LAPAN aims for experimental microsatellite constellation by 2020
Indonesia’s space agency LAPAN is planning to operate an experimental microsatellite constellation by 2020, said Head of LAPAN Prof. Dr Thomas Djamaluddin. The announcement was made at the Global Space and...
The Sungazers: Asian solar missions
On August 12th, NASA launched their Parker Solar Probe on a Delta V from Cape Canaveral. The 1.5 billion USD probe, which is designed to examine the outer corona of our...
ANSYS, Digilog Tech inaugurate space applications simulation centre in Kerala, India
ANSYS, a US-based engineering simulation company, and Digilog Technologies, an Indian security tech solutions company, have inaugurated the Centre for Advanced Simulation for Space Application (CASSA) in Thiruvananthapuram, in the Indian...
Interview: Orbion Space Technology seeks to revolutionise smallsat propulsion
Like passengers utilizing public transportation, all satellites on a single launch vehicle are not going to the same destination, yet the bus only has one stop.
Once a satellite is placed into...
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...
The engineering ingenuity of Rocket Lab’s Electron and Photon
Rocket Lab’s Electron vehicle, which is all about providing low-cost access to space for small payloads, is back in service after a failed Flight 13 mission just a little more than...
Hitomi’s data reveals similarities between the Perseus Cluster & our solar system
Hitomi, a space observatory developed by Japan's space agency JAXA, has enabled scientists to discover that the proportions of elements found in the Perseus Cluster are nearly identical to what astronomers...
Airbus & Chinese government jointly open nanoscience lab
The Chinese government has signed an agreement with Airbus, in which both parties have agreed to cooperate on engineering polymer nanocomposites for aeronautic applications. This includes Research and Development (R&D) on...
China’s seeds have sprouted on the Moon!
For the first time in the history of the known universe, life has intentionally taken hold on another world.
And in another first for mankind…new life has also died on a new...
US Air Force Research Lab and Saber Astronautics sign space ops contract
According to a Saber Astronautics press release, the US Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate has awarded space engineering company Saber Astronautics a contract to develop new capabilities for...
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