The Chang’e 4 mission: Launch, payload, and landing zone
On 7 December 2018, the Chang’e 4 mission was launched on board a Longmarch 3B rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan. Its destination? The far side of the Moon. As...
Interview: Singapore/UK Infinite Orbits on satellite life extension & tracking space objects
Infinite Orbits is a Singapore/UK-based in-space satellite servicing company. Founded in early 2017, the company is focusing on life extension and bring into use services for Geostationary Communication Satellite (GEO COMS)...
Diwata 2 coming alive: How a satellite is deployed, located, and tested
Have you ever wondered how a satellite is tested and brought into an operational state once it has been launched and deployed?
Well, wonder no more because we’ve been along to the...
The technology behind India’s Reusable Launch Vehicle
India’s space agency ISRO is a premier player in the launch of nano/micro satellite market space. According to SpaceWorks Commercial’s 2018 Small Satellite Report, ISRO’s workhorse PSLV vehicle launched more than...
Interview: One Space CEO on its progress, plans, and China’s space industry
One Space is a Chinese startup currently developing launch vehicles for the small satellite and microsatellite market. The company was founded in 2015 by Shu Chang, who graduated from Beihang University...
Mars simulators in China & around the world
This October, the Chinese Academy of Sciences opened the doors to its very own Mars analogue simulator in the Gobi Desert.
The Chinese Mars environment simulator was announced last month along with...
Japan’s Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) mission & payloads
Earlier this month, we took a look at the recent developments from JAXA and their European partners with regards to Hayabusa 2 and the MASCOT hopper rover.
In the following days of...
Interview: Dr. Philippe Brunet, Director for Copernicus, on the programme’s Asia angle
Last month, the European Commission organized a workshop to present Copernicus, the European Union Earth Observation programme, in Singapore. In conjunction with the event, SpaceTech Asia spoke to Dr Philippe Brunet,...
China’s Asteroid Capture Plan
Earlier this year, Chinese media outlets announced that researchers from the National Space Science Center in Beijing had come up with a plan to capture an asteroid and steer it back...
Updates from Hayabusa2 and its MASCOT lander
Previously we reported on how the asteroid sample-return spacecraft Hayabusa2 was finally within range of its target to get a slightly-less blurred look of the surface features. In this article, we’re going to...
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