13 March 2018
mu Space confirms satellite mission aboard New Glenn
... in late 2020. Commenting on the announcement, mu Space CEO James Yenbamroong says, “mu Space is opening a new era for satellite communications and space technology for Thailand and the Asia-Pacific region.” In 2016, Blue Origin announced...
19 July 2017
Mayak satellite set to shine the brightest
... up the night-sky, the people behind Mayak say that the satellite is not just a gimmick to attract attention to space, but ... has been concerns already that the brightness of the satellite could pose a problem for astronomical observation such as ...
04 April 2019
TELNET Group and GK Launch Services team up for satellite launch
... for the launch of the first Tunisian Challenge ONE satellite aboard the Russian Soyuz-2.1a integrated with the Fregat upper... the first public in-lab demonstration of the Challenge ONE satellite. An agreement on cooperation in the field of aerospace ...
02 December 2019
Chang'e 4 relay satellite now a radio telescope
... telescope for a novel Dutch/Chinese collaboration. Meaning "magpie bridge" in Chinese, Queqiao, the once communications relay satellite stationed on the far side of the Moon is now the Netherlands-China Low Frequency Explorer (NCLE); a prototype...
March 2015
Satellite technology in newsgathering and disaster coverage
...the advent of additional frequency ranges, and an explosion in audience expectations drove news organisations to invest in their own satellite ground infrastructure. Mobile news vans with uplink dishes became necessities for most medium-to-large news...
March 2015
On-orbit satellite servicing, insurance and lessons of Palapa B2 and Westar 6
... later in 1992, NASA again rescued a stranded satellite in a similar situation. This time insurers insured the... Servicing has the potential to repair malfunctioning satellites, clear retired satellites and debris from geosynchronous orbit, and may...
