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NASA's new CubeSat concept for planetary exploration beyond low Earth orbit

Posted in Hardware on 21st May, 2015
by Alex Muller

A concept that would use less-expensive cubesats (tiny-satellites) to observe physical phenomena beyond low-Earth-orbit.

Startup Beams the Webs Most Important Content from Space

Posted in Science on 21st May, 2015
by Alex Muller

By renting communications satellites, Outernet is currently blanketing about half Earths surface with a signal that transmits data.

Russian rocket carrying satellite burns up over Siberia

Posted in Science on 17th May, 2015
by Alex Muller

Russia's space programme has experienced a series of mishaps in recent months.

Sentinel to measure ocean height

Posted in Science on 12th May, 2015
by Alex Muller

Sentinel-6a is likely to go into orbit in 2020 on an American rocket. It will measure changes in the height of the oceans, a key indicator for understanding weather and climate.

'centimeter accurate' GPS system to be integrated into phones

Posted in Software on 6th May, 2015
by Alex Muller

Knowing exactly where you are in the world, to the centimeter, is going to get a whole lot easier thanks to a new ultra-accurate GPS system.