Two UK-built nanosatellites no heavier than a piece of cabin luggage will be launched into orbit this month to track global ship movements thanks to £6 million government grant A UK Space Agency £6 million grant helped fund the nanosatellite development Two sets nanosatellites will be launched into orbit by Scottish-form Spire Global The first … Read more
SpaceX’s Starlink satellite constellation grew a little larger Thursday morning, as the firm added 60 more devices to the network. The Falcon 9 rocket took off at 8:46am ET from Launch Complex 39-A at Kennedy Space Center carrying the new batch of broadband satellites. The mission was originally set for Sunday, but was unable to … Read more
Liftoff! SpaceX successfully launches US Space Force GPS satellite into orbit aboard its Falcon 9 rocket SpaceX launched a GPS satellite for US Space Force aboard the Falcon 9 rocket The launch took off at 4:10pm ET at Kennedy Space Center in Florida This is Falcon 9’s 11th launch this year, but this time it … Read more
There are an estimated 170 million pieces of so-called ‘space junk’ – left behind after missions that can be as big as spent rocket stages or as small as paint flakes – in orbit alongside some US$700 billion (£555bn) of space infrastructure. But only 22,000 are tracked, and with the fragments able to travel at … Read more
Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit has failed on its first attempt to launch a rocket attached to the wing of a Boeing 747 due to an ‘anomaly’. The company confirmed Monday that the rocket’s debut flight over the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California was unsuccessful. The inaugural launch had appeared to be going well … Read more
Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit is forced to delay historic first test flight of satellite launch craft due to equipment failure LauncherOne’s takeoff, used to deliver small satellites into orbit, was delayed The team tweeted that they delayed the launch because a sensor was acting up It would have been the first time this type of … Read more
Russian rocket disintegrates in Earth’s orbit leaving behind 65 pieces of dangerous space debris that could damage other satellites The upper stage of a Russian rocket broke apart over the Indian ocean on May 8 The rocket was used to launch the Spektr-R radio telescope into orbit in 2011 Fregat-SB is a type of space … Read more
Virgin Orbit said it will start making breathing devices to help treat people afflicted with novel coronavirus Virgin Orbit will begin making breathing devices to treat coronavirus The devices will automate ambulatory bags to deliver oxygen to patients They could be an alternative to ventilators and free them up for the critically ill Virgin Orbit … Read more
Elon Musk is set launch at least 12,000 Starlink satellites into low-orbit to blanket the world with high speed internet, but the plan is causing quite the stir among astronomers and stargazers – the devices are blocking their views of the night sky. Now, a group of designers have taken matters into their own hands … Read more