The world’s first satellite launching drone, developed by a US-based space startup, will will be able to carry a new payload into orbit every 180 minutes, the firm claims. Aevum says the massive 80ft long drone, named the Ravn X, is fully autonomous, 70 per cent reusable, and can take off and land on runways … Read more
Satellite images show China has built a village and military storage bunkers in Himalayan region along disputed border with India Maxar Technologies took aerial pictures of building activity in disputed areas Building is taking place along the Doklam , which borders China, India & Bhutan Thin strip of land is claimed by China and Bhutan … Read more
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches NASA satellite into orbit to measure sea levels for the next 30 years and then returns to California in a stunning landing SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite blasted off from California on Saturday It took off from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 9:17am and arced southward … Read more
Liftoff! SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lights up Florida’s night sky as it launches to orbit carrying an upgraded GPS satellite for the US Space Force SpaceX Falcon 9 marked its 20th launch this year with a mission Thurs evening The rocket took off at 6:24pm ET, carrying a US Space Force GPS into orbit This … Read more
A small fire ignited in central Colorado on October 12 that burned through more than 190,000 acres in just 10 days – and NASA has captured the violent scene from space. The Operational Land Image (OLI) on the Landsat 8 satellite snapped an image from 438 miles above the blaze that is deemed the state’s … Read more
Iran has begun construction at its Natanz nuclear facility as the US nears Election Day, satellite images show. The construction comes as the US nears Election Day in a campaign pitting President Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Trump’s maximum pressure campaign against Iran has led Tehran to abandon all limits on its atomic programme, while … Read more
There is no indication of an out-of-commission Russian satellite and a discarded Chinese rocket colliding in orbit. LeoLabs, a firm that tracks space debris, identified the two craft this week, which had just a 10 percent chance of smashing into each other. Russian Kosmos-2004 was seen moving towards the southern poles and the Chinese Change … Read more
The European Space Agency (ESA) has released a sequence of images of Venus, taken by its Mercury-bound BepiColombo spacecraft. BepiColombo swung by Venus and captured its first glimpse of our immediate planetary neighbour, which appears as a tiny circular blob, just visible beneath the craft’s instruments. The flurry of black-and-white snapshots were taken between 7:58am and … Read more
Dead Russian satellite and discarded Chinese rocket are at ‘very high risk’ of colliding in orbit this week and could release thousands of new space junk pieces A defunct Russian rocket and dead Chinese rocket are floating in orbit The two appear to be on separate paths that could meet Thursday evening Experts are concerned that … Read more
Satellite image shows smoke billowing from raging fires on Kilimanjaro as battle against blaze on Africa’s tallest mountain enters third day Smoke was swirling near the summit of the 19,341ft Tanzanian mountain today Other images showed the slopes ablaze at twilight and vegetation being charred Hundreds of people including volunteers were trying to contain the … Read more