29 August 2018
New national launch record for China
... in a calendar year as the country ramps up its aerospace activities. The Beidou system is China’s equivalent to Europe’s Galileo constellation and the US GPS precision timing and navigation system and it plans to have 35 active satellites in orbit...
05 November 2018
First global thermal map of Europa reveals curious cold spot
... or any unusual visible morphological or albedo features.” Due to its location, the anomaly was not picked up by the Galileo spacecraft which provided the bulk of current data on Europa, therefore a further analysis of this region may have...
14 January 2019
New steam-powered asteroid hopper that could run 'forever'
... sun. Radioisotope Heater Units are used frequently by NASA and were critical components aboard probes such as Galileo, the Huygens probes and the two solar powered Mars Exploration Rovers, for keeping the crafts...
21 September 2020
Jupiter could have 600 moons, a new study says
.... Jupiter’s most famous moons are the four Galilean moons that were independently discovered by their namesake Galileo Galilei in 1610; namely, Europa, Ganymede, Io and Callisto. These moons stand out due to their huge size...
15 June 2022
NASA counts on ESA cooperation for lunar exploration
... of which is to create a network of communications and navigation satellites supporting Lunar exploration, just as today we navigate using Galileo and GPS on Earth. ESA and NASA also signed a Framework Agreement for a Strategic Partnership in Earth...
03 August 2018
Space activity at Farnborough FIA 2018
... were conscious of how prevailing issues may affect UK satellite manufacturing, in particular what might become of the £9 billion Galileo navigation system that is up for grabs. Currently the EU is blocking UK firms like ADS and SSTL from competing...
