Loral Vought has been awarded a $13.3 million extension-contract to redesign six heat-rejection system radiators for the international space station. The 1,050kg, 3m-long radiators will extend to 25m in orbit and will be capable of releasing 11kW of excess heat using a pumped liquid-ammonia heat-transfer system.
Source: Flight International
China’s AVIC has secured a contract from the China Manned Space Agency to develop a winged, reusable spacecraft called Haolong.
The UK Space Command’s first owned earth observation microsatellite has been launched, providing the inaugural element of a planned space-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) constellation.
Orbital launch pioneer SpaceX is being contracted by the American space agency NASA to develop a so-called “US Deorbit Vehicle” that can safely return the International Space Station to Earth via controlled re-entry.
