Plowshare Technology of Horsham in the UK, will be European agent for Cosmos USA, marketing launches of the Russian Cosmos booster for journeys into low-Earth orbit (LEO). Cosmos USA consists of Assured Space Access of Arlington, Virginia and Russia's Polyot Experimental Design Bureau in Omsk.
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.
