Tag Orbit - results: 12
This week may be a collision of two satellites. What will be the consequences?
the Space telescope IRAS In the orbit of our planet is today over a thousand artificial satellites, most of which have long been out of order and are considered space debris. They are already impossible to manage with ground stati...
Above Ground opened a huge solar sail LightSail 2
Right now orbiting the Earth works a thousand artificial satellites each of which travels through expensive ion engines with a lifespan of not more than three years. If these engines are so expensive and short-lived, why haven't s...
Scientists have proven the shift of the Earth's orbit. What are the implications?
How did you find the group of researchers from Rutgers University, 405 every thousand years the Earth's orbit elongates. According to the scientists, this is due to the gravitational influence of the planet Jupiter and Venus. More...
Chinese space station "Tiangong-1" has fallen into the Pacific ocean
orbital Chinese space station "Tiangong-1" has made an uncontrolled fall in the South Pacific ocean. A large part of the wreckage of the station burned down during the second passage through the planet's atmosphere. According to a...
The first satellite is reconfigurable launch in 2019
Usually the satellite configuration set still in the process of debugging on the Ground and in orbit, he simply executes him before the start of the function. Developers from British company Eutelsat want to change , creating a sa...
Qtum Foundation will launch a mini-farm for mining in space
the Company Qtum Foundation believes that to maintain the blockchain network is quite expensive, but if you send computing power into orbit, you can save electricity and money. Space future — decided Qtum, so have already st...
Space debris: is it possible to consider it as a useful resource?
the SpaceX Company has just carried out the first successful launch of its heavy rocket, the Falcon Heavy. As the first "payload" carrier was sent into space donated by Elon Musk's electric Tesla Roadster, and as the first passeng...
The launch of China's first vehicle was a success
Yesterday the launch of Venician in Hainan province successfully launched a first in the history of China's space truck ("the celestial ship-1"), which will deliver to the space station "Tiangong-2" just over six tons of valuable ...
Today will be the launch of China's first space truck
the staff of the Office for implementation of the Program of manned cosmonautics of China reported that the launch of the first cargo spacecraft of China will be held today in the afternoon. The cargo ship «Tanjo-1» will...
Record: India has put into orbit the satellite 104
Today, February 15, the Indian space research organization (ISRO) successfully launched a carrier rocket PSLV-C37 and successfully put into orbit the satellite 104. The launch took place at 7 o'clock in the morning Moscow time, an...
In 2019 to the ISS will install the first commercial gateway
a New commercial gateway to the American segment of the ISS NanoRacks, the company is developing jointly with Boeing. The Boeing website reports that this will be the first commercial gateway to the International space station, bu...
Japanese experiment on the collection of space debris failed
the spacecraft «Konotori-6», launched by the Japanese space Agency a few days to collect space debris in orbit, so he had high hopes, but, alas, he could not cope with the task. news Agency RIA «news» with re...