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Chinese satellite finally makes it into orbit
Published time: 7 Jul, 2017 01:01 The Chinese satellite Zhongxing-9A has finally made it into its correct orbit, offering a glimmer of hope to the Chinese space agency that oversaw a disastrous two weeks with two failed launches. Read more The communications satellite ended up in the wrong orbit when it was launched onboard the […]
On its third try, SpaceX delivers a heavy satellite to high orbit
Enlarge / Will the third time be a charm for SpaceX and its Intelsat 35e payload? (credit: SpaceX) 8:10pm ET Update: Finally, SpaceX did it. During its third launch attempt from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, the rocket company successfully delivered the 6.7-ton Intelsat 35e communications satellite to geostationary transfer orbit. The mission went off nearly […]
SpaceX tries again to lift its heaviest payload ever to geostationary orbit
Enlarge / The Falcon 9 rocket, with the Intelsat 35e payload on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center. (credit: SpaceX) SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket almost made it off a Florida launch pad on Sunday evening—but with just nine seconds to go before liftoff the on-board computers detected an issue within the rocket’s guidance, navigation, […]
A large satellite appears to be falling apart in geostationary orbit
ExoAnalytic Solutions On the morning of June 17, the Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES lost control of a large satellite in geostationary space, nearly 36,000km above the Earth’s surface. Shortly after, the satellite operator began working with another company that specializes in space situational awareness to track the drifting machine, AMC-9. A few days ago that company, […]
Indian Mars probe celebrates 1,000 days in orbit
Published time: 20 Jun, 2017 01:45 The Indian Mars Orbiter Mission, also known as Mangalyaan, has completed 1,000 earth days in orbit around the Red Planet, exceeding all expectations of the low-cost mission, which was originally designed to last only six months. Read more “MOM completes 1,000 Earth days in its orbit today (June 19, […]
Wish upon an artificial star: Japanese students to send LED satellite into orbit
Published time: 20 May, 2017 22:07 Edited time: 20 May, 2017 22:08 Students from Japan’s Aichi University are planning to launch “an artificial star” into space, a device they say will be visible from Earth. The ultra-small cube-shaped satellite will be sent into orbit onboard the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) H-2A rocket, Asahi.com reports. […]
Inside The InfoWars Orbit
AUSTIN — It was the winter of 1997 and Alex Jones couldn’t stop getting punched in the face. Out on the cracked asphalt of Austin Public Access Television’s parking lot, under the sprawling Texas live oaks, Jones was very much losing a fight to a man known affectionately in Austin’s alternative media scene as “SpaceHitler.” […]
Mission: ISS takes VR viewers into orbit to humanity’s greatest space station
Virtual reality is a great platform for users to experience fantastic worlds and wonders, but it’s also a portal into the real life wonders very few humans get to enjoy. Outer space is one of, if not the, most incredible of those wonders and VR users are getting an opportunity to be an astronaut. In Mission: ISS, visitors […]
Due to concerns about engine, Juno to remain in elongated Jupiter orbit
Enlarge / Juno, shown here in an artist’s concept image, arrived in the Jupiter system on July 4, 2016. (credit: NASA) When NASA sent a series of commands to the Juno spacecraft’s main engine last October, the spacecraft did not respond properly: two helium check valves that play an important role in its firing opened […]
