March 2017
Twinkle - a mission to unravel the story of planets in our galaxy
...is based on a 1 metre-class telescope and a spectrometer covering the mid infrared (from 1.2 to 7.8 micrometres), in addition to photometric bands in the visible and near-infrared that will allow it to monitor the stellar activity, measure the albedo...
August 2018
Measuring the pulse of Mars
...ground motion can be monitored: an ultra-sensitive ‘very broad band’ (VBB) instrument encased in a vacuum container and a short-...with a special radio antenna that provides both UHF and X-band functions. This critical EDL period is also known as ...
19 December 2018
Saturn's iconic rings are dying fast say scientists
...features of the Solar System, but unfortunately these ice-strewn bands that make this planet so distinguishable are in trouble, ...alarming depletion of the ring material means the entire beautiful banded system will be gone in 300 million years said O'...
16 September 2019
First European satellite with AI set for launch
...783 lb), produces 11 images across 11 different wavelength bands for example. NASA’s Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer...a hyperspectral sensor and it collects data in 224 contiguous bands. While this makes for a much more detailed image ...
31 July 2020
Amazon's Kuiper mega constellation gets FCC approval
... earlier application processing rounds so that it could be on an equal footing with other constellation operators vying to operate in similar Ka-band frequencies, however the FCC said it was not willing to waiver the set deadline it had imposed and...
13 February 2024
Thales Alenia Space to provide comms for planetary defence mission
... valuable information about their composition, shapes, rotational states and orbits. Thales Alenia Space will provide S-band Transponder, K-band Modulator and K-band Travelling Wave Tube Amplifier (TWTA) equipment for the NEO Surveyor spacecraft. The...
