The Dorado, named after the swordfish constellation, will be Equatorial Space’s second rocket after the Low Altitude Demonstrator, pending launch due to the COVID-19 work and travel restrictions.
Read More »Guatemala Launches Quetzmal CubeSat Through UNOOSA And JAXA KiboCUBE Programme
On 28 April 2020 the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG), winner of the KiboCUBE programme 2017, run by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), saw their satellite deployed by JAXA from the International Space Station (ISS). The satellite – …
Read More »Virgin Orbit Ventilators Granted Emergency Use Authorization, First Deliveries Expected Soon
Virgin Orbit, Sir Richard Branson’s responsive satellite launch company, announced on 23 April 2020 that regulators at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have granted an Emergency Use Authorization for the immediate delivery and use of a new “bridge” ventilator designed and built by the aerospace firm.
Read More »NASA CubeSat Will Shine A Laser Light On The Moon’s Darkest Craters
As astronauts explore the Moon during the Artemis program, they may need to make use of the resources that already exist on the lunar surface.
Read More »Songhai Labs And SatSure AG Announce Strategic Partnership
Songhai Labs, a knowledge broker platform based in Cameroon, and SatSure, a satellite precision company headquartered in Switzerland and with offices in India, UK, and Australia, have announced a strategic partnership.
Read More »GPS Celebrates 25th Year Of Operation
The Global Positioning System, better known as GPS, marked its 25th year of operation on 27 April 2020.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Opinion: Could The OneWeb Insolvency Have Ended Differently?
Is it time for a shift in norms: does the recent pandemic finally push the space sector into using asset-based financing? Could the OneWeb insolvency have ended differently?
Read More »Lockheed Martin’s New Contract With DARPA Can Disrupt The Future Of Space
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Lockheed Martin a us$5.8 million contract for the first phase of satellite integration on the Blackjack program.
Read More »Final Integration Is In Full Swing For ESA’s Jupiter Probe, JUICE
JUICE, the JUpiter ICy moons Explorer mission, has reached its next milestone on its Earthly journey via different Airbus sites in Europe: the spacecraft has arrived at Airbus’ satellite integration centre in Friedrichshafen, Germany, for final integration.
Read More »NASA Develops COVID-19 Prototype Ventilator In 37 Days
A new high-pressure ventilator developed by NASA engineers and tailored to treat coronavirus (COVID-19) patients passed a critical test last Tuesday at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, an epicenter of COVID-19 in the United States.
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