Bengaluru: A new report by the World Economic Forum (WEF) released Monday projects that the global space economy will be worth $1.8 trillion by the year 2035, almost rivaling the size …
South Korea launched its second domestically made spy satellite on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, enabling it to keep closer tabs on threats from the likes of nuclear-armed North Korea. …
Tokyo-based startup Space One, racing to be Japan’s first private-sector firm to put a satellite into orbit, postponed the launch of its solid-fueled rocket on Saturday morning. The launch was …
Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force said Saturday that it conducted joint training with two U.S. Air Force B-52 heavy bombers over the Sea of Japan and East China Sea a day …
Bengaluru: Scientists and engineers from Kyoto University, in collaboration with the logging company Sumitomo Forestry, are creating the first biodegradable satellite that will be made of wood, called LignoSat. The …
Japanese startup Astroscale Holdings said Monday that it has successfully launched a satellite to survey the state of a jettisoned rocket section in orbit in space, in what it calls …
Way up in the sky and sprinkled across the seas, two of the littlest yet most influential things in the world have stubbornly guarded their secrets: aerosols and phytoplankton. Today, …
Representing Xenovia, the Leiden team took full responsibility for the explosion but said their client repossessed Candidia’s satellite in full accordance with the Outer Space Treaty. Having given notice to …
Kepler recently launched two optical Pathfinder satellites equipped with not only its RF payloads but also two optical communications terminals compatible with the SDA’s constellation. (Illustration courtesy of Kepler Communications.) …
Out in the depths of snowy Hokkaido, where bears and foxes lurk, there is a material that Japanese scientists believe could transform the space industry: magnolia wood. The natural resource, …