25 January 2019
OneWeb targets mid-February for launch of first satellites
... delivery of the first satellites for its mega constellation to the French Guiana launch site. An Arianespace-operated Soyuz rocket will be launching the 150 kg satellites directly to their 1,200 km LEO (low Earth orbit) operating orbit. It was...
July 2020
Lego’s replica space programme
... impress them with one’s knowledge of structural engineering, rocket propellants and (geek alert!) the fact that the Saturn...(at the time of writing). These include an idea for a Soyuz rocket set (which had 437 supporters); Delta II launch vehicle (249...
01 March 2019
Crew Dragon gets ready for first liftoff
... is comfortable enough however with flying it to the ISS uncrewed. NASA has become reliant on buying seats on Russian Soyuz rockets to send its astronauts to the ISS after it ended its space-shuttle program in 2011. Accordingly, this is an absolutely...
19 March 2021
World's first commercial space debris removal demo set for launch
... earth orbit (LEO). This ground-breaking mission will launch Saturday, 20 March from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on a Soyuz rocket operated by GK Launch Services and will be operated from the UK at the Satellite Applications Catapult at Harwell Campus...
August 2021
Collision avoidance – time for agreement on space sustainability
... and sustainable fashion. Adherence to the principles articulated within these guidelines would be a good place to start. A Soyuz rocket, with 36 OneWeb satellites aboard, launched from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in March 2021, taking its in-orbit...
August 2021
AI in space – a legal perspective
... state’. Pictured here, Arianespace launches a new reconnaissance satellite for the French military atop a Russian-built Soyuz rocket from the French and European spaceport, the Guiana Space Centre in December 2020. AI revolution in space Space...
