Copter-plane flies through tests
Goldeneye could eventually be a more manoeuvrable type of uncrewed automated vehicle (UAV) (Image: Aurora Flight Science)
Goldeneye could eventually be a more manoeuvrable type of uncrewed automated vehicle (UAV) (Image: Aurora Flight Science)
On 4 December 2018, Ariane 5 flight VA246 lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana and delivered two satellites, GSAT-11 and Geo-Kompsat-2A, into their planned orbits.
The world's first privately built spacecraft is scheduled to leave Earth on June 21 and -- if successful -- usher in a new era of spaceflight for private enterprise.