22 April 2020
SpaceX seeks permission to lower the orbit of all its first-gen Starlink satellites
... request by authorising the reposition of the fleet’s first 1,584 satellites from 1,150 kilometres to 550 kilometres above Earth in planes inclined 53 degrees to the equator. This “modest adjustment” states SpaceX in the their current FCC application...
15 July 2020
Comet Neowise puts on a spectacular show
... will have to see the comet streaking through the skies. Neowise will make its closest approach to Earth on the evening of 23 July, when it will be passing us at a distance of 0.69 AU (103 million km). In terms of passing comets that is close but...
22 December 2021
Scientists present the first-ever analysis of samples retrieved from Ryugu
... years ago. Their results show that the near-Earth object is a pristine, very dark and very porous... samples appear to be among the most primordial materials available here on Earth for study. Just over a year ago, samples collected by Hayabusa2 ...
17 December 2021
First commercial lunar distance communications network validated in space
..., MEO and LEO satellite fleet operators, broadcasters, as well as a wide diversity of enterprises seeking to grow their businesses on Earth and in cis-lunar and deep space. Customers include SES, Intelsat, Eutelsat and Inmarsat, as well as space...
May 2018
Delivering farming solutions with satellite-powered data analytics
..., evaluate needs, and create sustainable development policies and programs in the best interest of their populations. Earth observation data today provides a solid foundation with decades of datasets to be exploited for value creation in applications...
30 May 2017
Plans for Europe's first commercial video satellite constellation
.... Until now extracting value from EO data has been the preserve of governments and some larger corporations. Earth-i is now at the forefront of an era known as NewSpace, driven by commercial organisations that want to improve investment and trading...
