February 2022
A manifesto for Europe in space
... of water. It drove Europeans to discover the antibiotic penicillin and save millions of lives; to discover the theory of general relativity; to send the first space probe to perform a detailed study of a comet, dispatch a lander to its surface and...
October 2023
Space architecture on Earth
..., are well known, even considered tourist attractions, while others such as the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia are relatively unknown and Kapustin Yar, in Russia, is officially secret. Some, such as the Baikonur Cosmodrome were secret but...
October 2023
The impact of weather on Ka-band frequencies
In a relatively short space of time, ever-present connectivity has become an essential requirement for modern society. Individuals, businesses ...
19 November 2015
Einstein's theory to be tested by Galileo satellites
... in August 2014 into incorrect orbits, will now be used in a year-long test of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. The satellites are currently able to continuously operate their navigation payloads after a set of manoeuvres was performed by ...
03 January 2019
Chinese goddess lands on far side of the Moon
... on the far side of the Moon in the latest achievement for the country’s growing space programme. The relatively unexplored lunar far side faces away from Earth and is therefore sometimes referred to as the ‘dark side...
November 2025
Extra-terrestrial Skyring: managing space debris with an artificial planetary ring
... collision time, based on the number of objects in the orbit. Figure 1. Calculations for the collision time assuming 1 m/s relative velocity and 10 m2 cross sectional area per object aggregated around 24 discrete node point. As a result, the main...
