Space

Washington: Ten months into its latest and largely classified mission, the Space Force’s X-37B spaceplane is embarking on a new set of manoeuvres that could inform future space operations for the service. The Boeing-built spacecraft...

New Delhi: France and India have been strategic partners for a long time, especially in the fields of defence and aerospace, said French Ambassador to India Thierry Mathou on October 7. He was speaking...

Washington: The US Space Force is planning to partner with commercial companies operating in geostationary orbit for a variety of satellite services, including communications and positioning, navigation and timing. Col Richard Kniseley, senior materiel leader...

New Delhi: It was three days of treat for the afficiandos of space technology as the eighth edition of three-day Bangalore Space Expo 2024 (BSE 2024) was held from September 18 to September 20. What...

New Delhi: In an effort to develop the capability for an Indian crewed landing on the Moon by 2040, the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the development of a reusable...

Leiden, the Netherlands. Airbus announced today it has been selected by MDA Space Ltd., a leading provider of advanced technology and services to the rapidly expanding global space industry, to supply solar arrays for MDA AURORA TM, the...

Mumbai: NIBE Space Pvt. Ltd. (NSPL), a subsidiary of NIBE Limited, a pioneering name in manufacturing critical systems for the defence sector, on September 8 announced its ambitious vision to establish India's first multi-sensor,...

Washington: The US Space Force expects to start fielding satellites designed to track moving targets on the ground and in the air by the early 2030s, according to the service’s vice chief. “I see it...

Toulouse. The third Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite has been successfully launched on a Vega rocket from Kourou, French Guiana. The Airbus-built Sentinel-2C satellite will enter service in low Earth orbit at 780 km following initial...

Washington: The Department of the US Air Force’s space acquisition head, Frank Calvelli, has certified the design baseline for the Space Force’s program with the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) to develop a new satellite...

India will celebrate the National Space Day on August 23, 2024 for the first time, to mark India’s historic feat of soft landing the Vikram Lander and deploying the Pragyaan rover on the lunar...

Hyderabad. Congratulating ISRO on the successful launch of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV-D3) and the EOS-8 satellite, Hyderabad-based Ananth Technologies Pvt. Limited (ATL) on August 16 announced that the EOS-8 satellite, successfully placed...

New Delhi. The successful launch of the EOS-08 Earth Observation Satellite and the SR-0 Demosat onboard the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV)-D3 on August 16 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota was...