by OGL News | Dec 5, 2023 | news-hub
As the number of satellites in orbit increase, so will the possibilities of space debris. There are currently 8,000 satellites in orbit, but hundreds of thousands more are being proposed. Illustration of debris in orbit around Earth. (Image credit: Getty Images) Ewan...
by OGL News | Dec 4, 2023 | news-hub
The mountainous and icy coastline of the Antarctic Peninsula. A marine terminating glacier in Antarctica. (Image credit: Professor Anna Hogg) Another day, another retreating glacier. Today’s casualty is Antarctica’s Cadman Glacier, located on the western...
by OGL News | Dec 3, 2023 | news-hub
Astronomers have discovered the first example of a swirling disk of material feeding a young star located in a galaxy outside the Milky Way. The disk is near-identical to those found around infant stars in the Milky Way and suggests that stars and planets form in...
by OGL News | Dec 2, 2023 | news-hub
Aerial view of Chinese private launch firm Landspace testing its Tianque-12 methalox engine at a facility in Huzhou. Credit: Landspace HELSINKI — China is progressing with a program to develop full-flow staged-combustion-cycle methane engines to power its reusable...
by OGL News | Dec 1, 2023 | news-hub
Firefly Aerospace announced Nov. 28 the first test of its Miranda engine that will be used on the Antares 330 and MLV launch vehicles. Credit: Firefly Aerospace WASHINGTON — Firefly Aerospace has conducted the first hot-fire test of a new engine that will power...
by OGL News | Nov 30, 2023 | news-hub
WASHINGTON — Two satellites designed to bring mobile broadband coverage to the Arctic region for civilian and military users have completed key tests ahead of their planned launch next summer. Space Norway announced Nov. 21 that the second satellite of the Arctic...
