Tag: satellites

23 AUG

Satellites that can image Earth at night, and through clouds, near launch

Enlarge / A rendering of ICEYE’s SAR micro satellite deployed in space. (credit: ICEYE) The biggest thing in aerospace these days is the trend toward small things, from small satellites to small satellite launch vehicles like those under development by Rocket Lab, Virgin Galactic, and Vector Space Systems. Now a new microsatellite company, ICEYE, says […]

03 AUG

Vector successfully launches prototype rocket for small satellites

Today, Vector, a company that aims to deliver small and nano-satellites into orbit, successfully launched a full-scale prototype of its Vector-R rocket. It was a suborbital flight; the rocket took off from a spaceport in Camden, GA. It’s the first for Vector (and for the small-satellite launching industry) that is fully funded by customers and […]

20 MAY

Russia has reawakened 3 mystery satellites — and no one knows what they are for

SES Three Russian satellites that were sent into low orbit in 2013 are on the move again, and no one knows what they are for, The Daily Beast reports.  Having been idle for more than a year, one of the satellites went hundreds of meters off its orbit last month to within 1,200 meters of a […]

13 MAY

Satellites capture rapid movement of Arctic glacier (IMAGES)

Published time: 13 May, 2017 05:02 Environment monitoring satellites have captured the rapid increase in speed of an Arctic glacier as it starts moving 13 times faster than before. The Negribreen glacier on Norway’s Spitsbergen island has seen a dramatic increase in ice surface speed over the past year with the pace jumping from one […]

22 FEB

Boeing plans to build 3D-printed modular satellites

Boeing is known for building huge, high-end satellites that cost roughly $ 150 million each, but that could change in the future. The aerospace corporation plans to adopt new production practices that involve the use of modular 3D-printed parts and far fewer workers than it’s used to, according to The Wall Street Journal. Its current […]

22 FEB

Satellites expose the biggest hotspots of illegal transshipping

Satellite watchers have identified thousands of suspected incidents of illegal transshipping, where fishing ships secretly transfer unauthorized product to refrigerated cargo vessels. It is seen as a major factor in the prevalence of illegal fishing, which is thought to account for at least 20% of seafood worldwide. Global Fishing Watch, a joint project between Oceana, […]

15 FEB

India just smashed the record for the most satellites launched by a single rocket

Launching just one satellite into space is challenging enough, but 100-plus? In one go? This impressive record-breaking feat was achieved late Tuesday night ET by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) when a total of 104 satellites were sent skyward aboard the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle from a site about 1,000 miles (1600 km) south […]