Enlarge / The Falcon Heavy rocket is the most recent heavy-lift booster to debut, and that was more than three years ago. (credit: Trevor Mahlmann / Ars Technica ) A little more than three years ago, Ars published an article assessing the potential for four large rockets to make their debut in 2020. Spoiler alert: […]
Expand / Technicians lower among those doomed satellites in the Vega’s payload hardware. (charge: Arianespace) An overnight launching of Arianespace’s Vega rocket collapsed after reaching distance, costing France and Spain that an Earth-observing satellite every day. The collapse represents the next in two decades later Vega had built a pristine record on its initial six […]