Japanese researchers have developed the first wooden satellite in history, and they want to launch their tiny cuboid spacecraft on a SpaceX rocket in September. The experimental satellite, created by researchers at Kyoto University and the logging company Sumitomo Forestry, is only 10 centimeters (four inches) on each side. When the device re-enters the atmosphere,…
As the leaders of Japan, South Korea, and China hold an unusual trilateral summit in Seoul, North Korea has notified Tokyo that it plans to launch its second military reconnaissance satellite by June 4, Japan’s maritime report said. The National Security Agency made the announcement early Monday morning.Following North Korea’s announcement, the Coast Guard has…
Amid growing tensions with the West, Russia has launched a research satellite built in Iran into orbit. According to the official IRNA news agency, a Russian Soyuz rocket launched the Pars 1 remote sensing and imaging satellite on Thursday from the Vostochny Cosmodrome. The satellite will study Iran’s topography from an orbit of 310 miles…
Amazon launched two satellites on Friday in an attempt to compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink firm to provide internet access from space. At 2:06 local time (6:06 GMT), Cape Canaveral in Florida launched the satellites into space. Two satellites were launched by the United Launch Alliance (ULA) business organization, a partnership between Boeing and Lockheed…
Amazon said on Thursday that a new facility will be built in a Seattle neighbourhood to produce satellites for Project Kuiper. Project Kuiper, which Amazon unveiled in 2019, aims to create a network of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit to deliver high-speed broadband internet. When the Federal Communications Commission approved the satellite internet system…
NASA has been exploring whether crashing a satellite into an asteroid may change its course since 2017, seeking SpaceX’s assistance in the process in 2019. The rocket business said today that it has completed a static fire test and that the Double Asteroid Redirection Test will launch on November 21st (DART). At 10:21pm PT that…