Kim Campbell, the former Canadian Prime Minister, has moaned about the double standards involving male and female presenters on television. In doing so via a Tweet, she used the danger word “gravitas”. “I am struck by how many women on television news wear sleeveless...
The Falcon Heavy rocket has made its entrance on the world stage – and a spectacular one at that. It lifted off at 2045 GMT from the former Saturn V launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Centre, near Cape Canaveral in Florida. In doing so, it disproved its detractors by...
The concept of a “brick-launcher”, or “micro-launcher” able to launch one or two nanosat-sized spacecraft, has been mooted for a few years. Japan has now begun the era with a successful launch at 0503 GMT on 2 February of its SS-520-5 rocket, which carried the 3...
Effective Space, a UK-based in-orbit satellite servicing company, has signed a US$100 million-plus multi-year contract with an undisclosed regional satellite operator. The agreement will see two of its SPACE DRONE™ spacecraft launched in 2020, providing in-orbit...
Following on from a second “order” to lease an MEV (Mission Extension Vehicle) for five years, Orbital ATK has begun the design for the construction of MEV-2. Orbital ATK originally committed to building MEV-1 in April 2016 after Intelsat committed to...
The Scottish small satellite manufacturer Clyde Space is to be sold to the Swedish space firm AAC Microtec in a cash and mainly share deal overall worth US$35.3 million. Craig Clark, the CEO of the Clydespace firm which was founded by him in 2005, is thought to be a...
