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Since its launch in 1956, the space program of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has come a long way. The country’s first satellite launch in 1970 and subsequent decades of relative calm made China the most ambitious outsider in the space sector of the second half of the 20th century.
This state of the NewSpace market is a great opportunity for start-ups that provide components for propulsion, optical and SAR satellites, and develop their AI-based data processing solutions. Analysts from Noosphere Ventures have assembled the main events of the first half of 2023.
Military testing of Starlink began back in 2018, a year before the constellation’s first satellites were launched into orbit. The Pentagon has kept a close eye on its developments from the start, and SpaceX has apparently been waiting for Starlink to become strong enough for the military.
Everything started for Starlink in 2014. Elon Musk envisioned a constellation of 700 relay satellites placed in low Earth orbit (LEO). They could cover the entire Earth with a broadband Internet signal. With his own return rockets Musk was the first to make it a reality.
In science fiction stories and computer games, there are many examples of fantastical space structures: from wheel-shaped orbital stations to entire worlds in the form of a ring. We will examine concepts for orbital settlements that could actually be implemented in the medium term.
Over 4,500 Starlink constellation satellites are already in Earth orbit, with SpaceX planning to increase the number to 42,000 in the future. The technology has long gone beyond just a global Internet provider. Let’s recount how far the project has come. This is the story of Starlink.
Scientists are pushing for a resumption of large-scale exploration of the Venus. For the first time in more than three decades, NASA has approved new missions to Venus. Here we will talk about how a “Venusian renaissance” is taking place and what questions planetary scientists want to answer.
Some call Artemis a banal repetition of Apollo, while others believe it to be a new step in the history of astronautics. In this article, we will analyze the technical aspect of how the two programs compare to each other.
Of all the planets in the solar system, Venus is the closest to us on Earth. Despite all this, Venus has not been particularly tantalizing to space agencies. But it was not always so. In this material, we will talk about how in the 20th century, humanity studied Venus.