13 March 2018
mu Space confirms satellite mission aboard New Glenn
...launch a geostationary satellite aboard Blue Origin’s New Glenn orbital rocket. The launch window starts in late 2020....first satellite. They will be our first GTO (geostationary transfer orbit) satellite aboard New Glenn,” says Bob Smith, Blue Origin...
December 2017
Dressing up for space
...on the go. On the catwalk for ESA’s Couture in Orbit project. Each item has a different function determined by various...sector too, as the NewSpace economy takes hold. While fashion in orbit may be perceived as an extreme example, it is reassuring to ...
10 March 2017
New interplanetary radar technique spots "lost" lunar spacecraft
... paramount importance for any future mission. However searching for derelict spacecraft and space debris in a lunar orbit, at least with optical telescopes, is challenging due to its bright glare. Now, a new technological application is set to change...
05 April 2017
The final journey for EUMETSAT’s oldest operational meteorological satellite
...will undergo a series of “burn manoeuvres" every half an orbit, to increase its altitude in stages as it is pushed out...It is estimated that the number of satellites in the graveyard orbit is possibly already in the hundreds and this will only increase...
18 October 2017
Europe’s first all-electric telecom satellite breaks record
... of the satellite showed that the electric thrusters smoothly and efficiently propelled the satellite to the targeted orbit, while consuming almost six times less propellant than a similar satellite using chemical propulsion. “Electric propulsion...
15 April 2018
TESS, NASA's planet-finding mission launches today!
... view of the cosmos, while helping to keep radiation impact to a minimum. To boldly go where no observatory has gone before (in orbit), TESS will be hitching a lift on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and so far, the run up to the launch has been...
