Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Toulouse. Airbus Defence and Space has been awarded a contract by Eutelsat to build the extension of its OneWeb Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation. Under the contract signed between the two companies, Airbus will build...

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...

Tel Aviv: Israeli company Orbit Communications Systems, has unveiled its line of sight multipurpose terminals (MPT) for SATCOM communication for armoured land platforms of all sizes. According to the company, its line of sight multipurpose...

Toulouse. Airbus’ patented Detumbler device designed to prevent satellites at the end of their lives from tumbling, was launched on Saturday 11 November and will be tested in space on the mission in association...

  Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) had put in place a project in 2018 to develop a Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) to cater to the requirement for launching 500 kg satellites to Low Earth...

  New Delhi: In a unique achievement in the field of satellite technology, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in 2019 carried out successfully the country's first anti-satellite (ASAT) missile test -- Mission Shakti...

This article may kindly be read with my earlier articles at links indicated below for a better understanding https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2019/04/a-quick-supplement-for-understanding html://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2019/04/a-simplistic-understanding-of-low-earth.html Long back I had a course-mate to whom I was explaining basic trigonometry and that Sin X/X...

A satellite can be used for many military purposes. Primarily, military satellites are used for Communication, Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance, Navigation, Meteorological Observations and Electronic Warfare. Theoretically any satellite, can carry out these functions...

  New Delhi. India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted an Anti-Satellite (A-SAT) missile test named Mission Shakti from the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island, formerly known as the Wheeler Island, at Dhamra...

New Delhi. India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted an Anti-Satellite (A-SAT) missile test ‘Mission Shakti’ from the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island, formerly known as Wheeler Island, in Odisha on March...