19 October 2018
Countdown begins for the launch of BepiColombo
...Sun that acts like a giant magnet pulling the small spacecraft towards it. Nonetheless, this has not put off ... turns, in 12-hour shifts, we have been practising the spacecraft’s various launch and early mission processes and manoeuvres in real-time...
31 July 2019
GLEE mission aims to send 500 LunaSats to the Moon
... requisite if humanity wants to establish more permanent settlements on our nearest celestial neighbour. “We’ve been developing these small spacecraft for over a decade,” said Mason Peck, the creator behind the LunaSat machines. “They have flown...
22 November 2021
NASA's asteroid impact mission due to launch Wednesday
... also be on hand to measure the effects of the impact on the asteroid system. Joining DART on its mission will be a small spacecraft known as the LICIACube (Light Italian CubeSat for Imaging of Asteroids). Contributed by the Italian Space Agency (ASI...
January 2020
Satellite-based IoT - the race is on
... researcher at NASA Ames research centre where he was involved in projects related to liquid mono-propulsion systems for small spacecraft as well as station keeping and de-orbit systems for the eventual recovery of payloads. Vytenis acquired a BSc...
April 2025
Spacecraft anomalies and insurance losses
... which cause space insurance losses. Although some small spacecraft can be insured without the knowledge of the... individually or as an indivisible pair were responsible for most spacecraft anomalies. They are both controllable to some extent, so...
08 February 2019
Mars MarCO CubeSats go quiet
... of these systems were provided by commercial vendors, making it easier for other CubeSats to use them as well. More small spacecraft are on the way. NASA is set to launch a variety of new CubeSats in coming years. "There's big potential in these...
