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Archive for March 14th, 2017

Zero 2 Infinity launches rocket from balloon

March 14th, 2017 by

Zero 2 Infinity, a company specialised in Space transportation systems based in Barcelona, Spain, said it successfully launched its first rocket from a balloon on 1 March.

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Delay of the day I: Falcon 9/EchoStar 23

March 14th, 2017 by

SpaceX has postponed the launch of EchoStar 23 aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center, scheduled for 14 March (UTC), owing to high winds.

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Delay of the day II: H-IIA/IGS Radar 5

March 14th, 2017 by

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has delayed the launch of an H-IIA rocket with the Information Gathering Satellite (IGS) Radar 5 reconnaissance satellite from Tanegashima Space Center.

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UrtheCast receives C$17.6 million of state funding

March 14th, 2017 by

UrtheCast Corp. announced that it will receive approximately C$17.6 million in funding from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s Industrial Technologies Office as part of its Strategic Aerospace & Defense Initiative (SADI) programme.

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