Russia's Energia company says Russia should revise its schedule for deploying further segments for the International Space Station because of cash problems. It says that after the launch of Russia's Zvezda ISS module, work on up to eight Russian ISS elements is at a standstill because of a lack of funds.
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.
