28 June 2021
Loft offers unique satellite ‘rideshare’ opportunities
...mark its first launch tomorrow (29 June). San Francisco-based Loft Orbital describes its YAM-2 and YAM-3 satellites - short for Yet ...and the United Arab Emirates Space Agency, plus Loft Orbital’s own instruments with which it will serve multiple ...
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...
June 2015
Ultimate sunbather: NASA and ESA collaborate on Solar Orbiter
... to its very limits. It uses over 80 suppliers of major spacecraft parts from over 20 countries. The crucial Solar Orbiter structural test model is currently undergoing testing at a facility in Germany to ensure that all mechanical and thermal design...
October 2015
Down to Earth: how to deorbit satellites and save money
...safe all forms of stored energy — both propulsive and electrical — in order to avoid possible explosions or break-ups in orbit after the end-of-mission. This passivation procedure is relatively complicated, and can result in substantial cost in terms...
