The Republic of Korea's Korean Multipurpose Satellite (KOMPSAT), has arrived at Vandenberg AFB, California, for its launch on an Orbital Sciences Taurus booster later this year. The KOMPSAT, built by the Korean Aerospace Research Institute and TRW, carries space physics experiments.
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.
