The Sentinel-1D satellite is ready to launch next week and, when it is fully commissioned, it will work with Sentinel-1C to capture high-resolution radar images over land, ice and sea. The mission has helped to reshape our view of planet Earth in numerous ways, by contributing data to public services and scientific studies on changes in our environment and climate. But did you know some of the following facts about Sentinel-1?

From early September to late October 2025, members of ESA's Astronaut Reserve returned to the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany, for a second block of intensive training.

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 30, 2025
Many robotics systems function in conditions where the environment is well-defined: factory floors, urban roads, research facilities. But what about robots designed for space? Keenan Albee, who recently joined the ASTE faculty as an assistant professor, has developed robots that have been trialed aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and are due to fly to the Moon. His USC lab - t

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 30, 2025
AST SpaceMobile and stc group have signed a ten-year commercial contract to deliver satellite direct-to-device mobile broadband throughout Saudi Arabia and selected areas in the Middle East and Africa. Under the terms, stc commits $175 million in prepayments for future services and sets a substantial long-term revenue goal. This partnership will connect AST SpaceMobile's satellite cellular

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 31, 2025
ICEYE has announced Tactical Access, a commercial Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite product for customers needing rapid, high-volume imagery and flexible tasking timelines. Tactical Access allows direct user control over SAR satellite tasking, with reserved imaging capacity and options for dedicated ground stations enabling near real-time image acquisition and delivery. Unlike conve

Washington DC (UPI) Nov 2, 2025
SpaceX Sunday said it is stepping up its efforts to develop a simplified Human Landing System for NASA as it pursues a plan to return to the moon. SpaceX has been heavily involved in the HLS, which is based on the upper stage of the company's Starship rocket, which is still being developed. SpaceX released an in-depth, 2,000 word post Sunday detailing the progress it has made on

Sriharikota, India (AFP) Nov 2, 2025
India launched its heaviest ever communication satellite on Sunday, the latest step in the country's ambitious space programme. The CMS-03 satellite blasted off from Sriharikota in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh at 5:26 pm (1156 GMT). "Our space sector continues to make us proud!" said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who wants to send an Indian astronaut to the Moon by 2040. Wei

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Jiuquan, China (AFP) Oct 31, 2025
A crew of three Chinese astronauts, including the country's youngest-ever, docked early Saturday at the Tiangong space station, accompanied by four lab mice. The Shenzhou-21 spaceship docked at 3:22 am (1922 GMT Friday), China's state news agency Xinhua reported. That was about three-and-a-half hours after the spaceship departed from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 02, 2025
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a new atomically layered material which experiences a five order of magnitude resistivity reduction when oxidized, a change that exceeds a hundred times the reduction observed in comparable non-layered materials. Investigating the structure, the team identified how the synergy between oxidation and structural modifications leads to ma