by OGL News | May 16, 2023 | news-hub
An image from a camera on ESA’s JUICE spacecraft captured the radar antenna snapping into place after a stuck pin finally came loose May 12. Credit: ESA WASHINGTON — A radar antenna on a newly-launched European mission to Jupiter has finally deployed after weeks...
by OGL News | May 15, 2023 | news-hub
A rendering of the optical and radar satellites that are part of Thales Alenia Space’s contribution to IRIDE’s “constellation of constellations.” Credit: Thales Alenia Space TAMPA, Fla. — An Italian Earth observation project funded by...
by OGL News | May 14, 2023 | news-hub
An illustration of rocky, Earth-sized exoplanet LHS 475 b. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Leah Hustak (STScI) HELSINKI — China aims to construct an array of telescopes in deep space to search for habitable planets orbiting other stars. The Miyin project envisions...
by OGL News | May 13, 2023 | news-hub
Visitors tour Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. Credit: U.S. Space Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Luke Kitterman WASHINGTON — SpaceX is getting a second launch pad on the West Coast after gaining approval to lease Space Launch Complex 6...
by OGL News | May 12, 2023 | news-hub
From left to right: SuperSharp chief science officer Ian Parry, chief technology officer George Hawker, and CEO Marco Gomez-Jenkins, with Satlantis CEO Juan Tomas Hernani and business development manager Ignacio Mares. Credit: Satlantis TAMPA, Fla. — Spanish...
by OGL News | May 11, 2023 | news-hub
Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne at Spaceport Cornwall being prepared for its first launch from the U.K. Credit: Spaceport Cornwall TAMPA, Fla. — Spaceport Cornwall, which provided the runway for Virgin Orbit’s failed launch from the U.K. in January, opened a...
