29 March 2018
Radio Astronomer
..., “marked the birth of a new field – extragalactic radio astronomy”. He also had the “unusual distinction” of being the inaugural director of two new observatories, one at Caltech in the US and another in New South Wales, Australia (the Parkes...
25 April 2018
New Skyrora launch vehicle focused on UK lift-off!
... satellite market by providing low-cost access to space from a UK spaceport, is working hard to finalise plans for an inaugural test of their of sub-orbital launch vehicle. Using technology inspired by Black Arrow – a British satellite carrier rocket...
17 July 2018
Piercing the Horizon: the story of Visionary NASA Chief Tom Paine
...in 1985, at President Reagan’s request, he chaired the first-ever National Commission on Space. This biography of Paine inaugurates the publisher’s new series of ‘Studies in Aeronautics and Astronautics’ which, if nothing else, proves that publishers...
31 July 2019
Satellite-Based Earth Observation: Trends and Challenges for Economy and Society
... industry. The origins of Earth observation through satellites can be traced back to the 1970s with the inauguration of the Landsat programme, which marked the transition from military uses of satellite optical recognition to civil applications...
07 November 2019
SSTL ships target satellite to Tokyo for Astroscale’s ELSA-d mission
... tackles the issue of space junk and therefore I am very pleased that SSTL is involved in Astroscale’s ELSA-d inaugural end-of-life spacecraft retrieval demonstration mission. We are looking forward to following the in-orbit operations of this...
03 February 2020
“Breakthrough” 3D-printed rocket engine tests completed in Fife
... to assemble, ultimately boosting reliability and cost-effectiveness for Skyrora customers. The firm aims to complete the inaugural launch of its Skyrora XL vehicle from a British spaceport by 2022.
