by David Todd | Feb 5, 2013 | Science, Technology
A Near Earth Object (NEO) asteroid 2012 DA14 is due to make a very close pass of Earth on 15 February as it flies well within the Geostationary Orbital altitude of 36,000km at circa 1800-2200 GMT. Observers in Europe wanting to view the object should see it moving...
by David Todd | Jan 28, 2013 | Science
After an open competition, the UK-based small satellite manufacturing arm of EADS, Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) has been awarded a contract to build 12 satellites for the Formosat-7/Cosmic 2 global wealther forcasting...
by David Todd | Jan 25, 2013 | commercial launch services, ESA, Russia, Science, Seradata News
After Flightglobal’s Hyperbola revelation that the Breeze M (Briz M) upper stage had not peformed a planned post-satellite delivery final orbit-lowering/propellant depletion manoeuvre during the latest Rockot launch, Eurorockot, the firm that markets...
by David Todd | Jan 22, 2013 | Science
Following the failure of Reaction Wheel No 2 (out of four available) in July 2012, NASA’s Kepler “planet finder” spacecraft has been suspended from normal operations after another reaction wheel began showing signs of increased friction during...
by David Todd | Jan 22, 2013 | History, Science
While she is famous for her Moon-face and her inscrutable smile, Leanardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa has now travelled 240,000 miles to the Moon itself, or rather to lunar orbit at the speed of light via a laser. The Mona Lisa image was sent in black and white in...
by David Todd | Jan 16, 2013 | International Space Station, Science, Seradata News, Space Shuttle, space station
Former Canadian space shuttle astronaut Steve Maclean has given notice has resigned from his position as President of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and will leave on 1st February to join a Physics research company. Maclean has held his...
