15 April 2020
Successful test clears the way for Virgin Orbit's first-ever launch
... fired into space where it can deliver up to 330 kilograms (660 pounds) of payload into a variety of destinations in low-Earth orbit. On a real flight, LauncherOne is released during the pull-up manoeuvre, but Sunday’s demonstration was about the...
27 February 2019
Goonhilly partners with the Australian Space Agency to drive new opportunities worldwide
Satellite communications innovator and space gateway Goonhilly Earth Station based in the UK has announced that it has inked a partnership agreement with the Australian Space Agency to ...
05 March 2019
New British spaceflight company set for launch
Black Arrow Space Technologies is a new British company developing spaceflight technologies designed to launch satellites into Low Earth Orbit from the UK. The difference with their approach is in the unique launch system Black Arrow are ...
25 September 2019
Spacebit announces agreement to land first UK commercial payload on Moon
... Tanasyuk. The company is also in partnership with Goonhilly Earth Station; a large radiocommunication site located on the Lizard...England. At one time, Goonhilly was the largest satellite earth station in the world, with more than 25 communications ...
20 November 2020
The iconic Arecibo Observatory to be demolished due to safety concerns
...has been used by many astronomical disciplines to boost discoveries, including research into brown dwarfs, locating near-Earth objects (NEOs) understanding pulsars and helping to refine fundamental theories of gravity . Most notable was its discovery...
20 November 2018
Goonhilly joins consortium to drive Australia’s space sector
... space industry into a leadership position in several areas including intelligent satellite systems, advanced communications, and earth observation driven data analytics. The research consortium aims to co-develop intellectual property and specialist...
