Small Rockets, The Rocket Report And Expectations - A Report From Max Polyakov

Max Polyakov has been contributing well to the industry, and this rocket report and industry expectations only prove it right. Know more here.

The blue origin has abolished the launch of the New Shepard rocket since December 2019 due to some potential issues. Though it is planned to launch again, people have already started to show a lack of interest in the New Shepard. After nine months of covid-19 hiatus, India’s space program, ISRO, has planned Polar satellite launch vehicle launches, namely, PSLV-C49 and PSLV-C50, in November. There have been some expectations regarding the new launch among the industry experts. We have discussed in detail about the rocket report in expectations and changes made by the Texas-based company.

Testing And Ready

The German rocket industry Isar Aerospace co-founder Daniel Metzler has said that Europe is in the same position where the US was 15 years ago and believes that the European launch industry is ready for disruption. Isar has grown tremendously this year and targets a launch in 2022 for its rocket, Spectrum, with the price point of 10,000 euros per kg.

Firefly Aerospace, a rocket-based company in Texas founded by Max Polyakov, has also tested the first stage of its alpha rocket flight, which is described as a prominent role in their first flight journey. Max Polyakov, who saved his company from bankruptcy, was also surrounded by controversy in the industry over a business portfolio. However, a feature by Bloomberg Businessweek cleared the air by providing insight on Max Polyakov interest in space.

It was also reported that an Australia based small –satellite launch firm named Southern Launch announced the completion of two polar suborbital launches on a Netherland based designed two-stage rocket. They hope to develop their orbital rockets shortly.

Medium Rockets

OneWeb has planned to launch satellites into low earth orbit after coping up with their financial uncertainty. On the other hand, Arianespace has canceled two launches and removed the same as the client for the launch of Ariane 6. It has decided to provide 16 additional launches by the end of 2022.

A new study has shed some light on China’s usage of soft power and diplomacy as weapons that could undermine the US. On the other hand, China sees the United States’ commercial space industry as their primary advantage and feels that their SpaceX is a perfect model that they should emulate.

Also, the Russian Soyuz-ST rocket with UAE’s Falcon eye two satellites has been delayed yet again. The team gave no explanations for the same.

Heavy Rockets

SpaceX has finally managed to burst a test tank named SN 7.1 for its starship project, which was failed on purpose. They have not revealed the pressure it could work before the failure. Now they are focusing on the preparation of SN 8.

The weather looks favorable for the united launch alliance delta IV massive mission. They attempt to mark the launch of their three-core rocket’s third launch. There previous two laws failed due to technical issues.

Conclusion

NASA has opened its door for the media to the first test-firing of their core stage of the space launch system, which will be a crucial moment for them and the core stage prime contractor. If conducted successfully, it will be in Florida for launch in 2021.