Tag: orbit
Space travel: satellite for Chinese lunar mission reaches orbit
Space travel Satellite for Chinese lunar mission reaches orbit A carrier rocket carrying the Queqiao-2 relay satellite lifted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern China’s Hainan Province…
Mission “Collect garbage”: Space probe targets old rockets for the first time
More than 9,000 tons Machinery and machine parts orbit the Earth, including satellites, the International Space Station and debris. However, a large part of this metal mass is made up…
Spy satellite is in orbit, Seoul says
The UN resolutions are clearly not a hindrance for North Korea, which launched its first spy satellite on Tuesday. The next day, its southern neighbor estimates that the satellite has…
Despite protests: North Korea reports: Spy satellite launched into orbit
North Korea claims to have placed a spy satellite into orbit using a launch vehicle. People are unimpressed by protests: they are planning to launch more satellites into space, according…
After a first failure, the Indian lunar mission Chandrayaan-3 succeeds in its orbit
Four years after the failure of a first controlled moon landing attempt, an unmanned rocket launched by India entered orbit of the Moon on Saturday, the Indian Space Research Organization…
Possible Exotrojan discovered – “Amazing that planets could share the same orbit”
FromTanya Banner close A research team is investigating a distant planetary system and is suspicious: Apparently something is happening there that has never been observed before. Madrid – More than…
With Helix, ArianeGroup is keeping an eye out for satellites in orbit
ArianeGroup not only launches satellites into space, it also monitors them from Earth. The industrialist announced on Friday the launch of its new space surveillance service, Helix, from its Issac…
Emma Raducanu at the WTA tournament in Stuttgart: on distant orbit – sport
Emma Raducanu recently drew all the curtains, closed the windows and locked the doors. A long upstairs and downstairs was not necessary at all. Today, anyone who wants to let…
After failed space mission: Virgin Orbit files for bankruptcy
Status: 04/04/2023 10:02 a.m The space company Virgin Orbit has filed for bankruptcy under US law. The company recently laid off 675 employees and is now planning a Chapter 11…
Danger in space: How to protect Earth’s orbit from space debris?
The mass of the space stations, satellites and junk particles in orbit around the earth is more than 10,000 tons. Too much, say some researchers and call for a legally…