Tag: rocket
UKZN fires up rocket engine aimed at satellite launch vehicles
The University of KwaZulu-Natal's (UKZN’s) Aerospace Systems Research Group (ASReG) has successfully tested a liquid propellant rocket engine as the first step towards developing...
Palestinian rocket fire, Israeli strikes in Gaza run into second day
Palestinians fired uninterrupted barrages of rockets into Israel, as its military pounded Gaza with air strikes through the early hours of Tuesday, in a...
UKZN hybrid rocket achieves record 18 km altitude in Overberg launch
A Phoenix-1B Mk IIr hybrid rocket developed by the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) and launched from the Denel Overberg Test Range in the Western...
RDM and UKZN sign cooperation agreement on rocket propulsion
Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) and the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) have signed a cooperation agreement on rocket propulsion as an early step for a...
Rocket firm Relativity Space inks deal with Iridium for satellite launch
Relativity Space has signed a contract with Iridium to launch six spare satellites for its communications network, the venture-backed rocket firm’s chief executive said,...
Rocket accidently fired by Chadian Air Force at N’Djamena airport, killing...
On 17 April, as the crew of a Chadian Air Force Sukhoi Su-25 (NATO reporting name: Frogfoot) was preparing for a mission from the...
Two dead in Tripoli rocket strike
Two people were killed when a rocket hit a displaced people camp in Libya's capital as fighting between rival armed groups continued...
China launches first rocket designed by a private company
China launched its first privately developed rocket from a launchpad in northwestern China on Thursday, state media said, the latest milestone in...
Rocket attack on Libya airport
Rockets hit Libya's main airport and damaged a plane as it was waiting to take off, a security force said, underscoring fragile...
U.S. slaps sanctions on Iran firms after satellite launch
The United States imposed sanctions on Friday on six subsidiaries of a company key to Iran's ballistic missile programme, citing continued "provocative...
North Korea satellite in stable orbit – U.S. official
A satellite launched by North Korea at the weekend has now stabilized in its orbit around the Earth in a step forward...
North Korean rocket puts object into space
North Korea launched a long-range rocket carrying what it called a satellite, drawing renewed international condemnation just weeks after it carried out...
Israeli strikes kill 3 in Gaza, rockets hit Israel
Violence across the Israeli-Gaza border escalated today with Israeli air strikes killing at least three people and Palestinian militants firing rockets deep...
Marcom developing South African rocket engine
Marcom Aeronautics & Space is developing a rocket engine in support of its Cheetah-1 satellite launch vehicle, a two stage expendable launch...