worldUS-French satellite launched to map world’s oceans, lakes and riversA US-French satellite that will map almost all of the world’s oceans, lakes and rivers has rocketed into orbit. The pre-dawn launch aboard a SpaceX rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California capped a highly successful year for Nasa.
newsIreland counting down to its first satellite launch in 2023Eirsat-1, developed and built by the UCD School of Physics, will be launched in the next few months by the European Space Agency
worldNasa satellite heads towards moon after breaking free from orbit around EarthA satellite the size of a microwave oven has successfully broken free from its orbit around Earth and is heading towards the moon. It is the latest step in Nasa’s plan to land astronauts on the lunar surface again.