Video: Sentinel-1B liftoff
Sentinel-1B lifted off on a Soyuz rocket, flight VS14, from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on 25 April 2016 at 21:02 GMT (23:02 CEST).
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Swedish company introduces new ground operations service for small satellites
The Swedish Space Corporation (SSC), a company providing advanced space services, announced on Wednesday, April 13, its newest project dedicated to lowering the operational costs of small satellites. The new product, called ...
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Apr 15, 2016
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Dark matter satellites trigger massive birth of stars
One of the main predictions of the current model of the creation of structures in the universe, known at the Lambda Cold Dark Matter model, is that galaxies are embedded in very extended and massive halos of dark matter that ...
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Mar 9, 2016
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Small satellites to pave way for future space-borne weather observations
A typical environmental monitoring satellite is a big deal, literally. These satellites contain thousands of kilograms of remote sensing equipment, hurtling through space, making critical observations.
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Dec 15, 2015
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CubeSat to demonstrate miniature laser communications in orbit
NASA and The Aerospace Corporation of El Segundo, California, have received confirmation the Optical Communications and Sensor Demonstration (OCSD) CubeSat spacecraft is in orbit and operational. OCSD launched aboard an Atlas ...
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Oct 12, 2015
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Big plans for small satellites—testing laser communications, formation flying
NASA is preparing to launch a set of miniature satellites that push the boundaries of space-to-Earth communications for CubeSats, as well as testing the ability of two small spacecraft to fly in close proximity to each other.
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Oct 2, 2015
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China launches new type of carrier rocket: state media
China on Sunday launched a new, smaller type of rocket from its "Long March" family which will be primarily used for carrying satellites aloft, state media reported, as the country races ahead with an ambitious space programme.
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Sep 19, 2015
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Image: The Magellanic Clouds and an interstellar filament
Portrayed in this image from ESA's Planck satellite are the two Magellanic Clouds, among the nearest companions of our Milky Way galaxy. The Large Magellanic Cloud, about 160 000 light-years away, is the large red and orange ...
Astronomy
Sep 7, 2015
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Origin of Saturn's F ring and its shepherd satellites revealed
Hyodo Ryuki, a second-year student in the Doctoral Program, and Professor OHTSUKI Keiji of the Graduate School of Science at Kobe University have revealed that Saturn's F ring and its shepherd satellites are natural outcome ...
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Aug 27, 2015
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A giant Pac-Man to gobble up space debris
The Clean Space One Project has passed a milestone. The space cleanup satellite will deploy a conical net to capture the small SwissCube satellite before destroying it in the atmosphere. It's one of the solutions being tested ...
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