German Satellite

Car-manufacturing powerhouse Germany is rushing to join the private sector space race as it looks to ride a boom in mini-launchers for small satellites and compete with major US firms such as SpaceX.

OHB, a Germany-based satellite maker, has been giving stiff competition to aerospace giants such as Airbus Space and Thales Alenia as it grabs a considerable share of European Space Agency (ESA) contracts.

A recent study led by German Aerospace Center revealed that the Moon may have been formed 4.425 billion years ago, going against earlier studies that suggested that natural satellite may be 4.51 billion years old.

One of the most successful riders on the grid, Dani Pedrosa has announced his retirement from MotoGP at the end of this season. The announcement marks the end of an 18-year career for the Spaniard, 12 years of which were spent in the premier class of the championship. The Spaniard announced his exit from the sport ahead of the German Grand Prix lat...

The reason we know today just how much ice is melting in Greenland and Antarctica is because of a pair of satellites, launched in 2002 by NASA and the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ). Now, they are set to be replaced by a more modern duo.

Heavily populated Asian cities avoided a dangerous collision with space junk last weekend as a defunct German satellite crashed into the sea somewhere between India and Myanmar.

Scientists were trying to establish how and where a defunct German research satellite returned to the Earth on Sunday, after warning that some parts might survive re-entry and crash at up to 280 mph (450 kph).

A defunct satellite hurtled toward the atmosphere and pieces of it were expected crash to the Earth within hours, the German Aerospace Centre said early on Sunday.

The German Aerospace Center says one of its retired satellites is hurtling toward the atmosphere and pieces could crash into the earth as early as Friday.

After the six-tonne UARS satellite of NASA that crashed into the Pacific ocean over a week ago, another is approaching fast for a fiery death plunge soon. This time, it's a defunct German space telescope called ROSAT, which is set to hit the planet at the end of October or early November, scientists said.

Car-manufacturing powerhouse Germany is rushing to join the private sector space race as it looks to ride a boom in mini-launchers for small satellites and compete with major US firms such as SpaceX.

OHB, a Germany-based satellite maker, has been giving stiff competition to aerospace giants such as Airbus Space and Thales Alenia as it grabs a considerable share of European Space Agency (ESA) contracts.

A recent study led by German Aerospace Center revealed that the Moon may have been formed 4.425 billion years ago, going against earlier studies that suggested that natural satellite may be 4.51 billion years old.

One of the most successful riders on the grid, Dani Pedrosa has announced his retirement from MotoGP at the end of this season. The announcement marks the end of an 18-year career for the Spaniard, 12 years of which were spent in the premier class of the championship. The Spaniard announced his exit from the sport ahead of the German Grand Prix lat...

The reason we know today just how much ice is melting in Greenland and Antarctica is because of a pair of satellites, launched in 2002 by NASA and the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ). Now, they are set to be replaced by a more modern duo.

Heavily populated Asian cities avoided a dangerous collision with space junk last weekend as a defunct German satellite crashed into the sea somewhere between India and Myanmar.

Scientists were trying to establish how and where a defunct German research satellite returned to the Earth on Sunday, after warning that some parts might survive re-entry and crash at up to 280 mph (450 kph).

A defunct satellite hurtled toward the atmosphere and pieces of it were expected crash to the Earth within hours, the German Aerospace Centre said early on Sunday.

The German Aerospace Center says one of its retired satellites is hurtling toward the atmosphere and pieces could crash into the earth as early as Friday.

After the six-tonne UARS satellite of NASA that crashed into the Pacific ocean over a week ago, another is approaching fast for a fiery death plunge soon. This time, it's a defunct German space telescope called ROSAT, which is set to hit the planet at the end of October or early November, scientists said.