Satellite

Pakistan’s remote sensing satellite becomes operational

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s first Remote Sensing Satellite (PRSS-1) and Pakistan’s indigenous Technology Evaluation Satellite (PakTES-1A) became… Read More

NASA’s planet hunting satellite to start looking for exoplanets

On April 18, NASA launched the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) into space, ready to… Read More

China launches two satellites to ‘monitor’ CPEC

JIUQUAN:  China on Monday launched two satellites for Pakistan on a Long March-2C rocket from… Read More

Pakistan to launch indigenous remote sensing satellite next month

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will launch an indigenously developed remote sensing satellite (RSS) named PakTES-1A in July… Read More

New 3-D map of Milky Way will ‘revolutionise astronomy’

Europe's Gaia satellite has produced a "stunning" 3-D map, published, of more than a billion… Read More

Indian scientists lose contact with satellite

NEW DELHI: India’s national space agency has lost contact with a satellite days after it… Read More

US regulator approves SpaceX plan for broadband satellite services

The top US telecommunications regulator gave formal approval to a plan by Elon Musk’s SpaceX… Read More

Satellite images reveal show of force by Chinese navy in South China Sea

HANOI/HONG KONG: Dozens of Chinese naval vessels are exercising this week with an aircraft carrier… Read More

NASA launches satellite for US to boost weather forecasts

MIAMI: A new US satellite that offers speedy, high-resolution images of storms and may save… Read More

British astronaut hails ‘groundbreaking’ Airbus satellite

LONDON: British astronaut Tim Peake hailed a "groundbreaking" satellite being built by Airbus which its… Read More

SpaceX gets US regulator to back satellite internet plan

WASHINGTON: Elon Musk’s SpaceX, fresh off the successful launch this month of the world’s most… Read More

What’s next for SpaceX?

In successfully sending the world's most powerful rocket into space, SpaceX founder Elon Musk has… Read More

India sends its 100th satellite into space to watch borders

NEW DELHI: India launched its 100th satellite on Friday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks… Read More

Champagne box-sized satellite to probe distant planet

France is set to launch a champagne box-sized mini satellite into Earth orbit on Friday… Read More

‘Pakistan to send satellite mission into space in two years’

ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Air Staff Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman… Read More

Chinese satellite closes in on dark matter mystery

BEIJING: Scientists have detected cosmic ray energy readings that could bring them closer to proving… Read More

NASA launches next-generation weather satellite

WASHINGTON: NASA on Saturday launched a next-generation satellite into space designed to monitor weather around… Read More

Spikes in carbon emissions detected with NASA satellite

MIAMI: Data from a circling NASA satellite shows spikes in carbon emissions worldwide, particularly in… Read More

Japan launches satellite for advanced GPS operation

TOKYO: Japan on Saturday launched an H-2A rocket carrying a geo-positioning satellite into orbit after… Read More

NATO to spend 3 billion euros on satellite, cyber defences

BRUSSELS: NATO plans to spend 3 billion euros ($3.24 billion) to upgrade its satellite and computer… Read More