At 0227 GMT on 30 November 2018, a Russian military launch of three “Rodnik-S” satellites took place aboard a Rockot launch vehicle flying out of Plestetsk. Rodnik class spacecraft are small 225kg “store-forward” communications satellites used...
Having had its space companies barred by the European Commission from working on the EU Galileo navigation system after Brexit, the UK has decided to forge ahead with its own new satellite navigation system. In doing so, it was confirmed by Prime Minister Theresa May...
On 19 November 2018, a SAST-built and operated Long March 2D (CZ-2D) rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan launch site in china. The launch was aiming to place a Shiyan Weixing 6 satellite into a 500km Sun-synchronous low Earth orbit as well as some smaller satellites....
This year’s Rispace – Reinventing Space – conference, which was held in London in November, had a blend of keynote speakers and technical presentations covering everything from satellite servicing to space debris. Unlike the overstuffed International...
While the US firm Raytheon is best known for its missiles’ business – its Sidewinder infra-red “heat-seeking” air-to-air missile being the most famous, its lesser-known space business actually has a 50-year-old history. And it is thriving, as Wallis Laughrey, Vice...
At 2017 GMT on 3 November 2018, a Soyuz 2-1B/Fregat M successfully put the Russian GLONASS M-57 navigation satellite into orbit after launch from its Plesetsk launch site in Northern Russia. The Glonass/Uragan system, like its US equivalent GPS, is actually a...
