, SLS successfully launched as part of the Artemis I Mission on November 16, 2022.