... later in 1992, NASA again rescued a stranded satellite in a similar situation. This time insurers insured the... Servicing has the potential to repair malfunctioning satellites, clear retired satellites and debris from geosynchronous orbit, and may...
...was to establish a new way of monitoring the world’s oceans. It was designed to demonstrate the feasibility of global SAR satellite monitoring to collect data on sea-surface movements, wave heights, sea ice features and ocean topography. A compressed...
... rise of the mega-constellations has set a new precedent in orbital congestion, simply as a result of the increased number of satellites. But that is only part of the story: it’s also an issue of regulation and planning which, as Stuart Eves explains...
... Just recently, two major commercial organisations have announced their intention to invest in huge constellations of small satellites (4,000 satellites for Space X and 650 for Virgin Galactic9) to broadcast the Internet to the world. This re-ignites...
... of the fate of two astronauts stranded in space. The reason as to why they’re stranded? A Russian missile strike on a broken satellite has created a cloud of space debris (those pesky Russians again!). The debris detaches Bullock’s character from...
.... Meanwhile, in Washington DC, vice-president Al Gore was taking steps to make his vision for a climate monitoring satellite a reality. The satellite, officially called Triana but nicknamed Goresat, was under development to take real time images from...