Copernical Team
Beyond Gravity wins order to build robotic thruster mechanisms for HummingSat satellites
Beyond Gravity has secured a contract to supply robotic thruster pointing mechanisms for five HummingSat geostationary telecommunications satellites being developed by Swiss satellite manufacturer SWISSto12. The multi-axis robotic arms will control the satellites' electric propulsion systems, keeping them on station 35,786 kilometers above Earth.
"With this thruster pointing mechanism, we Long March 2D reaches 100th mission milestone with dual satellite launch
The Long March 2D rocket has completed its 100th successful flight, placing two experimental satellites into orbit in a milestone mission for China's space program.
The vehicle lifted off at 11 am local time from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province, carrying Shiyan 30A and 30B. Both satellites were deployed into their planned orbits, according to China Aerospace Science Arianespace partners with BULL to advance space debris prevention measures on Ariane 6
Arianespace and French start-up BULL are strengthening their cooperation on sustainable spaceflight through joint work on space debris mitigation technology for the Ariane 6 launcher.
The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding in 2024 to explore the integration of BULL's HORN Post Mission Disposal (PMD) device onto the Ariane 6 Dual Launch System. Initial feasibility studies co Technique Could Reveal Hidden Habitats on Moon and Mars
With repeated strikes of a 10-pound (4.5-kilogram) sledgehammer, a team of NASA-supported researchers has demonstrated a low-tech but powerful method to locate caves that may one day provide shelter for astronauts on the Moon and Mars.
The experiments, conducted near Flagstaff, Arizona, and Tulelake, California, used terrain with geologic features similar to those of planetary lava fields. Venus' Cloud Aerosols Contain Reservoirs of Water and Iron
A new analysis of the aerosols in Venus' clouds, from data originally collected in 1978 during the Pioneer Venus mission, has found evidence for substantial water and iron. The study, Re-analysis of Pioneer Venus data: Water, iron sulfate, and sulfuric acid are major components in Venus' aerosols, was led by Rakesh Mogul, a professor in the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department at California Sta Mars's atmospheric 'mille-feuille'—high-resolution images capture fine layers of clouds and dust
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Moonbound Artemis II astronauts give Orion capsule a name
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Image: Lake Balkhash viewed from the International Space Station
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HydroGNSS: ESA’s first Scout begins launch preparations
The European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) HydroGNSS mission, which will investigate the Earth’s water cycle, has landed in California and is ready to start preparations for launch.
IAC 2025 - One-to-one with ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher
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Watch the one-to-one interview with Josef Aschbacher, Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA), extracted from Plenary 1 of the 76th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2025). In this session, he shares his insights into ESA's strategic vision.