23 November 2016
Massive ice deposits found under the surface of Mars
.... "It's important to expand what we know about the distribution and quantity of Martian water," said Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Deputy Project Scientist Leslie Tamppari, of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California. "We know early Mars...
12 November 2018
"Its Business Time" for Rocket Lab's first commercial flight
... of Bavaria, will test the ability to passively deorbit inactive, small satellites using atmospheric drag. The Electron orbital launch vehicle had its inaugural test flight in May 2017, followed by an equally successful demonstration mission entitled...
31 October 2016
Swarm constellation helps figure out why satellites lose their GPS signal
... scientists now know why GPS navigation systems on low-orbiting satellites sometimes black out when they fly over the equator ...positioning system so that operators keep them in the correct orbits. Not only that but the GPS also pinpoints where the...
26 September 2017
First Asian company partners with Blue Origin
...future launch of a geostationary satellite aboard the New Glenn orbital rocket. The launch is set to happen early in the next decade... term plan, the company will launch its own geostationary orbit satellite in 2021. It also has ambitions to become ...
27 April 2018
Another milestone for the SPACE DRONE™ spacecraft
... into space by U.S based International Launch Services (ILS), but once there, the drone needs to reach a geostationary orbit in order to service ageing satellites. To do this, the SPACE DRONE will employ four of ArianeGroup’s Arclight Radio Frequency...
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...
