Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 20, 2023
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) recently completed a critical design review for its Tranche 1 Transport Layer (T1TL), part of Space Development Agency's (SDA) low-earth orbit network designed to communicate vital information to wherever it's needed to support U.S. troops on the ground quickly and securely. The Tranche 1 Transport Layer (T1TL) communication satellites will provide

Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Apr 20, 2023
Emphasizing that space capabilities are "important to our strategy of integrated deterrence" and the reason U.S. Space Force must drive "transformational" change, Department of the Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall offered a blunt assessment April 19 of the challenges today in space but also optimism that the United States would maintain its dominance in that domain. In a keynote address t

Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Apr 20, 2023
Chief of Space Operations, Gen. Chance Saltzman April 19 praised the United States' proud and trailblazing history in space but said the rapidly changing and more dangerous domain requires new actions, thinking and focus. "This crowd is passionate about space; I see no signs of apathy," Saltzman said during his keynote speech at the 2023 Space Symposium, a large gathering of government, mi

Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 20, 2023
Cargo spacecraft is robotic spacecraft designed to support space station operation by transporting food, propellant and other supplies. Tianzhou cargo spacecraft (The abbreviation is TZ) is a Chinese automated cargo spacecraft developed by the China Academy of Space Technology, as part of China's manned space Station program. The China Academy of Space Technology began to design TZ in 2010.

Denver CO (SPX) Apr 20, 2023
The first Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) LM 400, a versatile, mid-sized satellite which can be adapted for military, civil or commercial uses, has successfully completed Electromagnetic Interference/Electromagnetic Compatibility testing. This trial is crucial to ensure that signals from the satellite bus components will not interfere with critical payloads during operations. The spacecraft, w

Littleton CO (SPX) Apr 20, 2023
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has announced that its In-space Upgrade Satellite System (LM LINUSS) accomplished a successful on-orbit demonstration, proving how small satellites can serve an essential role in sustaining critical space architectures. They do this by regularly upgrading existing constellations with new capabilities and extending spacecraft design lifecycles. LM LINUSS, a techn

Noordwijk, Netherlands at ESA
Paris (ESA) Apr 21, 2023 The current expansion of ESA's technical heart, nestled beside North Sea dunes on the Netherlands coast, as seen from the air. The European Space Research and Technology Centre, ESTEC, is ESA's single largest establishment and hub of Europe's space efforts. This is the place where European space missions are born, then guided through development while new technolo

Pohang, South Korea (SPX) Apr 21, 2023
Last summer, metropolitan areas of Korea including Seoul were hit by an unprecedented heavy rainfall, which inundated various locations. Similarly, torrential downpours engulfed about one-third of Pakistan, leading to widespread flooding. New York State was not spared as it experienced heavy snowstorms in December of last year, with snowfall of more than one meter. These events underscore

San Antonio TX (SPX) Apr 21, 2023
Scientists from Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) led a team in the unique Citizen Continental-America Telescopic Eclipse (CATE) experiment to image the Sun's outer atmosphere, the corona, during a short solar eclipse on the opposite side of the Earth. Using four platforms in the northwest corner of Australia, the team successfully observed the million-degree solar corona at the April 20 eclip

Washington DC (UPI) Apr 20, 2023
NASA astronomers marked 33 years since the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope Thursday by releasing a high-quality image of the NGC 1333 star-forming region. "Hubble's colorful view showcased through its unique capability to obtain images from ultraviolet to near-infrared light unveils an effervescent cauldron of glowing gasses and pitch-black dust stirred up and blown around by sever