Rocket Report: "Panic" over Transporter availability; Isar to launch from Canada
Summary
Several new rocket launches are planned soon, including China's Long March 10B and India's Skyroot Vikram-1. Rocket Factory Augsburg in Germany is preparing for a launch in Scotland after a previous test rocket failure. The last Pegasus XL rocket successfully launched a satellite to help save NASA’s Swift satellite.Key Facts
- China’s Long March 10B rocket will launch soon and aims to reuse its first stage by landing on a ship.
- India’s private company Skyroot may launch its first rocket, Vikram-1, as early as Sunday.
- German company Rocket Factory Augsburg plans to launch its RFA One rocket from Scotland on or after August 10.
- Rocket Factory Augsburg’s previous rocket test ended in fire nearly two years ago.
- The Pegasus XL rocket successfully launched the Link satellite to assist NASA’s aging Swift satellite by boosting its orbit.
- The Pegasus rocket launch happened from an aircraft over the equatorial Pacific to reach a low-inclination orbit more efficiently.
- US Space Force invited Impulse Space and Relativity Space to compete for military launch contracts.
- Impulse Space is developing a propulsion stage called Helios, which helps quickly move satellites from low Earth orbit to geostationary orbit.
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