Satellite News

With the successful final qualification of the P120C at the European Spaceport (CSG) in Kourou on 7 October, the qualification models of three engines for Ariane 6 have now all been tested successfully.

The ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission has completed the first of two Venus flybys needed to set it on course with the Solar System’s innermost planet, Mercury. The closest approach of the flyby took place at 0358 UTC on 15 October at a distance of about 10,720 km from the planet’s surface.

RBC Signals announced Aurora Propulsion Technologies has contracted the company for satellite communication services.

“Elon musk’s [sic!] new Sentinel-6 satellite will play a pivotal role in measuring sea level increases, potentially helping save billions for policy makers around the world” – MSN [i.e. Microsoft Network] about the ESA/NASA/EUMETSAT/NOAA Sentinel-6A satellite built by Airbus/TAS… which just happens to be launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. So it must be Elon Musk’s satellite! Phew. (In case MSN has changed the article, you can still have a look at it using the archive.today link below.)

Commercial space is about to become more accessible than ever before.

China’s Chang’e 4 spacecraft have awoken for another lunar day on the far side of the moon, while on Earth the mission received a prestigious international award for its accomplishments.

“Star Trek: Discovery” Season 3 premieres with one of the best episodes yet and Michael Burnham discovers there is little left of what was once the United Federation of Planets in the 32nd century.

The International Mars Society Convention 2020 goes virtual from Oct. 15 to Oct. 18 and here’s how to watch live.