Space logistics in 2016 saw commercial providers truly come into their own, shipping vital supplies to the International Space Station and then returning essential scientific products as well as key station equipment that needed repair or assessment to Earth-bound operations. Not only did the supply chain get closed through this renewed ability to launch and retrieve cargo, SpaceX achieved multiple recoveries of core launch transportation system components--first stages--from transits both to low Earth orbit and geosynchronous Earth orbit demonstrating a marked advancement toward reliable, lower-cost transportation both to orbit and, potentially, into interplanetary transits.


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    Title :

    Space logistics providers find their way


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2016



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English



    Classification :

    Local classification TIB:    770/7040
    BKL:    55.88 Luftverkehr, Raumfahrt / 55.88