JAXA startup Tenchijin releases free land evaluation app using EO data
Friday, 09 September 2022 07:48Tenchijin COMPASS enables people who have never used satellite data before to analyze, visualize data, and experience the power of satellite data. The use of satellite data has been attracting attention, but it has tended to have an image of being expensive and difficult to handle. Therefore, Tenchijin, Inc., a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) -recognized startup, has been support
Surprise finding suggests 'water worlds' are more common than we thought
Friday, 09 September 2022 07:48Water is the one thing all life on Earth needs, and the cycle of rain to river to ocean to rain is an essential part of what keeps our planet's climate stable and hospitable. When scientists talk about where to search for signs of life throughout the galaxy, planets with water are always at the top of the list. A new study suggests that many more planets may have large amounts of water tha
Unraveling a mystery surrounding cosmic matter
Friday, 09 September 2022 07:48Early in its history, shortly after the Big Bang, the universe was filled with equal amounts of matter and "antimatter" - particles that are matter counterparts but with opposite charge. But then, as space expanded, the universe cooled. Today's universe is full of galaxies and stars which are made of matter. Where did the antimatter go, and how did matter come to dominate the universe? This cosm
Hubble finds spiraling stars, providing window into early universe
Friday, 09 September 2022 07:48Nature likes spirals - from the whirlpool of a hurricane, to pinwheel-shaped protoplanetary disks around newborn stars, to the vast realms of spiral galaxies across our universe. Now astronomers are bemused to find young stars that are spiraling into the center of a massive cluster of stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. The outer arm of the spira
Falcon 9 set to launch BlueWalker 3 to Low Earth Orbit
Friday, 09 September 2022 07:48AST SpaceMobile, Inc. ("AST SpaceMobile") (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard mobile phones, has announced its BlueWalker 3 (BW3) test satellite is planned to reach orbit September 10 from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, a mission that plans to kick off testing with mobile network operator
Momentus First Demonstration Mission Status Update #5
Friday, 09 September 2022 07:48Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS), a U.S. commercial space company that plans to offer transportation and other in-space infrastructure services, has provided its fifth Mission Update on its inaugural Vigoride mission that launched on May 25. Since the Company's last update on August 3, Momentus has successfully deployed an additional payload from its Vigoride orbital transfer vehicle. SelfieSa
Help explore the future with ESA’s Advanced Concepts Team
Friday, 09 September 2022 07:42Next week ESA’s future-oriented Advanced Concepts Team, the ACT, will mark its 20th anniversary by contemplating the coming two decades in space – and outside space researchers, engineers and students are cordially invited to take part.
Private Chinese satellite internet firm GalaxySpace secures major new funding
Friday, 09 September 2022 07:27Chinese satellite internet startup GalaxySpace has raised new funding which the company says puts its value at $1.58 billion.
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MTG-I1 weather satellite shows off
Friday, 09 September 2022 06:33Before Europe’s first Meteosat Third Generation Imager leaves the south of France at the end of the month aboard a ship bound for French Guiana, this remarkable new weather satellite has been taking centre stage at Thales Alenia Space’s facilities in Cannes.
FCC to set five-year deadline for deorbiting LEO satellites
Friday, 09 September 2022 01:57The FCC wants to require operators of low Earth orbit satellites to deorbit their spacecraft within five years after their mission ends, a much shorter timeframe than currently required.
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NASA preparing for late September Artemis 1 launch attempt
Thursday, 08 September 2022 21:07NASA is laying the groundwork for another attempt to launch the Space Launch System on the Artemis 1 mission late this month, pending both repairs to leaking liquid hydrogen lines and negotiations with the Eastern Range.
Blue Canyon delivers first satellite bus for DARPA’s Blackjack constellation
Thursday, 08 September 2022 18:48Blue Canyon Technologies delivered the first of 10 satellite buses DARPA ordered in 2020 for its Blackjack experiment in low Earth orbit.
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Solid rocket fuel startup Adranos opens fuel-production facility in Indiana
Thursday, 08 September 2022 18:29Adranos, a startup that manufactures solid rocket motors, announced Sept. 8 it opened a fuel-production facility in Indiana.
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Solid rocket startup Adranos opens fuel-production facility in Indiana
Thursday, 08 September 2022 18:29Adranos, a startup that manufactures solid rocket motors, announced Sept. 8 it opened a fuel-production facility in Indiana.
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Register now: ESA Open Day at ESTEC
Thursday, 08 September 2022 15:00Registration is now open for the 11th annual ESA Open Day at ESTEC, open to all visitors. ESA’s ESTEC technical centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, will be open from 10:00 to 17:00 on Sunday 2 October, giving visitors a chance to meet astronauts, space scientists and engineers and learn all about the work carried out at Europe’s largest space establishment.