04 April 2019
TELNET Group and GK Launch Services team up for satellite launch
... for the launch of the first Tunisian Challenge ONE satellite aboard the Russian Soyuz-2.1a integrated with the Fregat upper... the first public in-lab demonstration of the Challenge ONE satellite. An agreement on cooperation in the field of aerospace ...
02 December 2019
Chang'e 4 relay satellite now a radio telescope
... telescope for a novel Dutch/Chinese collaboration. Meaning "magpie bridge" in Chinese, Queqiao, the once communications relay satellite stationed on the far side of the Moon is now the Netherlands-China Low Frequency Explorer (NCLE); a prototype...
March 2015
Satellite technology in newsgathering and disaster coverage
...the advent of additional frequency ranges, and an explosion in audience expectations drove news organisations to invest in their own satellite ground infrastructure. Mobile news vans with uplink dishes became necessities for most medium-to-large news...
March 2015
On-orbit satellite servicing, insurance and lessons of Palapa B2 and Westar 6
... 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...
March 2015
Small is the new big: why micro-satellites require new laws
... 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...
March 2015
Twinkle, twinkle satellite
... 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...
