14 November 2017
Space nation launches first satellite into orbit
... mission at the ISS and is placed into a higher orbit. Igor Ashurbeyli, Asgardia's Head of Nation, said: "Asgardia-1 may look... protect Earth from both cosmic and man-made threats. The Orbital ATK Cygnus supply ship was packed with 3.7 tons of cargo...
27 April 2018
First images from ExoMars in its new orbit
... weeks ago. From its lofty position 400 kilometres (km) about the planet’s surface, the orbiter took this spectacular image of a 40 km-long segment of the Korolev Crater topped with ice, as it tested out its ...
April 2025
Catapult to orbit - will David finally defeat Goliath?
... of this kind would be suitable for this kind of application. US start-up Longshot is building a cannon to gradually accelerate a projectile up to orbital launch speeds, with the goal of launching cargo into space. Shown here, the Longshot team with...
17 October 2016
ESA's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbitor positions itself ready for its planned orbit insertion on Wednesday
... however, it was the turn of the TGO to complete an orbit raising manoeuvre, as without the manoeuvre, the spacecraft would, like ...Schiaparelli, crash headlong into Mars. The Trace Gas Orbiter will monitor the UHF transmission from Schiaparelli as ...
19 October 2016
Success for TGO orbit insertion and its looking good for Schiaparelli too
...’s ExoMars 2016 mission as the eagerly awaited signal confirming that the TGO had successfully entered Mars’s orbit was received by mission control. News on Schiaparelli is also looking good, however it will be a couple of hours before complete...
11 June 2018
Aerospace company Orbital ATK bought by Northrop Grumman
... basis under specified circumstances.” Although Norman Grumman has a long history in producing spacecraft, before its purchase of Orbital ATK the company was not seen as a leading player in the launch industry. The acquisition is therefore seen...
