Space Technology
China Puts Final Satellite into Orbit to Try to Riva...
China on Tuesday successfully put into orbit its final Beidou satellite, completing a navigation network years in the making and setting the stage to challenge the U.S.-owned Global Positioning System (GPS).
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June 23, 2020
12:50 pm By Neha Mule
Telecommunications Company Signs Lease at Spaceport ...
HAPSMobile Inc., a subsidiary of Japan’s telecommunications operator SoftBank Corp. has chosen New Mexico’s Spaceport America for test operations and development of a specialized communications platform de...
June 12, 2020
6:02 am By Neha Mule
Northrop Grumman Awarded NASA Contract to Provide Fi...
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract by NASA to execute the preliminary design and development of the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO). It is to be deployed in lunar orbit as the fir...
June 8, 2020
10:44 am By Neha Mule
SpaceX Crew Dragon Delivers Two NASA Astronauts to I...
Nearly 24 hours after launching from Florida, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule delivered NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station on Sunday, marking the first U.S. space cap...
June 1, 2020
8:00 am By Neha Mule
SpaceX to Bring Astronauts to Short-handed Space Sta...
Two NASA astronauts gearing up to ride SpaceX’s new space taxi will now be on a mission planned to last more than a month, instead of a week, to help the short-handed crew aboard the International Space S...
May 25, 2020
8:39 am By Neha Mule
Xilinx ‘Lifts Off’ with Launch of 20nm Space-Gra...
Xilinx, Inc. announced 20-nanometer (nm) space-grade FPGA, delivering full radiation tolerance and ultra-high throughput and bandwidth performance for satellite and space applications. The new 20nm Radiation T...
May 20, 2020
5:24 am By Neha Mule
United Launch Alliance Launches the Sixth Orbital Te...
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 501 rocket carrying the USSF-7 mission for the U.S. Space Force lifted off on May 17, 9:14 a.m. EDT, from Space Launch Complex-41. This marks the 84th successful laun...
May 18, 2020
9:19 am By Neha Mule