April 2025
South Korea’s rising rocket star
... will ‘test in anger’ the 2.6 m tall carbon composite fairing with a payload inside. The payloads for this inaugural launch from Alcantara will include satellites from Brazilian customers including the Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA...
30 December 2016
NEOWISE spots two new objects heading our way
... Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission, has helped to discover more than 34,000 asteroids since its first inauguration. If 2016 WF9 turns out to be a comet, it would be the 10th discovered since NEOWISE was brought out of hibernation...
20 January 2017
Winners and potential losers of the Obama and Trump administrations
... to space-related activities and what is on the agenda for Trump’s new Administration? In the weeks leading up to todays inauguration President Obama directed all of his Cabinet-level appointees to prepare "exit memos" on progress made during his...
04 October 2017
First ever Stratollite launch from Spaceport Tucson
World View launched its first Stratollite balloon from Spaceport Tucson this week, as the dedicated global hub for commerce and science in the stratosphere formally opened its doors to business. “The FAA recently provided a Certificate of ...
27 November 2017
ASTROSCALE and SSTL join forces to get rid of space debris
... projects and as a first step, ASTROSCALE has contracted SSTL to supply a “Target” satellite and avionics for its inaugural End-of-Life Service, which will simulate capture of orbital debris and is designed to validate key technologies for...
08 December 2017
Second test launch window for trailblazing Electron rocket
... operated orbital launch site globally. The test launch, titled ‘Still Testing’, follows on from the successful inaugural Electron test carried out earlier this year in May, which at the time made history as the first...
