Europe’s space agency will destroy a brand-new satellite in 2027 just to see what happens
The European Space Agency (ESA) plans to launch a satellite into Earth’s orbit in 2027 to watch it get wrecked as it reenters ...
Vision-based navigation system enables satellites to approach or avoid other objects in space
Mounted on a robotic arm attached to a 33-m long rail, a camera system is brought closer and closer to this scale-model ...
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Europe will build its own secure satellite network
The European Space Agency (ESA) has just signed a €10.6 ... IRIS, which stands for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite, will consist of almost 300 satellites launched ...
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'Our model of cosmology might be broken': New study reveals the universe is expanding too fast for physics to explain
Astronomers have been confounded by recent evidence that the universe expanded at different rates throughout its life. New ...
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European Space Agency say the asteroid, dubbed 2024 RW1, was "harmless" but created a "spectacular fireball". Astroscale, based at Harwell Campus, aims to develop solutions for future satellite ...
China detects first soft X-ray signals of early universe explosion using Tianguan satellite
Artistic rendering of the Einstein Probe (EP) astronomical satellite, also known as the Tianguan satellite. Photo: courtesy ...
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Space debris weighing over 1,000 pounds reportedly crashes into village in Kenya
Last February, the European Space Agency said a satellite -- weighing as much as an adult male rhinoceros -- made an uncontrolled return to Earth, re-entering the atmosphere over the north Pacific ...
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Copernicus Sentinels: UK industry loses out in European satellite bids
Contracts have been approved to lead the development of six new satellite systems ... but that idea has been knocked back. A European Space Agency industrial policy committee has given all ...