SpaceX 'Starship' launch postponed until Saturday
Thursday, 16 November 2023 23:03SpaceX has pushed back by one day the long awaited second launch of its next-generation Starship rocket because of technical issues, the company's CEO Elon Musk said Thursday. The space world is buzzing with anticipation ahead of the orbital test flight, originally scheduled for Friday and now due to take off Saturday, after a first attempt in April ended in a massive explosion. "We need
Lockheed Martin to demonstrate space-based 5G network
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Thursday, 16 November 2023 20:56Norway buys Telenor’s satellite business to expand space ambitions
Thursday, 16 November 2023 19:54Space Norway buys Telenor’s satellite business to expand space ambitions
Thursday, 16 November 2023 19:54Firms are tackling challenges to unlock the potential of hyperspectral imagery
Thursday, 16 November 2023 18:26How students built Ireland’s first satellite
Thursday, 16 November 2023 14:00A team of university students from University College Dublin is taking Ireland to space, for the very first time. The story begins in 2017, when the team was accepted to ESA's educational CubeSat programme, Fly Your Satellite! Over the course of six years, they have designed, built, and tested the satellite with the help of ESA experts and with access to ESA's state-of-the-art spacecraft testing facilities. As the team prepares for launch and operations, hear more about their journey to this historic moment.
Hubble measures the size of the nearest transiting Earth-sized planet
Thursday, 16 November 2023 14:00The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has measured the size of the nearest Earth-sized exoplanet that passes across the face of a neighbouring star. This alignment, called a transit, opens the door to follow-on studies to see what kind of atmosphere, if any, the rocky world might have.