Microsoft and Viasat form partnership to deliver internet to the underserved globally
Thursday, 15 December 2022 12:12
On Wednesday, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Viasat (NASDAQ: VSAT) announced a new partnership to help deliver internet access to 10 million people around the globe, including 5 million across Africa.
Viasat, a global communications company, is the first satellite partner to work with Microsoft's Airband Initiative, and together they will deepen Airband's work in the Democratic Republi Northrop Grumman increases hypersonic manufacturing production capacity and affordability
Thursday, 15 December 2022 12:12
Northrop Grumman has received funding through the Manufacturing and Industrial Technology Division of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for enhancements to its hypersonics manufacturing technology. The $8.8 million contract supports improvements that will help to shorten production times and drive affordability for hypersonic weapons in production.
"Increased manufacturing capacity Mitigating corrosion by liquid tin could lead to better cooling in fusion reactors
Thursday, 15 December 2022 12:12
Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology and the National Institute for Fusion Science have clarified the chemical compatibility between high temperature liquid metal tin (Sn) and reduced activation ferritic martensitic, a candidate structural material for fusion reactors. This discovery has paved the way for the development of a liquid metal tin divertor, which is an advanced heat-removal c Chang'e 5 samples suggest exploitable water resources on the moon
Thursday, 15 December 2022 12:12
By studying lunar samples retrieved by the Chang'e 5 mission, Chinese scientists found that lunar soil grains retain more solar wind-implanted water at the middle latitude region than previously thought.
Based on this finding, the scientists predict that there is a large amount of water resources available for utilization at the high latitude region of the moon.
Scientists had previo Government Solutions rebadges as SES Space and Defense
Thursday, 15 December 2022 12:12
SES Government Solutions (SES GS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES, will begin operating under the new name SES Space and Defense effective immediately. The name change comes after combining SES Government Solutions with the recently acquired DRS Global Enterprise Solutions (DRS GES). The SES Space and Defense brand reflects the organization's new positioning and expanded offering serving the n Mars' thin and turbulent atmosphere leads to curiously sized dunes
Thursday, 15 December 2022 12:12
Among the mountainous dunes and small, undulating ripples of Mars' desert-like surface are sand structures, intermediate in size, that are not quite like anything on Earth.
Stanford University scientists have now used an AI model to analyze a million Martian dunes and uncover how these sandy waves form on our sister planet at a scale - roughly 1 meter between crests - that previously seeme Soyuz leak cancels space station spacewalk
Thursday, 15 December 2022 11:30
A coolant leak in a Soyuz spacecraft docked to the International Space Station Dec. 14 forced flight controllers to cancel a Russian spacewalk there and raised questions about the spacecraft’s ability to return to Earth safely.
ESA appoints two new Directors
Thursday, 15 December 2022 11:18
As of today, ESA has appointed two new Directors - the Director of Science and the Director for Technology, Engineering and Quality. ESA Council approved the Director General’s proposal to appoint the new Directors at its meeting on 15 December 2022.
Webb glimpses field of extragalactic PEARLS, studded with galactic diamonds
Thursday, 15 December 2022 08:36
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Webb glimpses field of extragalactic PEARLS, studded with galactic diamonds Russian ISS spacewalk cancelled due to coolant leak: NASA
Thursday, 15 December 2022 07:55
A spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station was called off after the detection of a coolant leak, NASA said on Thursday.
The Russian space agency, Roscosmos, said that a walk in space by Sergei Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin had been cancelled after one of the warning indicators went off in the Soyuz spacecraft docked to the ISS.
The mission had been planned for Wednesday.
NASA said that a coolant leak had been discovered "from the aft end of the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft", towards the back of the vessel.
"NASA and Roscosmos will continue to work together to determine the next course of action following the ongoing analysis," the US space agency said.
"The crew members aboard the space station are safe, and were not in any danger during the leak."
US astronaut Frank Rubio flew to the ISS with the two Russian cosmonauts on the Soyuz rocket, which launched on September 21 from Kazakhstan.
Space has been a rare avenue of cooperation between Moscow and Washington since the start of Moscow's assault on Ukraine in February, and ensuing Western sanctions on Russia that shredded ties between the two countries.
Microsoft and Viasat partner to expand global connectivity access
Wednesday, 14 December 2022 22:41
Microsoft said Dec. 14 it is partnering with satellite operator Viasat to find solutions for bringing internet access to 10 million unserved or underserved people within three years.
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NASA and Rocket Lab ready for first Electron launch from Wallops
Wednesday, 14 December 2022 22:17
After more than two years of delays, NASA and Rocket Lab are finally ready to conduct the first Electron launch from Wallops Island in Virginia on Dec. 16.
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U.S. space internet companies fear competitive threat from China
Wednesday, 14 December 2022 22:16
U.S. government should “enact policies and incentives to keep U.S. LEO broadband companies competitive internationally," says a new CSIS report.
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U.S. national security space strategy emphasizes resilient systems, responsible behavior
Wednesday, 14 December 2022 20:52
A recently completed U.S. space strategy stresses the need to deploy resilient constellations that can operate under attack, and supports norms for responsible behavior in space
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Eutelsat ordered to stop broadcasting three Russian channels
Wednesday, 14 December 2022 20:33
France’s TV regulator ordered Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat to stop broadcasting three Russian propaganda channels, reversing an earlier decision not to interfere.
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