Tag: satellites
Starlink satellites present on 20% of the photos of observatories devoted to asteroids
Eric Bottlaender Space specialist January 24, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. 8 The Andromeda galaxy… barred by the passage of a satellite © Caltech Optical Observatories / IPAC A study conducted…
Lagrange points – space parking lots for satellites and telescopes – knowledge
contents The James Webb telescope reaches its observing post in space – Lagrange point 2. Astronomers love this place. Author: Anita Vonmont, Corinna Daus Almost a month ago, the largest…
SpaceX sends 49 new Starlink satellites into space
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket takes off on the night of January 17 to 18, 2022, with 49 Starlink satellites on board. The flight is broadcast live. Update: the flight…
Launch satellites from a submarine? Why not !
Eric Bottlaender Space specialist January 16, 2022 at 5:17 p.m. 5 Rare photograph of a Volna-O (orbital) launch vehicle taking off from a submarine. Credits Planetary Society With the collapse…
Thales: will build two satellites for Intelsat
(CercleFinance.com) – Intelsat and Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), have signed an agreement to build two satellites designed to strengthen the global structure…
Starlink: soon 2,000 satellites sent into orbit, but still some big challenges
Eric Bottlaender Space specialist January 05, 2022, 4:00 p.m. 15 Antennas, yes, and lots of satellites too © SpaceX / Starlink This January 6, SpaceX should make its first takeoff…
Starlink satellites threaten China’s Tiangong space station?
So many satellites orbit the earth that evasive maneuvers are the order of the day to avoid collisions. One way out would be international agreements that regulate traffic in orbit.…
Chinese Space Station complaint: Elon Musk disagrees, his satellites don’t clutter orbit
Alexandre boero December 30, 2021 at 10:55 am 21 Artist’s impression of the Chinese space station CSS or SSC (© CMSA) China estimates that satellites Starlink , SpaceX properties have,…
China complains to the UN: Starlink satellites pose a threat to their own space station
China advised the United Nations earlier this month that its own space station had to perform two evasive maneuvers this year to rule out a possible collision with a SpaceX…
SpaceX: China accuses Elon Musk of being irresponsible with its Starklink satellites
China has just lodged a complaint with the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs. The reason ? Beijing has twice had to avoid collisions between its space station and…
Satellites endanger space station: Musk turns the Chinese against him
Tuesday, December 28, 2021 Satellites endanger the space station Musk turns the Chinese against him Tesla boss Elon Musk is actually very popular in China. But now he is coming…
Britain’s space internet draws closer with new satellites launched
The Russian Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying 36 new British satellites takes off from its launch pad at the Russian Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on December 27, 2021 (Russian Space Agency Roscosmos…