Space-technology company, Orbital Sciences (OSC) of Dulles Virginia, has named Dr Michael Griffin, senior vice-president and chief technology officer and president, of its American Space Lines joint venture with Rockwell International. He was most recently senior vice-president for programme development at Space Industries International.
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.
