15 January 2018
Earth-i launches first-of-a-kind satellite
...services company based in the UK, has confirmed that its first-of-a-kind, pre-production prototype satellite of its upcoming Vivid-i satellite constellation was successfully launched on Friday. The new commercial constellation boosts that it will not...
22 January 2018
Quantum-enabled satellite passes key tests
... to a minimum despite the distances involved. Last year, China successfully launched the world's first quantum-enabled satellite called Micius. Named after the ancient Chinese philosopher and scientist, and orbiting at an altitude of ~500 km, Micius...
07 December 2018
Misplaced satellites provide highest accuracy yet of Einstein's theory
... not where they were supposed to be. Launched back in 2014, a malfunctioning Soyuz upper stage rocket stranded the satellites in orbits that were too elliptical to be used for their intended purpose - navigation. Despite an attempt by ESA flight...
28 March 2019
India carries out first-ever anti-satellite weapon test
... of debris; hundreds of which will remain floating around in orbit for decades to come. In 2008, the US shot down a satellite at a lower altitude of 240 kilometres, but due to the decreased distance it produced minimal debris that decayed out...
05 August 2019
Weaponised satellites to be part of new space force says France
... capacity by 2030. It will be staffed by 220 personnel from the French Air Forces' Joint Space Command, the Satellite Observation Military Center (CMOS) and the Operational Center for Military Surveillance of Space Objects (COSMOS). Operations...
04 September 2019
A near miss as ESA and SpaceX satellites nearly collide
...of the spacecrafts. Last week, ESA got news that a satellite from SpaceX’s Starlink constellation was starting to edge its way ...of thruster burns to position itself away from the Starlink satellite. About half an hour later Aeolus contacted home, thus...
