...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...
...space weapon”, according to a US Space Command Statement. In February, the Space Command observers spotted the Russian satellites following a US spy satellite, behaviour that Space Command Gen. John ‘Jay’ Raymond described at the time as "unusual and...
... efficiently and cost effectively. "With our automated production lines, Raytheon can produce highly reliable, small satellites quickly and affordably," said Dr. Thomas Bussing, Raytheon Advanced Missile Systems vice president. "Because our advanced...
... 1 tonne, which is an order of magnitude bigger than any other satellite they have built in the past, the design marks a shift from ... take command and optimise capacity use autonomously.” The satellite will soon travel from SSTL Guildford to join the ...
... EDRS-A which transmits on a daily basis the images of Earth acquired by the Copernicus programme’s four Sentinel observation satellites. Since it entered service in late 2016, it has achieved more than 20,000 laser connections. The reliability rate...
... 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...