Elon Musk's SpaceX has launched 60 rockets carrying internet satellites, achieving rare feet in the science and technology world. However, in a bid to appease stargazers, this time, some satellites have been coated dark to lessen reflectivity.
Mission operators at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, said in a statement that the last communication with the Asteria (Arcsecond Space Telescope Enabling Research in Astrophysics) was in December and they will attempt to contact it till March.
India will launch a heavy communication satellite Gsat-30 on January 17 from Kourou space centre in French Guiana on board an Ariane-5 rocket of the European Space Agency (Arianespace), ISRO chief K. Sivan said on Wednesday.
The UK government has announced that a new satellite data centre will analyze the impact climate change was having on the UK, help shape policies on reducing carbon emissions and contribute to reaching net-zero targets
China on Friday launched its heaviest and most advanced communications satellite on the country's largest new carrier rocket Long March-5 that will lay the foundation for the development of highly sensitive space probes.
The financial year 2018-19 saw a handsome Rs 91.63 crore spike in India's foreign exchange earnings from launching of foreign satellites.
It was another feather in the cap for ISRO as it successfully launched India's latest spy satellite RISAT-2BR1, along with nine foreign satellites from Sriharikota rocket port in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday. Placed into an orbit of 576 km, the Indian satellite will have a life of five years.
In his lab, Ma and University of Cincinnati senior research associate Anoop Sathyan are developing robotic networks that can work independently but collaborativly on a common task.
According to Wood, once researchers know the association between snail presence and particular habitat features, they can use drone and satellite imagery to detect those habitat features.
An Indian researcher in Israel has designed a novel telescope system -- consisting of nanosatellites the size of milk cartons -- that can lead to low-cost, high-resolution images taken by cameras in space.
It is hoped that in the future the technique will lead to real-time information as stranding events happen.
More than a dozen companies have asked U.S. regulators for permission to operate constellations of satellites that provide internet service. Not all are aimed at connecting consumers, but some have grand and global ambitions.
He said Cartosat-3 will be launched using the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket.
There are 25 crore households in India and 18 crore have a TV set. There are still seven crore households without a TV," Javadekar said.
Raavana 1, the cube satellite measuring 11.3 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm, and weighing around 1.05 kg, was launched into orbit at 3:45 pm (Sri Lanka time) on Monday, the Colombo Page reported.
Developed by the Nepalese scientists, NepaliSat-1 satellite was launched at 2:31 am (Nepal time) from Virginia in United States, according to Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST)
After the post came in for trolling, the minister's social media team deleted it.
When the world is striving out in the space, trying to outdo each other, compare them with our favorite sci-fi movie, We Must!
India on Wednesday became the fourth country in the world to develop the technology to shoot down 'Low Orbit Satellites'. While doing so India joined USA, China and Russia in an elite group of nations to possess such advanced space technologies.
India has always held the stand that any new technologies that it develops or acquires are not aimed at any country but only boosts India’s deterrence and aspirations for peace.
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