Satellite News

Just another satellite weblog

 

SpaceX and OneWeb satellites didn’t have a close call in space after all: report

Submit on Wednesday, April 28th, 2021 17:00

It turns out that the recent “near miss” collision between two SpaceX and OneWeb internet satellites in orbit wasn’t a “close call” at all, and the satellites weren’t actually in danger of crashing, SpaceX has revealed.

Category: NEWS | No Comments »

Michael Collins, Apollo 11 astronaut who orbited moon, dies at 90

Submit on Wednesday, April 28th, 2021 16:47

Gemini and Apollo astronaut Michael Collins, who orbited the moon during the world’s first lunar landing mission, has died at the age of 90.

Category: NEWS | No Comments »

Russia wants to build its own space station to replace the ISS, state officials say

Submit on Wednesday, April 28th, 2021 16:00

Russia is building modules for a new space station, which could potentially replace the International Space Station by the year 2025, officials said.

Category: NEWS | No Comments »

China is set to launch first module of massive space station

Submit on Wednesday, April 28th, 2021 15:51

The new orbiting laboratory will host research from Chinese and international scientists

Category: NEWS | No Comments »

Blue Origin and Dynetics file protests to GAO after SpaceX wins NASA’s moon lander contract

Submit on Wednesday, April 28th, 2021 15:12

Private spaceflight companies Blue Origin and Dynetics are both filing protests to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), in response to NASA’s decision to make their competitor SpaceX the sole winner of a contract to build the lunar lander for the agency’s Artemis program.

Category: NEWS | No Comments »

On This Day in Space! April 28, 2001: World’s 1st space tourist launches to space station

Submit on Wednesday, April 28th, 2021 11:35

On April 28, 2001, the world’s first space tourist hitched a ride to the International Space Station on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

Category: NEWS | No Comments »

Meteorite that landed in Botswana tracked to its birthplace in the asteroid belt

Submit on Wednesday, April 28th, 2021 11:30

The space rock fragments originally came from Vesta, scientists concluded.

Category: NEWS | No Comments »

‘Exotic compact objects’ could soon break physics, new study suggests

Submit on Wednesday, April 28th, 2021 11:29

Gravitational wave detectors could soon uncover hints of new physics from exotic compact objects.

Category: NEWS | No Comments »

Satellite News
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.