NASA has launched a new CubeSat designed to accelerate the testing of emerging space technologies directly in orbit, a move ...

The core idea behind this new system is simple: use one fuel for two very different jobs. Chemical thrusters give a strong, fast push, which is useful when a satellite needs to change direction ...

Engineers at MIT have successfully tested a hybrid propulsion system for small satellites that combines the raw punch of chemical rockets with the long-haul efficiency of electric thrusters – and ...

The company’s website boasts of being an “end-to-end space company” offering “reliable launch services, spacecraft, satellite components, and on-orbit management,” having deployed more than 250 ...

April 2 (Asia Today) --South Korea's CubeSat K-RadCube has begun operations in high Earth orbit after being deployed from NASA's Artemis 2 mission, marking a step toward developing capabilities for ...

COSMO (upper right) being deployed from the Transporter 16 rocket. Watch the launch video on the SpaceX website. Liftoff for two University of Colorado Boulder CubeSats! The AEPEX and COSMO CubeSats, ...

Calvin University is launching a new CubeSat program within its aerospace engineering curriculum, giving students the rare opportunity to design, build, test, and operate a real satellite that could ...

What if the next breakthrough in space exploration wasn’t powered by billion-dollar budgets or sprawling research facilities, but by a credit card-sized computer you could hold in your hand? Enter the ...

Aerospace Corp.'s Flashlight Laser Crosslink Demonstration payloads were built primarily with commercial-off-the-shelf parts and a custom-built laser-communications terminal. Credit: Aerospace Corp.

A consortium of academic and industry partners has come a step closer to launching the UK’s first university-led multi-satellite space mission after announcing it has successfully built and tested its ...

Electrical power system (EPS) designs for NASA’s spacecraft have a powerful and essential subsystem that surrounds the electrical power generation, storage, and distribution. It encompasses a large ...