A New Commercial Approach to Space Safety
This editorial, authored by International Space Safety Foundation President Joe Pelton and Space Safety Magazine Editor-in-Chief Andrea Gini was... Read more →
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IAASS Announcement: Last Days to Enroll in the ISS Payload Design and Operations Safety Course
Training Course: 11-15 June 2012 Venue: Astrium, Friedrichshafen, Germany You can apply to the ISS Payload Design and Operations... Read more →
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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 →
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