Author: Veronica Magan

According to the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gobi Desert, the satellite was delivered into its correct orbit by a Long March 2D rocket.

Astronomers from Harvard have confirmed that the North Korean satellite launched into space last week is tumbling in orbit and that no transmission has been received from it, signals that the spacecraft is almost certainly inactive.

NASA announced it has successfully crashed its two Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) twin satellites into the moon.

The third failure of the Breeze-M upper stage of Russia’s Proton rocket in 16 months has pushed its manufacturers to conduct a thorough assessment of Breeze-M.

The newest LandSat satellite, LandSat 8, has been scheduled for a February 2013 launch.

Arianespace has released a new mobile application that allows users to follow the company’s activities from their tables and smartphones.

The competition promises $30 million to the first privately funded team that can successfully land and communicate with an unmanned vehicle on the moon.

Intense solar storms are expected next year, which means that the number of sunspots will increase massively, causing changes in our planet’s ionosphere.

DigitalGlobe has published its 20 best satellite images of 2012 and it is now looking for public feedback to select the top one.

Two days after its first successful launch North Korea has vowed to send more satellites into space.