Beijing (XNA) Jan 21, 2022
China's high-resolution multi-mode imaging satellite has been officially put into use, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA) Thursday. The satellite was launched on July 3, 2020 from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province. The summary review of its in-orbit test was completed on December 17, 2021. The test results show that the sate

Irvine CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2022
ICEYE US, a subsidiary of ICEYE, the global leader in persistent Earth monitoring with radar satellite imaging, announced that it has received a contract from the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). This contract enables ICEYE US to participate in the NRO's evaluation of commercial remote sensing companies operating synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites. With a focus on modeling and

Los Alamos NM (SPX) Jan 28, 2022
For more than 60 years, scientists have sought to understand and control the process of fusion, a quest to harness the vast amounts of energy released when nuclei in fuel come together. A paper published in the journal Nature describes recent experiments that have achieved a burning plasma state in fusion, helping steer fusion research closer than it has ever been to its ultimate goal: a self-su

Orlando FL (UPI) Jan 29, 2022
SpaceX scrubbed its launch of an Italian Earth-observation satellite, the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation 2, for the third day in a row Saturday. "Due to weather in Florida affecting pre-launch operations, now targeting Sunday, January 30 at 6:11 p.m. EST for launch of COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 from SLC-40," the aerospace company tweeted. It's the third day in a row SpaceX ha

Beijing (XNA) Jan 28, 2022
China will continue to boost public services with satellites and promote the application and transfer of space technology in the next five years, according to a white paper on the country's space program. The white paper, titled "China's Space Program: A 2021 Perspective," was issued Friday by the State Council Information Office. China will intensify the integration of satellite app

Beijing (XNA) Jan 28, 2022
China will carry out more space science exploration in the next five years, said a white paper on the country's space activities released Friday. The white paper, titled "China's Space Program: A 2021 Perspective," was released by the State Council Information Office. It says that China will continue with the research and development of programs such as the satellite for space gravit

Beijing (XNA) Jan 28, 2022
China will improve space debris monitoring in the next five years to ensure the safe, stable and orderly operation of the space system, according to a white paper on the country's space activities released Friday. The white paper titled "China's Space Program: A 2021 Perspective" was released by the State Council Information Office. According to the white paper, China will strengthen

Beijing (XNA) Jan 28, 2022
China has been engaged with the international space community over the past five years, yielding fruitful results in space science, technology and application, a Chinese official said Friday. China launched a lunar research station project with Russia, and carried out extensive international cooperation in manned spaceflights, lunar exploration projects, Mars explorations and other mission

Yokohama, Japan (SPX) Jan 28, 2022
Humans experience the world in three dimensions, but a collaboration in Japan has developed a way to create synthetic dimensions to better understand the fundamental laws of the Universe and possibly apply them to advanced technologies. They published their results on January 28, 2022 in Science Advances. "The concept of dimensionality has become a central fixture in diverse fields o

Bern, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 28, 2022
An international team including researchers from the University of Bern and the University of Geneva as well as the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) PlanetS analyzed the atmosphere of one of the most extreme known planets in great detail. The results from this hot, Jupiter-like planet that was first characterized with the help of the CHEOPS space