Arianespace/Starsem Flight ST12 successfully placed Israel’s AMOS 2 telecommunications satellite into geostationary transfer orbit on Sunday,…
Year: 2003
Chinese satellite successfully launched
On 29 December, the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) successfully launched TC-1, the first of two…
ION ENGINE DESIGN PASSES TEST
A team of engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif, successfully tested a new ion…
BLACK SOOT AND SNOW: A WARMER COMBINATION
New research from NASA scientists suggests emissions of black soot alter the way sunlight reflects off…
Satellites Search for Ebola
As a new outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever strikes northwestern Congo, ESA is set to gather…
SANTA HAS COMPANY IN THE CHRISTMAS SKY
Santa will have company in the sky above most U.S. cities on Christmas Eve. The International…
Mars Express releases Beagle 2
This morning, ESA’s Mars Express flawlessly released the Beagle 2 lander that it has been carrying…
Wetlands Management via satellite
Atlantis Scientific Inc. from Nepean, Ontario, Canada has been awarded EUR1,000,000 (1.6 million CND) by the…
LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM TESTS
NASA has tested rocket engines and parachutes that could be instrumental in developing the first spacecraft…
SATELLITES TRACK REPTILES
NASA supported biologists developed a modeling approach that uses satellite data and specimen locality data from…