Skynet is a family of military satellites, now operated by Paradigm Secure Communications on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence, which provide strategic communication services to the three branches…

The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey is a large-scale galaxy redshift survey which was carried out over 276 nights at the Anglo-Australian Telescope between Aug. 2006 and Jan. 2011. The aim…

Helios II is a military satellite for Earth observation. It is operating since April 2005. It is operated jointly by France, Belgium, Spain, Greece and Italy.

Helios-A and Helios-B (also known as Helios 1 and Helios 2), are a pair of probes launched into heliocentric orbit for the purpose of studying solar processes. A joint venture…

The AUSY Group participates in numerous Space and aeronautical programs (commercial airlines, combat aircrafts, transportation aircrafts, military refuelling aircrafts, helicopters,…

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) was founded in 1919. Its mission is to promote and safeguard the science of astronomy…

The Dream Chaser is a space plane concept studied and developed by the North-American company Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC). It is designed to be a crewed suborbital and orbital vertical-takeoff,…

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) is an electronic systems provider and systems integrator specializing in microsatellites, energy,telemedicine, nanotechnology, and commercial orbital…

The SpaceShipTwo (SS2) is a suborbital, air-launched space plane, designed for space tourism. It is under development by The Spaceship Company. SpaceShipTwo is carried to its launch altitude by a…

SpaceShipOne is a suborbital air-launched spaceplane that completed the first manned private spaceflight in 2004. That same year, it won the US$10 million Ansari X Prize and was immediately retired…