Collaborate Disseminate
After more than three years circling the Earth, the Planetary Society’s LightSail 2 mission has come to an end following a fiery reentry. The satellite was an important tech demo for the idea of solar sailing, which could eventually propel spacecraft t… Continue reading LightSail 2 mission reaches fiery end after 3-year solar sailing demo
After decades of delays and false starts, NASA is finally returning to the Moon. The world is eagerly awaiting the launch of Artemis I, the first demonstration flight of both …read more Continue reading CAPSTONE: The Story So Far
The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) lunar mission looks like it’s back on track after a day of suspense, as NASA and contractor Advanced Space re-establish radio contact with the robotic… Continue reading CAPSTONE lunar probe phones home after dramatic day of silence
It’s fair to say that there’s really no phase of spaceflight that could be considered easy. But the case could be made that the most difficult part of a spacecraft’s …read more Continue reading SpinLaunch and the History of Hurling Stuff into Space
Low Earth orbit was already relatively crowded when only the big players were launching satellites, but as access to space has gotten cheaper, more and more pieces of hardware have …read more Continue reading Pinning Tails on Satellites to Help Prevent Space Junk
Lockheed Martin is looking to give diminutive CubeSats a pretty big job – regularly updating existing satellite constellations in orbit. Lockheed Martin’s IN-space Upgrade Satellite System (LINUSS) is a new CubeSat family designed to demonstrate techno… Continue reading Lockheed Martin develops LINUSS CubeSat to upgrade satellites in orbit
ESA has flown a CubeSat with the agency’s standardized “brain” that will be used on all future European space missions. On June 26, the OPS-SAT space lab went into Earth orbit with a computer running the European Ground System – Common Core (EGS-CC) so… Continue reading CubeSat becomes first craft to fly with ESA’s standardized “space brain”
The US Department of Defense’s Missile Defense Agency is using a pair of CubeSats to develop a system to track hostile ballistic and hypersonic missiles from launch to impact. Part of the Nanosat Testbed Initiative, the CubeSat Networked Communications… Continue reading US Defense Department uses CubeSats to test anti-hypersonic tech
The US Department of Defense’s Missile Defense Agency is using a pair of CubeSats to develop a system to track hostile ballistic and hypersonic missiles from launch to impact. Part of the Nanosat Testbed Initiative, the CubeSat Networked Communications… Continue reading US Defense Department uses CubeSats to test anti-hypersonic tech
Virgin Orbit has followed on from its first trip to space back in January with a mission that marks the beginning of its commercial satellite launch service. The company’s Cosmic Girl mothership and LauncherOne rocket successfully carried seven CubeSat… Continue reading Virgin Orbit reaches space to kick off its commercial launch service