Science and Technology is ever advancing. Today some European scientists launched a satellite called “Smos Spacecraft”, which will make flood prediction easier by tracking water flows around the Earth. The satellite will also provide better weather forecasts and estimate the impact of climate change including drought. The satellite was lifted into space from the Plesetsk [...]

The mission costs $273 million and was supposed to last two years. It was over in 17 minutes. The satellite named Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) did not have enough force to make orbit after its launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
The satellite carries sensors that were meant to take a census of carbon [...]

‘Omid,’ the first satellite that is 100% made-in-Iran, has begun its journey into space – highlighting the progress made by the nuclear technology of the government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The launch was made from a new base of unknown location. The launch also coincided with the thirtieth anniversary of the Islamic revolution of 1979, making [...]