SpaceX satellites falling out of orbit after solar storm
SpaceX's newest fleet of satellites is tumbling out of orbit after being struck by a solar storm.
Space Exploration
Feb 09, 2022
0
218
News tagged with small satellite
Revolutionizing satellite power using laser beaming
The University of Surrey and Space Power are tackling the problem of powering satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) during their eclipse period when they cannot see the sun. By collaborating on a space infrastructure project, ...
Space Exploration
Jan 28, 2022
1
68
Virgin Orbit successfully launches 7 satellites into orbit
A Virgin Orbit rocket released from a jet flying off the California coast carried seven small satellites into space on Thursday as the company kicked off a year in which it plans to ramp up the pace of launches, including ...
Space Exploration
Jan 14, 2022
0
3
Pandora mission to study stars and exoplanets continues toward flight
The Pandora mission, co-led by a national laboratory and a NASA flight center, has passed a crucial step on its path to study stars and planets outside our solar system, or exoplanets.
Space Exploration
Jan 12, 2022
0
35
Vehicles are an under-recognized source of urban ammonia pollution
By disrupting normal societal activities, such as driving, COVID-19 lockdowns afforded a unique opportunity to study their impacts on the environment. Researchers now report in ACS' Environmental Science & Technology Letters ...
Environment
Nov 23, 2021
5
384
The unexplored region of the atmosphere that could help predict climate change
About 17 kilometers above the Earth's surface, the first layer of the atmosphere meets the second one. At a boundary called the tropopause, the troposphere ends and the stratosphere begins. Straddling this interface, for ...
Environment
Sep 20, 2021
0
38
German government, industry back North Sea spaceport plan
The German government said Monday it supports plans for a North Sea spaceport that would be used to launch small satellites into space from Europe.
Space Exploration
Sep 06, 2021
0
6
Rocket 'terminated' in fiery explosion over Pacific Ocean
A privately designed, unmanned rocket built to carry satellites was destroyed in an explosive fireball after suffering an "anomaly" off the California coast during its first attempt at reaching Earth's orbit.
Space Exploration
Sep 03, 2021
0
44
We're launching Australia's first scratch-built satellite, and it's a giant leap toward the moon
On August 28, a SpaceX rocket will blast off from Cape Canaveral in Florida, carrying supplies bound for the International Space Station. But also on board will be a small satellite that represents a giant leap into space ...
Space Exploration
Aug 23, 2021
0
251
German startups launch mini-rocket challenge to SpaceX and co.
Car-manufacturing powerhouse Germany is rushing to join the private sector space race as it looks to ride a boom in mini-launchers for small satellites and compete with major US firms such as SpaceX.
Space Exploration
Aug 04, 2021
0
369
