Author: Staff Writer
October 11, 2019
Northrop Grumman successfully launched the company-built Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) satellite for NASA. The first phase of the launch was aboard Northrop Grumman’s Stargazer L-1011 carrier aircraft, which took off at 8:31 p.m. EDT on Oct. 10 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Shortly after release from Stargazer, Pegasus ignited, carrying ICON to its intended…
August 30, 2019
Due to the Labor Day holiday in the U.S., Via Satellite will not publish its Daily News Feed on Monday, September 2. We will resume our normal publishing schedule on Tuesday, September 3rd. The next episode of the On Orbit podcast will also be published on September 3rd.
August 26, 2019
Russian space agency Roscosmos has filed a patent for a satellite shield system that aims to protect spacecraft from colliding with dangerous objects in space. According to the patent, which was filed this past weekend with Russia's intellectual property bureau, Rospatent, the shield comprises two layers of aluminum plates covered in staggered conical, hard-alloy spikes. The…
August 26, 2019
The UK space industry is calling on the government to commit 150 million British pounds a year to an innovation fund as part of a national program that would recognize the sector’s importance. Graham Peters, chair of UKSpace, the trade body that represents satellite operators and manufacturers such as Airbus, Inmarsat and US defense group…