January 2020
Commercialising space exploration and development
... up from Earth. Instead, most of them will be 90 percent manufactured on ‘outposts’; the software will be uploaded and you’ll do satellite deployment on demand from orbiting platforms, not from launch vehicles. You’ll use the launch vehicles to send...
31 March 2016
JAXA Director of ISC Says Hitomi Recovery May Be Possible
... and was in the middle of a three-month testing and instrument calibration period, when contact with the satellite was lost on March 26. According to Fujimoto, “During its initial operation it was working perfectly.” Hitomi’s problems, he said...
03 August 2016
Aladin gets ready for Aeolus
... of space technology ever developed, that has been years in the making, is at last ready to join its host satellite for launch by the end of next year. Aladin, is a state-of-the-art wind lidar that will fire...
06 March 2017
Virgin Galactic announces its new space venture - Virgin Orbit
... announcement, Whitesides said, “Virgin Orbit will lead the world in responsive, affordable, dedicated launch for small satellites. Our new organizational structure positions each Virgin space company to achieve its full potential while remaining...
