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Jun 18, 2012 (Voice of Russia)

These satellites can effectively solve tasks set before them in space, but it will be a lot cheaper to put them into orbit using light rockets. The geo-centric ...

Surrey engineers use games console technology to make space building blocks

May 29, 2012 (SPX)

Space innovators at the University of Surrey and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) are developing 'STRaND-2', a twin-satellite mission to test a novel ...

Cubesats Land at National Science Foundation on Thursday, May 24th

May 14, 2012 (SPX)

Imagine a fully instrumented satellite the size of a half-gallon milk carton. Small low-cost satellite payloads, built mainly by students and hitching rides int...

Surrey Satellite Technology US solicits extra payloads for its 2015 OTB ride-share mission

Apr 16, 2012 (SPX)

Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC (SST-US) is soliciting ancillary payloads for its upcoming OTB mission that will be launched in Q1 2015, offering both govern...

Watching space weather through the MAGIC of CubeSat CINEMA

Apr 12, 2012 (SPX)

A trio of CubeSats that will study the effects of space weather on the Earth's radiation belts and magnetic field are being prepared for launch. TRIO-CINEMA is ...

N. Korea set to install satellite on rocket: official

Apr 10, 2012 (AFP)

North Korea is set to complete the assembly of its latest rocket by installing the satellite payload later Tuesday, a senior space official said. "We are expect...

O OREOS Nanosatellite Success in Orbit

Mar 26, 2012 (NASA)

NASA's Organism/Organic Exposure to Orbital Stresses (O/OREOS) nanosatellite has successfully carried microorganisms to a high-inclination, low-Earth orbit and ...

MSU satellite surpasses goal; NASA taps MSU to queue up for another launch

Mar 02, 2012 (SPX)

The Montana State University satellite that rode into space on a NASA rocket has now gathered information longer than the historic U.S. satellite it was built t...

Clyde Space wins UK Space Agency support for innovative space tech

Feb 27, 2012 (SPX)

Clyde Space has been awarded funding for two advanced space technology development projects. The projects are joint developments; the first with the Advanced Sp...

Astrium's Swarm satellite fleet tested and ready for space mission

Feb 22, 2012 (SPX)

The three Astrium built satellites of the Swarm constellation have completed a series of environmental tests designed to demonstrate their fitness for space fli...

Swarm constellation heads north

Feb 21, 2012 (ESA)

The three satellites that make up ESA's Swarm magnetic field mission were unvieled last week to the media. Following a demanding testing programme, the satellit...

Central and eastern Europe make history with small satellites

Feb 15, 2012 (ESA)

The first satellites entirely designed and built by Hungary, Poland, Romania are now orbiting Earth after the successful maiden flight of ESA's small Vega launc...

PW-Sat, Poland's first satellite launched into orbit

Feb 14, 2012 (SPX)

On the 13th of February 2012, the first Polish satellite - PW-Sat - was successfully deployed on orbit. The first Polish satellite, built by students, was succe...