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A next big thing in the space business could be tiny rockets

Posted in Hardware on 6th Aug, 2016
by Alex Muller

Instead of dozens of small satellites launched annually, analysts are now forecasting hundreds of small satellites heading to orbit each year.

Space launch of a roll up solar array set for spring of 2017 and will boost power and reduce weight of space solar power

Posted in Hardware on 22nd Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller

ROSA is a lightweight technology that rolls up into a very compact volume.

Biologists will be able to track animals in real time using the ISS

Posted in Science on 8th Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller

Satellite imagery has gotten to the point where saying that something is "big enough to see from space" doesn't really mean much anymore.

China to launch 'hack-proof' quantum satellite next month

Posted in Hardware on 7th Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller

Technology is first step towards building unbreakable network of communications based on cutting-edge physics.

RemoveDebris to launch space cleanup demonstrator

Posted in Science on 6th Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller

There are some 7,000 tonnes of space debris circling the Earth. Whizzing in orbit at tens of thousands of miles per hour, even a small fragment could destroy a satellite.