17 November 2022
Study aims to support rocket debris recovery system
... aims to plug a hole in spacecraft reusability by creating bespoke recovery systems and preventing rocket debris ending up in the oceans. Founder and managing director Charles Simpson says the company's goal is to support sustainability across the...
28 May 2025
SpaceX faces renewed scrutiny over Mars ambitions after Starship malfunctions
... 2025 when the upper-stage vehicle lost control and broke up during re-entry over the Indian Ocean.The mission had been launched from the company’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, and marked...
October 2015
Copernicus, ESA’s most ambitious Earth Observation programme
... would take under the influence of Earth’s gravitation and rotation alone. This advanced research in areas of ocean circulation and ocean dynamics, physics of Earth’s interior, geodesy and surveying, and sea-level change. All mission requirements...
09 November 2018
Leftover gas from the Sun's birth created Earth's water
... know it, collected in substantial volumes to make our oceans after countless asteroids rained down on Earth’s surface eons ...I.e how much deuterium there is compared with hydrogen. Oceans originating from comets smashing into Earth was recently ruled ...
July 2014
View from Inmarsat: the search for MH370 and using satellites for safety
...with an active surveillance picture of their airspace, thereby enhancing safety in all FANS-capable airspace – in particular the oceanic environment that constitutes the real challenge for safety tracking of aircraft. Since FANS ADS-C provides active...
February 2023
Remote sensing by satellite - People’s Republic of China
...task was to obtain atmospheric, cloud, land and ocean information at home and abroad, and to collect..., 2018 & 2020] is China’s first satellite for surveying ocean resources (ocean colour and sea surface temperature) and monitoring the environment. The...
