05 September 2016
Surprises for Jupiter as Juno sends back its first images
... in respect to Jupiter's south pole, the gas giant’s southern aurora can hardly be seen, therefore Juno's unique polar orbit gives scientists the first opportunity to observe this region in detail. "JIRAM is getting under Jupiter's skin, giving...
October 2017
Colouring our view of the oceans
... this information on a free and open basis in an integrated marine data stream incorporating data from its own polar-orbiting Metop satellites and geostationary Meteosat spacecraft, the joint European-US Jason satellite altimetry missions and data...
05 March 2020
50th Anniversary of Black Arrow's first successful rocket launch
... propulsion system to the innovative Black Arrow, into space from Scotland. Their plan is to launch smallsats into polar orbit. Last month, the company completed a week of test of its 3D-printed 3.5kN LEO engine, which will be used...
October 2017
Can Australia’s space industry overcome years of political setback?
... satellite, and the third country to launch a satellite into orbit from its own territory. During the 1970s, the OSCAR-5 satellite...control and the surf report. Australia needs its own polar orbiting satellites. A space agency serves several roles. It ...
29 November 2021
Skyroot successfully test fires India's first privately developed cryogenic rocket engine
...-1 can carry a payload of up to 225 kilogrammes to a 500 kilometre sun synchronous polar orbit (SSPO), or 315 kilogrammes to 45 degree inclination 500 kilometre low Earth orbit (LEO). The largest rocket, Vikram-3 can transport 580 kilograms to SSPO...
May 2017
Will international space law struggle to remain relevant?
...on the military consequences, the additional pieces of space debris caused by the destruction of the Fengyun FY-1C polar orbit satellite at such a strategically important altitude raised significant concerns. Computer graphic depicting a future solar...
