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...
A new British operator Earth-i announced during November that it has ordered the first five constellation satellites from SSTL (Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd) – part of the Airbus Group – for its new Earth Observation (EO) Carbonite constellation....
One can resist everything except temptation (to paraphrase Oscar Wilde), as became apparent in the recent revelations of sexual relationships, and drug taking by crews on a nuclear missile armed Royal Navy submarine. These revelations caused shock within the British...
The US Department of Defense has made this announcement on behalf of the US Air Force: “Space Exploration Technologies Corp, Hawthorne, California, has been awarded a $40,766,512 modification (P00007) for the development of the Raptor rocket propulsion system...
It was revealed by Space News on 18 October, that the two agencies involved in the Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate (COSMIC) project, the American National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Taiwanese Ministry of...
