August 2016
Fireflies and saucers
During his first orbital flight on the Mercury-6 spacecraft, astronaut John Glenn noticed a strange phenomenon. The spacecraft was in orbit and, when the Sun came up, he reported with great excitement that he was surrounded by thousands of small ...
October 2018
Radiation study paves way for safe deep space exploration
...development support coming from the Space Florida-Israel Innovation Partnership programme. The AstroRad equipment follows...a proxy to assess AstroRad protection factors for SPE. The Israel Space Agency (ISA) is supporting MARE by providing the AstroRad...
June 2022
Military space – how worried should we be?
... European countries outside the ESA framework (France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Britain); one country largely military (Israel); and countries or groups of countries with dual-use systems, typically navigation. It is not a static picture, with some...
28 January 2016
Historic Intelsat Satellite Launch Successful
...29e as a solo passenger. Arianespace Chief Executive Stephane Israel said before the launch that the flight was the...since 2002. “It’s a good sign for the rest of the year,” Israel said. Intelsat 29e carries 20 C-band transponders and, when measured in...
March 2015
Russia and safe space initiatives
... Committee (Disarmament and International Security), being approved by 126 votes in favour to 4 against (the United States, Israel, Georgia and Ukraine), and adopted at a plenary meeting of the 69th session of the UN General Assembly on 2 December...
April 2017
Sky-fi dawn of the space internet era
... and launch costs. Platforms at different altitudes. Voice of youth During the annual Space Generation Congress (SGC) in Israel in 2015 - organised by the UN-established SGAC every year for students and young professionals between age of 18 and...
