Following its launch from New Zealand in March this year, and under the control of UNSW Canberra, the M2 has now split into two smaller CubeSats (M2-A and M2-B) and will now continue to orbit in formation flying.
The UNSW Canberra City-based business hopes its air traffic management satellites will lead to safety improvements for aircraft flying all over the world.
Sir Richard blasted off to the edge of space on his Virgin Galactic space-plane on Sunday, in the company’s 22nd successful spaceflight, and fourth crewed flight to space.
British aviation entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson will claim the title of the first billionaire to blast off to suborbital space aboard his own company’s rocket, having just announced a spaceflight booked for just 9 days ahead of rival Jeff Bezos’ planned flight.
HawkEye 360 has awarded University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) a contract to manufacture the company's next generation of satellites.
To mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, Denise McNabb writes about listening to that historic moment in a New Zealand school classroom .