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April 12, 2019

Airborne 04.12.19: Continental Powers DA50, USPA Safety, Hoover Scholarship

Also: Sun 'N Fun Rebrands, G650ER Speed Record, USAF Test Pilot School, College Volunteers For AirVenture

Continental Aerospace Technologies with be powering Diamond Aircraft’s DA50 with their 300 hp, Jet-A fueled CD-300 engine. The CD-300, certified in December 2017, is a Jet-A fueled piston engine, producing 300 HP, at 9.2 US Gallons per hour, and 2300 RPM. "Matching the CD-300 Jet-A engine with the new DA50 aircraft by Diamond Aircraft Industries is a rekindling of the relationship that created the original successful Jet-A piston powered aircraft." said Rhett Ross, President and CEO, Continental Aerospace Technologies. The United States Parachute Association (USPA) reports that in 2018, 13 people died during skydives in the U.S. This is the lowest annual fata

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Virgin Orbit And EXOLAUNCH Sign Agreement

Will Deliver Small Satellites Into Low Earth Orbit Via LauncherOne

EXOLAUNCH, a Germany-based launch services provider and cluster integrator for small satellites, and Virgin Orbit, a California-based launch vehicle provider for small satellites, have announced the signing of an MOU for transporting EXOLAUNCH customers’ payloads on dedicated and rideshare missions with Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne as early as 2020.

Maxar And NASA On Track To Make History As First-Ever To Refuel Satellite In Low Earth Orbit

Maxar Technologies has announced that the spacecraft bus it is building for NASA's Restore-L project to refuel a satellite in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) has completed an important review process called the Critical Design Review (CDR). With the CDR complete, the spacecraft bus is on track to ship to NASA in 2020 for integration with the robotic payload and a forecasted launch in 2022.

Enables Nasa To Send Astronauts To And From Low-Earth Orbit Destinations, Including The ISS

Collins Aerospace Systems, is playing a crucial role in making commercial human spaceflight possible on the Boeing Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 Starliner by providing major components of the Environmental Control and Life Support Subsystem (ECLSS). The ECLSS initially will be part of a Starliner flight test without a crew. Following the successful completion of the flight test, the first crewed flight is targeted for 2019.

Overall Winners To Be Announced In Early May

History-making rockets have been developed for nearly six decades at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, and on April 6, 45 student teams from 20 states created their own history at the 2018-2019 Student Launch competition.