Space

Sentinel-2C Takes To The Skies

ESA successfully launches Sentinel-2C Copernicus satellite

The first extragalactic search for technosignatures at low frequencies covers 2,800 galaxies in one search

Low frequency search for alien technology in galaxies beyond our own

Liftoff for ESA’s Φsat-2 satellite

Open Cosmos and ESA launch AI app-powered satellite

This partnership builds on the ongoing collaboration for the utilisation of the Airbus VISPA robotic arm on future Astroscale missions

Airbus and Astroscale UK to explore collaboration in on-orbit servicing programmes

Early design of the Elfen spacecraft, a 16U CubeSat. Visible on top is the entrance aperture of T-FIPS, and on the right side, the MAGIC boom when deployed

Leicester University receives £500K in funding for new space habitability missions

Leicester University deliver cutting-edge telescope for SMILE mission

Ireland’s Ubotica claims Earth observation first

The Rolls-Royce Micro-Reactor could enable many space operations, including propulsion for satellites

Rolls-Royce awarded funding for nuclear Micro-Reactor

Students working with the mobile optical communications network TeraNet 3

Captured laser signals promise boost for comms from space

Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket makes its inaugural flight

Illustration of multiple satellites in orbit

‘Megaconstellations’ of satellites could endanger ozone hole recovery

Partners to develop a space-based air traffic surveillance system