SpaceFab is a space startup company working on space telescope satellites, asteroid mining and space manufacturing. The company plans to launch its first space telescope in late 2022. Their satellite, called the Viewpoint space telescope, will be available to the public to take astronomical or Earth observation pictures, making it […]
At first blush, the PlaneWave PW1000 may appear simply a scaled-up version of Planewave’s PW-700, but as the side-by-side comparison in Image 3 instantly reveals, the challenges associated with that increase in aperture are substantial. The PlaneWave PW1000 is a complete one-meter observatory-class telescope featuring a direct-drive altitude-azimuth (Alt-Az) mounting […]