WASHINGTON — A satellite that Spanish fleet operator Hispasat ordered in December 2014 largely to replace two Orbital ATK spacecraft has arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a Proton launch in September. Amazonas-5 covers for Amazonas-4A, an Orbital ATK-built satellite that lost capacity due to a power issue […]
Daily Archives: August 11, 2017
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WASHINGTON — Italian small satellite builder Sitael has signed Virgin Orbit to send a technology demonstration satellite into low-Earth orbit next year. Sitael’s µHETsat, a demonstrator for a new electric propulsion system built with the European and Italian space agencies, will fly on LauncherOne “mid-next year,” Dan Hart, Virgin Orbit […]
GETTY – STOCK IMAGE This month is shaping up to be one of the rainiest Augusts on record in the UK 1. The average speed at which a raindrop falls is about 14mph but large raindrops can reach speeds up to 20mph. 2. The average raindrop takes little more than […]