29 August 2018
New national launch record for China
... in a calendar year as the country ramps up its aerospace activities. The Beidou system is China’s equivalent to Europe’s Galileo constellation and the US GPS precision timing and navigation system and it plans to have 35 active satellites in orbit...
05 November 2018
First global thermal map of Europa reveals curious cold spot
... or any unusual visible morphological or albedo features.” Due to its location, the anomaly was not picked up by the Galileo spacecraft which provided the bulk of current data on Europa, therefore a further analysis of this region may have...
14 January 2019
New steam-powered asteroid hopper that could run 'forever'
... sun. Radioisotope Heater Units are used frequently by NASA and were critical components aboard probes such as Galileo, the Huygens probes and the two solar powered Mars Exploration Rovers, for keeping the crafts...
21 September 2020
Jupiter could have 600 moons, a new study says
.... Jupiter’s most famous moons are the four Galilean moons that were independently discovered by their namesake Galileo Galilei in 1610; namely, Europa, Ganymede, Io and Callisto. These moons stand out due to their huge size...
15 June 2022
NASA counts on ESA cooperation for lunar exploration
... of which is to create a network of communications and navigation satellites supporting Lunar exploration, just as today we navigate using Galileo and GPS on Earth. ESA and NASA also signed a Framework Agreement for a Strategic Partnership in Earth...
18 December 2024
EU to launch advanced constellation to counter Musk’s Starlink
..., Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite). IRIS² is the European Union's (EU) third flagship space programme, after Galileo and Copernicus, and is designed to address pressing long-term challenges in security, safety and resilience. “By offering...
