Aerospace
ESA’s Jupter Icy Moons Explorer set for mid-2022 launch
18 Jun 2019
The 6-tonne satellite will first be placed in an Earth escape orbit in a direction to Jupiter before starting a journey of 600 million kilometres that will take 7.5-years, and the spacecraft will finally enter orbit around the giant planet in October 2029
Raytheon to merge United Technologies to form a $120 bn giant
10 Jun 2019
United Technologies provides primarily commercial plane makers with electronics, communications and other equipment, whereas Raytheon mainly supplies the US government with military aircraft and missile equipment
Astronomers capture first image of a black hole
10 Apr 2019
Joint efforts by the US National Science Foundation and Event Horizon Telescope helped make paradigm-shifting observations of the gargantuan black hole at the heart of distant galaxy Messier 87
India successfully tests anti-satellite missile technology
27 Mar 2019
The mission, `Operation Shakti’, was completed in just three minutes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, adding that all equipment used in the operation was developed indigenously
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