April 2025
A bun in the (space) oven - Reasons not to get pregnant while going around Earth at 7.8 kilometres per second
..., these are the structures in a cell that give the cell its shape, kind of like the wooden beams in the walls that hold up a house. Experiments involving creatures like tadpoles, salamanders, geckos, newts, quail (eggs...
April 2025
Space sustainability and the role of space situational awareness
... for any purpose. Laser ranging faces governmental restrictions and also requires a surface that reflects the beam back down to Earth. Space-based sensors struggle with getting the data down in a timely manner. However...
10 March 2015
ARTES and the world of satcoms
... the advanced geomobile L-band payload, allowing unprecedented flexible allocation of capacity through digital channellisation and beam-forming. It is a major step in payload operational capability. The Alphasat Digital Integrated Processor providing...
14 July 2015
Gazing on Pluto’s “heart” with NASA: from Clyde Tombaugh’s ashes to planetary terrain analysis on New Horizons’ historic flyby
... of romance (and an excuse for countless internet memes) was added to the proceedings when one of the images beamed back by New Horizons revealed Pluto to feature a “heart” – like an “I love you” to the long-dead man who...
19 April 2016
Gravitational waves poised to be pinpointed by gamma ray burst
... source for the two events. Analysis of the gamma rays suggest just a 0.2 percent chance that these beams of intense radiation are a simple random coincidence with the GW150914 event. If it is established that the bursts originated...
16 June 2016
SpaceX Successfully Launches All-Electric Satellites; Loses First Stage in Landing Attempt
... B will be operated from 117 degrees west longitude. Its 48 Ku-band transponders will be distributed over four regional beams covering the southern United States and Mexico, the Andean region, Central America, the Caribbean and...
