After being attached to the International Space Station (ISS) for over three weeks (grappled and berthed on 14 November), it was time for the disposable Cygnus OA-8 (Gene Cernan) cargo spacecraft to leave. Cygnus OA-8 was unberthed from the Unity module at 1752 GMT...
While X-Band is the traditional military communications band for satellite transmissions, it is somewhat limited in bandwidth. As such, an export customer of the German submarine manufacturer ThyssenKrupp has specified that it wants Ku-band terminals for its mast...
While Elon Musk has stated that his primary loves are his sons – he does have other loves. Apart from various beautiful women – it is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a billion dollars, must be in want of a wife (apologies to...
While the new Vega C can launch 800kg more payload into orbit for about the same price as the current Vega rocket, it remains an expensive rocket at circa US$42 million per launch. As such, the European Space Agency has launched a design programme for a new version...
While pressurised sealed vessels like submarines have an obvious parallel in manned spacecraft.- there are also some elements of their technology which are actually shared between vessels flying in orbit and those under the sea. An example of one of these is the...
ASTROSCALE PTE. LTD. (ASTROSCALE) and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to pursue joint opportunities in areas of innovative on-orbit technologies and missions designed to remove space debris – especially for...
