Intelsat has ordered a small communications satellite for regional use in the geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) arc. The satellite operator placed a construction order with 3D printing specialist Swissto12 for Intelsat 45 (IS-45), a small satellite, to be based on the...
Rocket Lab successfully launched an Electron KS rocket from Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand, at 1727 GMT on 04 November 2022. The Electron was carrying MATS, a Swedish research satellite, studying waves in Earth’s atmosphere. The flight was dubbed “Catch me if you...
“Stealth” as a concept has been around since the late 1970s when the US military realised that via the use of certain shapes and radar absorbent materials, you could cut an aircraft’s radar return by over 90 per cent. This meant that your...
The NASA DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) experimental asteroid collision mission has been declared a major scientific success. This was after telescopes on Earth ascertained that the orbit of the 160-metre-wide asteroid, Dimorphos, had been significantly...
There have long been concerns that the Earth could one day be threatened by the impact of a large object – usually an asteroid – from space. Scientists have mooted various ways of planetary defence ranging from nuclear missile strikes to asteroid deflection...
ArianeGroup unveiled SUSIE, its reusable Smart Upper Stage for Innovative Exploration, on the first day of the International Space Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Paris, France. The new concept design is a combined spacecraft and reusable upper stage, which Ariane...
