Solar Orbiter commissioned in orbit despite Covid-19
Airbus teams working from home successfully complete In-Orbit Commissioning Airbus has successfully completed the In-Orbit Commissioning (IOC) of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Solar Orbiter…
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Solar Orbiter is ready for its close-up with the Sun
Currently traveling at some 105 million kilometres from Earth, the Airbus-built Solar Orbiter (SolO) is en route for an encounter to uncover the secrets of…
Ground-breaking solar powered unmanned aircraft makes first flight
Persistent High Altitude Solar Aircraft (PHASA-35®) has the potential to stay airborne for a year. PHASA-35, a 35m wingspan solar-electric aircraft, has successfully completed its…
Solar Orbiter reaches for our star
The Airbus built Sun explorer spacecraft Solar Orbiter was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 23.03 local time. The European Space Agency (ESA) mission…
Solar Orbiter ready for its close-up with the Sun
Airbus-built Solar Orbiter has been fitted inside the protective fairing, mounted on top of the launcher and is now ready to fly from Cape Canaveral…
Airbus built Solar Orbiter heads for the Sun in Florida
Solar Orbiter, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) flagship mission to study the Sun has completed all tests and is set to be flown to Cape…
Solar plane lands in India to complete first sea leg
Solar Impulse 2 landed in India late on Tuesday, completing the first major sea leg of its epic bid to become the first solar-powered…
Lockheed Martin Solar Ultraviolet Imager Installed on GOES-R Weather Satellite
New Sensor Will Analyze and Predict Severe Space Weather PALO ALTO, Calif., April 17, 2014 – Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] has delivered a new solar analysis…
Solar Impulse 2: the round-the-world aircraft is completed
Today, Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg launched Solar Impulse 2, their new single-seater solar aircraft designed to take up the challenge of the first round-the-world…
Lockheed Martin Team Completes First Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) For GOES-R Satellite Series
PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 17, 2013 – A Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] team has completed the Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) instrument that will make crucial…
Boeing Subsidiary Spectrolab Sets New Solar Cell Efficiency World Record
Boeing subsidiary Spectrolab recently set a new world record by producing a solar cell that converted 38.8 percent of solar energy into electricity, more than…
Thales Alenia Space wins contract from Italian Space Agency to build Metis instrument for Solar Orbiter
Thales Alenia Space Italy has been awarded a contract by the Italian Space Agency to build the Metis (Multi Element Telescope for Imaging and Spectroscopy)…
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