DUBAI: The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) announced yesterday that the MBZ-SAT, the most advanced satellite in the region, successfully launched aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket. The 27-minute launch window opened at 10:49 PM (UAE time) from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, USA. The launch went […]
BEIJING: China has successfully launched its first group of low Earth orbit satellites as part of a plan to create a satellite internet constellation. The launch took place on Monday from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Hainan Province, marking a major step in China’s space ambitions. The launch was conducted using a Long March-5B […]
Denpasar: Elon Musk travelled to Bali, the resort island of Indonesia, on Sunday to initiate the Starlink satellite internet service in the world’s largest archipelago nation, as reported by agencies. Musk was welcomed at a community health clinic in Denpasar, Bali’s provincial capital, where he, along with Indonesian ministers, unveiled the Starlink service. During the […]
This will mark the beginning of India’s first partnership with a venture led by billionaire Elon Musk India: For the first time, Indian space agency ISRO will launch a heavyweight communications satellite using SpaceX’s Falcon-9 rocket this year. This will mark the beginning of India’s first partnership with a venture led by billionaire Elon Musk […]
This day in history we feature the Landsat 3. The satellite was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on this day in 1978. Trivia – Landsat 3 Landsat 3 is the third satellite of the Landsat program. It was launched with the primary goal of providing a global archive of satellite imagery. Unlike […]
This day in history we feature Triton. The largest moon of the planet Neptune, is discovered by astronomer William Lassell on this day in 1846. Trivia – Triton Triton is the largest natural satellite of the planet Neptune, it is the only large moon in the Solar System with a retrograde orbit, an orbit in […]
San Francisco: Elon Musk announced that Starlink, the satellite Internet division of his rocket company, is now active on all the continents, including Antarctica. On the microblogging site Twitter, Musk wrote, “Starlink is now active on all continents, including Antarctica”. He also said “another batch with lasers reaches orbit” after the deployment of 54 Starlink […]
This day in history we feature Syncom 3. It was the first geostationary communication satellite that was launched by NASA on this day in 1964. Trivia – Syncom 3 The three early Syncom satellites were experimental spacecraft built by Hughes Aircraft Company’s facility in Culver City, California, by a team led by Harold Rosen, Don […]
This day in history we feature Telstar 1. The first communications satellite launched by NASA on this day in 1962. It was the satellite that allowed the first live broadcast of television images between the United States and Europe. Trivia – Telstar 1 Telstar 1 remained active for only 7 months before it prematurely failed […]
Although the night sky has been a source of information for the entire world and it looks almost the same now as it did then. But, the sky we once knew is now on the verge of changing dramatically due to the proliferation of satellites just a few hundred miles above Earth. “For the first […]
DUBAI: The Dubai Corporation for Ambulance Services (DCAS) unveiled the ‘HyperSport Responder’, the world’s fastest and most expensive ambulance responder, at the Expo 2020 Dubai. Manufactured in the UAE, the Lykan HyperSport supercar is the creation of the Dubai-based company W Motors and is valued at AED13 million. One of only seven Lykan HyperSport cars […]
