13 March 2018
mu Space confirms satellite mission aboard New Glenn
...launch a geostationary satellite aboard Blue Origin’s New Glenn orbital rocket. The launch window starts in late 2020....first satellite. They will be our first GTO (geostationary transfer orbit) satellite aboard New Glenn,” says Bob Smith, Blue Origin...
10 March 2017
New interplanetary radar technique spots "lost" lunar spacecraft
... paramount importance for any future mission. However searching for derelict spacecraft and space debris in a lunar orbit, at least with optical telescopes, is challenging due to its bright glare. Now, a new technological application is set to change...
18 October 2017
Europe’s first all-electric telecom satellite breaks record
... of the satellite showed that the electric thrusters smoothly and efficiently propelled the satellite to the targeted orbit, while consuming almost six times less propellant than a similar satellite using chemical propulsion. “Electric propulsion...
15 April 2018
TESS, NASA's planet-finding mission launches today!
... view of the cosmos, while helping to keep radiation impact to a minimum. To boldly go where no observatory has gone before (in orbit), TESS will be hitching a lift on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and so far, the run up to the launch has been...
14 October 2019
First dedicated commercial smallsat mission to Mars unveiled
...seen the incredible utility of small satellites here in Earth Orbit, and we’re thrilled to start providing dedicated launches to deep... Światowid spacecraft, Poland’s first commercial nanosatellite, into orbit last year. These, of course will not be ...
30 October 2019
Questions surround US top-secret spaceplane mission
...that extends from its payload bay doors once the craft is in orbit. But what exactly has it been doing up in space for...be fitted with robotic arms to capture other satellites that are in orbit,” Zhongping said. The US Air Force have yet to reveal any ...
