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Archive for July 24th, 2019

Chandrayaan2 completes 1st Earth bound manoeuvre

July 24th, 2019 by

The first Earth bound orbit raising manoeuvre for ISRO’s Chandryaan-2 spacecraft has been performed successfully on 24 July 2019 at 0922 UTC.

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Canada to participate in SMILE mission

July 24th, 2019 by

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and the University of Calgary, along with other partners, announced that they will develop Canada’s contribution to the Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) mission.

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Aeolus switches over to backup laser

July 24th, 2019 by

ESA’s Aeolus satellite, which carries the world’s first space Doppler wind lidar, has been delivering global measurements of Earth’s wind since it was launched almost a year ago. However, part of the instrument, the laser transmitter, has been slowly losing energy. As a result, ESA decided to switch over to the instrument’s second laser.

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The Boeing Company (Defense, Space & Security) results Q2 2019

July 24th, 2019 by

The Boeing Company reported second-quarter financial results.

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