Are you passionate about the technological challenges of our time? In “Tech a Seat”, our ALTEN specialists will tell you about the projects that matter.In this first episode, Marjorie MURPHY, Tech journalist meets Damien SEGUR, Space Project Manager at ALTEN Sud-Ouest.On the program: better understanding climate change and safeguarding the marine ecosystem using data collected … Read more
Düsseldorf It was last September when an almost gigantic collision occurred far overhead. The International Space Station (ISS) narrowly avoided a piece of space debris. As a precaution, the astronauts on board had already moved to the rear, Russian part of the station in order to avoid being hit directly in the event of an … Read more
Álvaro Díaz-Flores and José Fernández Moreno, students of the Master’s Degree in Aeronautical Engineering (MUIA) of the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) were enjoying an international mobility experience in the United States in the 2019/2020 academic year, under the ETSIAE-University of Arizona Double Diploma agreement, when they were presented with the opportunity to participate in … Read more
Wednesday 06 January 2021 19:10 … – This is what the wooden satellite could look like. © Photo: Sumimoto Forestry A Japanese company and university are working on a first wooden satellite project. The launch is scheduled for 2023. West France – .
The Ravn X from Aevum is “the world’s largest unmanned aerial system (UAS) by weight”. Its purpose is to send small-sized satellites into space, which it can do with very few resources. And it does not require as long preparation as launch rockets. – The Ravn X is 24 meters long, 5.5 meters high and … Read more
Ivan Vagner, a Russian astronaut currently aboard the ISS, on August 19th had captured five mysterious space objects. – The mystery gravitating around the five mysterious unidentified objects taken from the International Space Station last August 19 by the Russian astronaut Ivan Vagner has been solved. To shed light on their nature was the astronaut … Read more
The launch of the European rocket Vega you haven’t had easy days lately. In July 2019, a failure even led to its destruction as a precautionary measure. Several launch attempts in June this year were halted due to an unfavorable high-altitude climate above the space port of Kourou. The last postponement was this Tuesday, with … Read more