Europe's Euclid space telescope to launch on July 1
Wednesday, 21 June 2023 16:12
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The European Space Agency said on Wednesday its space telescope Euclid is scheduled to launch on July 1, blasting off on a mission to shed light on the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy.
The mission will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida, with the broadcast beginning at 1430 GMT, the ESA said in a tweet.
Euclid was originally planned to ride into space on a Russian Soyuz rocket, but last year Moscow withdrew its launchers in response to sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine.
The ESA was forced to turn to its rival SpaceX, the US company of billionaire Elon Musk, to launch the 1.4-billion-euro ($1.5 billion) mission.
Space telescope tracing dark energy to be launched July 1
Wednesday, 21 June 2023 15:32 Write a comment
The Euclid space telescope has a target launch date of July 1, 2023 (18:11 Finnish time at the earliest) with a backup launch date of July 2, 2023.
In six years, Euclid will complete a task that would take older telescopes like Hubble or Webb over a century. The main objective is to solve the problem of dark energy, i.e., why has the expansion of the universe started to accelerate?
A map to reveal the secrets of dark matter and dark energy
Scout Space announces new investors
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Scout Space, a startup developing technologies for space situational awareness, announced June 20 it has secured undisclosed funding from the venture capital firm Decisive Point and from government contractor Noblis.
Startup Danti unveils search engine for geospatial data
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A new startup, Danti, came out of stealth June 21 with a search engine designed for users of geospatial data.
Industry invited to bid for low-Earth orbit satnav demo
Wednesday, 21 June 2023 11:35 Write a comment
Europe’s Galileo constellation is already the world’s most accurate satellite navigation system, providing metre-level precision to users worldwide. The general expectation is that satnav is going to keep on getting better, in line with increasing user needs and accuracy requirements. But in fact, traditional Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) in medium Earth orbit are approaching their limits of technical performance.
Paris Air Show live - From Earth science to climate action
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Paris Air Show live: From Earth science to climate action
22 June at 12:00 CEST: Earth's water and carbon cycles from space
ESA and CNES sign contract to maintain Spaceport, furthering modernisation and environmental sustainability
Wednesday, 21 June 2023 10:55 Write a comment
At the Paris air show today, ESA Director of Space Transportation Daniel Neuenschwander and CNES's Guiana Space Centre Director Marie-Anne Clair signed a contract, maintaining ESA’s role and focusing on objectives including improving flexibility to handle new payloads, reducing carbon footprint and furthering the digital transformation at Europe’s Spaceport to 2027. Looking on were ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and CNES Deputy Chief Executive Lionel Suchet.
CNES has overall responsibility for maintaining the operational condition of the spaceport and modernizing facilities.
Intelsat To sustainably extend life of four satellites by 2027
Wednesday, 21 June 2023 10:36 Write a comment
Intelsat, operator of one of the world's largest integrated satellite and terrestrial networks and leading provider of inflight connectivity (IFC), ordered its second Mission Extension Pod (MEP) from Northrop Grumman Corporation's SpaceLogistics, which will add life to an Intelsat satellite, providing uninterrupted services to many customers. The new contract represents the fourth deal with Spac New form of electromagnetic launch will reduce orbital costs by 100-fold
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Reducing orbital launch costs by 100-fold would be world changing, and that's what Electromagnetic Launch Inc. (EML) and Robinson Research Institute of Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand aim to do in a new partnership agreement and demonstration experiment announced May 30, 2023.
The partners intend to prove the physics and demonstrate the engineering for a "Quench Launcher," OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample will have new home in Houston
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If everything goes according to plan, OSIRIS-REx's sample return capsule will separate from the spacecraft, enter the Earth's atmosphere and parachute safely to Earth for recovery at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range, located about 70 miles west of Salt Lake City. "The OSIRIS-REx curation team is excitedly preparing for the Bennu samples," said Nicole Lunning, OSIRIS-REx l Long March 6 rocket carries experimental satellite to space
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China used a Long March 6 carrier rocket to transport an experimental satellite into space on Tuesday morning, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, a leading State-owned space contractor.
The company said in a news release that the rocket blasted off at 11:18 am at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi province and soon placed the Shiyan 25 satellite into its p Rover on the home stretch to the Martian moon Phobos
Wednesday, 21 June 2023 10:36 Write a comment
The origin of the martian moons Phobos and Deimos is still an unsolved mystery in planetary research. Both moons will be the targets of the Japanese Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission. A German-French rover will land on Phobos as part of the mission and conduct a mobile exploration - despite the extremely low gravity. At the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agen Continuing along the alternate route: Sols 3861-3864
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Earth planning date: Friday, June 16, 2023 Hearing today's drive completed as planned for the third time in a row was a refreshing change from last week when Curiosity was struggling to get up a rocky and sandy slope. Our alternate route takes us laterally along this challenging terrain, rather than straight uphill, and this small change certainly seems to be helping.
I really hope we cont ESA backs Greek firms' and universities' CubeSats
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Seven CubeSat missions that demonstrate a variety of services including connectivity and secure communications are being developed by small and medium-sized companies and universities in Greece, following an open call and selection by ESA.
The initiative underpins efforts - led by ESA on behalf of the Greek Ministry of Digital Governance - to expand the nascent space industry in Greece, en Iridium proposes a new model for monitored BVLOS UAS integration
Wednesday, 21 June 2023 10:36 Write a comment
Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM) has announced the results of an Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS) flight trial highlighting Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) capabilities in the National Airspace System (NAS), with a published a whitepaper titled "Monitored BVLOS: A New Model for UAS Integration in the National Airspace System." The whitepaper highlights and solves for challenges faced