Swiss Space System (S3) has announced a plan to build an unmanned rocket plane by 2017 to launch satellites into orbit. “S3 aims to develop, build, certify and operate suborbital space shuttles dedicated to launching small satellites, enabling space access to be made more democratic thanks to an original system with launching costs up to four times less than at present,” [...]
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Spaceport Malaysia Signs MOU with Swiss Space Systems
On March 13, Spaceport Malaysia signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Swiss Space Systems (S3) to host the Payerne-based company’s reusable small satellite launch system. Flight tests are scheduled to begin in 2017. Spaceport Malaysia has plans to build a dedicated hangar for the S3 Airbus carrier ship that will also serve as a payload assembly facility for S3. The [...]
Spaceport Malaysia to be Built in Malacca
Following a May 7 meeting between the Space Tourism Society Malaysia Chapter and the Selangor State Development Corporation, the location of Spaceport Malaysia has been settled: Malacca. The selected site now houses Malacca Space Center and Malacca Airport. The space center comprises a university slated to have a zero gravity laboratory, a space theme park, a spaceresort hotel, a space camp, [...]
