The dwarf planet Ceres became the first body of the asteroid belt to be discovered when Giuseppe Piazzi spotted it #Today (January 1st) in 1801. [...] ...

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Among the finds is an object thought to be an asteroid from the main belt, which lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

There are now 33 Tianqi satellites in orbit. The first phase of the Tianqi constellation will comprise 38 satellites. It was the 16th launch of the Ceres-1, of which 15 have been successful.

The Ceres 1's first sea-based launch took place in September 2023 off the coast of Shandong, placing four Tianqi satellites ...

The JWST has examined Chiron, a minor planet that orbits between Jupiter and Neptune, and found unexpectedly different ices ...

Galactic Energy's Ceres-1 rocket launches at sea area of East China's Shandong Province on December 19, 2024. Photo: Courtesy ...

The Ceres 1's first sea-based launch took place ... to a 500-km sun synchronous orbit, or 350-kg payloads to a low-Earth orbit at an altitude of 200 km.

When I asked readers on social media for suggestions about the coolest things they’ve seen in spaceflight during the last 25 years, I received hundreds of suggestions. To the best of my knowledge, not ...