15 January 2018
Earth-i launches first-of-a-kind satellite
... able to provide both video and still images. Designated CARBONITE-2 by the manufacturers of the satellite, Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL), the prototype satellite was launched on the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle operated by the Indian...
11 May 2018
Revolutionary X-Ray navigation system to be used on CubeSat mission
...beyond. Before that though, scientists want to use the technology on a CubeSat mission to characterise the composition of ...is called the Station Explorer for X-ray Timing and Navigation Technology, or SEXTANT, for short, works in a similar principle...
29 August 2018
New national launch record for China
... reported by the authorities. However, China are not planning on stopping there. The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), the main contractor for the space program, is aiming to carry out a further 12 launches before...
08 February 2019
New Orbex rocket revealed
.... Orbex chief executive Chris Larmour stresses that rocketry is no longer the experimental science it once was. Advances in technology have meant that it is now a matter of applying knowledge and expertise that already exists, rather than pushing...
15 February 2019
RemoveDEBRIS successfully harpoons target in space
... miles per hour as they whizz around our planet. “This mission is a powerful example of the UK's expertise in space technology and that by working together our world-class universities and innovative companies can hugely contribute to the...
08 May 2019
Tests start on first design of 'wafer scale' spacecraft
...,” added Rupert. This slim, round disk, no bigger than a flattened muffin case, is being developed to use photonic technologies, I.e lasers, to propel it through space at relativistic speeds – a similar concept that has been proposed for the light...
