A quantum satellite in orbit, and the distance to a working link
SpeQtral's SpeQtre CubeSat has launched to test space-to-ground quantum key distribution, a building block for networks…
Space
Launches, satellites and the business of orbit.
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A Japanese satellite ordered for 2027, built to last fifteen years
SKY Perfect JSAT has contracted Thales Alenia Space to build JSAT-32, a geostationary satellite designed to replace…
A 16U satellite, and what counts as a successful mission
GITAI says its first in-house satellite met all three of its success criteria in orbit, a step toward satellites that…
Japan will build a pressurised rover for the Moon, for Artemis VII
NASA and Japan's science ministry have signed an arrangement that trades a lunar rover for seats on the surface for…
A drag sail that would bring small satellites down sooner
Axelspace's D-SAIL, a membrane that unfurls to shorten a satellite's time in orbit, has been selected for a JAXA…
A spacecraft will fly up to a spent rocket stage and photograph it
Astroscale Japan will send a small spacecraft to meet a discarded Japanese rocket stage, the first phase of a JAXA…
Astroscale launches a pair of satellites to rehearse catching one
Astroscale has launched ELSA-d, two satellites stacked together in a 550-kilometre orbit, to rehearse the docking that…