On Wednesday, April 17 at 5:26 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A […]
Satellite Telescopes
SpaceX launch of Maxar’s WorldView Legion mission a No-Go
The WorldView Legion mission was postponed the day before launch and, with support ship Go Beyond now returned to the Port of Long Beach and the listing removed from the […]
SpaceX to launch Maxar WorldView Legion 1 & 2 mission for leading resolution and accuracy
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the WorldView Legion 1 & 2 mission on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at 6:30 PM (UTC). WorldView Legion is a constellation of Earth observation […]
Hubble views a massive star forming
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is teeming with color and activity. It features a relatively close star-forming region known as IRAS 16562-3959, which lies within the Milky […]
Europe’s Euclid telescope controlled by Beyond Gravity computer
Beyond Gravity provided key products for Europe’s Euclid space telescope — the space observatory is controlled by a computer and protected by thermal insulation from Beyond Gravity. The Euclid telescope […]
STAR VIBE smallsat demo mission gains orbit via SpaceX’s Transporter-6 launch
The STAR VIBE mission, which is the product of a collaboration between the Wrocław-based company Scanway Space and the German company German Orbital Systems, was launched into orbit on board […]
Reference flat mirrors for satellite telescope performance verification
Optical Surfaces Ltd. reports how its high precision reference flat mirrors are enabling testing and precise alignment of Earth Observation (EO) satellite telescopes. Today, satellite images play a major role […]