https://spacewatch.global/tag/space-launch-vehicle-slv/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 16 Apr 2020 05:00:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/space-launch-vehicle-slv/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/isar-aerospace-expands-into-next-generation-rocket-production-facilities-near-munich/ Thu, 16 Apr 2020 05:00:38 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21582 European launch vehicle manufacturer Isar Aerospace announced its expansion into new production facilities in Germany’s space valley in Ottobrunn/Taufkirchen near Munich. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/08/australian-singaporean-gilmour-space-technologies-successfully-conducts-eris-rocket-engine-test/ Tue, 21 Aug 2018 05:00:09 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10008 The Australian and Singaporean New Space launch company, Gilmour Space Technologies, conducted its most powerful orbital engine test to date on 16 August 2018 as part of its preparations for a key suborbital test flight in the fourth quarter of this year.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/07/israels-iai-built-optsat-3000-ven%c2%b5s-payloads-received-arianespace-vega-august-1-launch/ Mon, 31 Jul 2017 07:15:37 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=5247 Build-up of the lightweight Vega for Arianespace’s upcoming mission to orbit twin Earth observation satellites is complete in French Guiana, with the OPTSAT-3000 and Venµs spacecraft now integrated with their launch vehicle. During activity on the Spaceport’s space launch vehicle (SLV) launch site, the two passengers – which are integrated in their payload fairing – […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/06/turkeys-first-domestic-satellite-launch-vehicle-way-rocketsan-pioneering-turkish-aerospace-industry/ Mon, 05 Jun 2017 07:00:09 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=4699 Roketsan, one of Turkey’s leading company’s in the aerospace industry, have recently announced their plans going forward with the Turkish Satellite Launch System (SLS) project they signed with the Turkish government in 2013. A Rocketsan press release that came out right before the Turkish International Defence Industry Fair held May 9-12, 2017, revealed the company’s […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/04/turkish-space-launch-ambitions-take-shape-strategy-still-vague/ Wed, 12 Apr 2017 07:00:05 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=3989 This is the second of three reports on Turkey’s space programme. Yesterday’s report looked at the efforts underway to establish a Turkish Space Agency; tomorrow’s report examines Turkey’s military space ambitions. As Turkey finally makes some progress in establishing a Turkish Space Agency and the contours of a national space programme takes shape, attention is increasingly […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/03/iranian-general-claims-us-deterred-launch-space-launch-vehicle/ Wed, 15 Mar 2017 08:00:06 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=3645 In a bizarre statement that will likely be studied for some time by strategic analysts seeking to understand how deterrence works, a senior officer in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) publicly announced that threats from the United States forced Iranian leadership to shelve plans to launch a space launch vehicle (SLV) in the past […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/01/ethiopia-start-work-space-launch-vehicle-domestically-made-satellites/ Fri, 06 Jan 2017 08:00:28 +0000 http://spacewatchme.com/?p=2864 The Ethiopian government announced on 3 January 2017 that it intends to build its own medium-sized space launch vehicle (SLV) and develop the capabilities to domestically build satellites. The Ethiopian Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) said that it will develop a medium-sized SLV that should have its maiden launch within the next three years, […]]]>