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On 15 April, the French space agency CNES rotated the Pleiades Earth observation satellite to capture this image of Envisat. At a distance of about... Read more →
First Payload Ready for Next Batch of Galileo Satellites
Source: ESA. The next Galileo navigation payload has been completed and is on its way to meet the satellite platform that will host it in... Read more →
Envisat Service Interruption Increases Likelihood of Collision
Artist's conception of the Envisat satellite (Credits: ESA). The European Space Agency lost contact with Envisat, an 8.5 tons remote sensing... Read more →
ROSAT Almost Crashed Into Beijing
According to German newspaper Der Spiegel, the German Roentgen Satellite (ROSAT) almost crashed into Beijing during its... Read more →
IAASS Course on Payload Safety and Operations
On March 19 - 23, 2012, the IAASS Payload Safety and Operations Course was held at the Canadian Space Agency’s John H. Chapman Space Centre in... Read more →
Russia is Developing a Nuclear Space Engine by 2017
Artist's conception of a nuclear thermal rocket for interplanetary missions (Credits: Pat Rawlings for NASA) According to press agency RIA... Read more →