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Sep 10, 2018

SpaceX launches heavy telecom satellite, sticks high-seas landing

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ICYMI overnight: A little more than an hour after its launch window opened—the delay was due to remnant thunderstorms in the area—#SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched from Florida early on Monday morning. The rocket’s first stage made a flawless flight, and then descended to a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean and safely landed.


The company has now flown 16 missions this year.

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Sep 9, 2018

PH, Russia finalize outer space pact

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By Roy Mabasa

The Philippines will soon be able to send equipment and freight to outer space such as micro and nano-satellites, as well as the establishment of a receiving station for the Global Navigation Satellite System, with assistance from the Russian space program.

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Sep 7, 2018

Amazing footage of Chinese rocket launch captured

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A Chinese remote sensing satellite has captured stunning footage of a suborbital rocket launch taking place at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert.

The Jilin-1 satellite was orbiting at around 535 kilometres above the Earth as the OS-X1 rocket lifted off from Jiuquan at 12:10 local time (04:10 UTC) on Friday.

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Sep 6, 2018

Japan Will Soon Conduct The First Test of Elevator Movement in Space

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A team of researchers in Japan are ready to conduct the first test of their space elevator design using a small prototype and a pair of mini satellites.

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Sep 5, 2018

Venture Class Launch Services: Small Rockets Carry Big Dreams

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In the beginning, big ideas required big rockets. Now, we can launch satellites that fit in the palm of our hand. Discover how by watching this video!

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Sep 4, 2018

Ready for lift-off: first international guidelines for small spacecraft just published

Posted by in categories: futurism, satellites

Space is all the rage, so it seems. The number of small spacecraft – including satellites – being manufactured has rocketed in recent years, and future forecasts are equally explosive. The first-ever internationally agreed requirements have just been published, enabling the industry to cruise even higher.

The small satellites industry is taking off. According to a recent report by SpaceWorks1), an aerospace company focused on delivering cutting-edge flight and space technologies, 2017 showed a 205 % increase in small satellite launches compared to 2016, with a record number still awaiting launch. What’s more, forecasts for future spacecraft production, often by new entrants to the industry, look equally celestial.

But producing these spacecraft involves some very specific requirements that newcomers to the market may not be aware of. To help harmonize the sector, ISO has just published the first-ever international technical specification for small spacecraft, which states the minimum requirements that every small spacecraft needs to comply with regardless of its mission.

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Aug 30, 2018

This video is the third and final in a three-part series discussing global internet connectivity

Posted by in categories: economics, internet, satellites

Satellite Constellations to Bring Global Internet Coverage (SpaceX, OneWeb, Boeing,…):


In this video, we’ll be discussing global internet connectivity initiatives based in space, more specifically – low and mid-Earth orbit through the use of satellite constellations.

[0:35–2:30] Starting off we’ll discuss how these satellites will communicate with the ground and the internet providing satellites from Iridium and ViaSat, that act as a proof of concept and validate satellites as a means for internet connectivity.

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Aug 22, 2018

Lift off for British Aeolus weather satellite which promises to end Michael Fish style gaffes

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The world just became a little bit safer tonight as Europe’s groundbreaking wind-monitoring satellite finally blasted into orbit — ridding the world of Michael Fish moments.

At exactly 10.20 BST the Jupiter mission control centre in French Guiana, South America, gave the final green light for lift-off following a nail-biting week which saw the launch delayed by 24 hours- ironically because of strong winds.

But with the name Aeolus, it was never going to be plain sailing for the European Space Agency’s latest Earth Observation satellite.

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Aug 21, 2018

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Posted by in categories: engineering, satellites

ADDU_Official is opening enrollment for BS in Aerospace Engineering until 25 August 2018. Learn the relationship between the earth and space, such as monitoring the Earth’s atmospheric conditions. Be equipped with the skills to design and develop aircraft, spacecraft, satellites, and rockets.

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Aug 16, 2018

US targets a megawatt laser by 2023 and then deployment in drones and satellites for hypersonic and ICBM defense

Posted by in categories: drones, government, military, satellites

The US Congress wants the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to rapidly develop and demonstrate a boost-phase ICBM (and hypersonic weapon) intercept capability as soon as practicable.

Space-based laser weapons technology is one of the options.

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