SES secures 300M Euro in financing from European Investment Bank
Thursday, 12 January 2023 05:55
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The European Investment Bank (EIB), the financing institution of the European Union, and leading global content connectivity solutions provider SES announced details of their euro 300 million financing agreement at a press briefing at the SES headquarters in Betzdorf, Luxembourg.
The seven-year term loan will back investments related to the design, procurement and launch of three previousl Capella Space raises $60 million to accelerate constellation
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Capella Space has raised $60 million to allow the company to accelerate the deployment of its constellation and meet growing demand for its synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite imagery.
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Space Force official: To beat China, U.S. has to spend smarter
Wednesday, 11 January 2023 21:27 Write a comment
Commercial innovation should be harnessed to compete with China and also deter conflict, Space Force procurement official Col. Eric Felt said Jan. 11
Progress and obstacles for space weather forecasting
Wednesday, 11 January 2023 20:27 Write a comment
While Congress and the Biden Administration recognize the potential threat posed by space weather events, the United States still needs to improve its ability to monitor and model the phenomenon.
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Europe’s investment arm loans SES 300 million euros to bolster space industry
Wednesday, 11 January 2023 20:18 Write a comment
The European Investment Bank said Jan. 11 it is lending SES 300 million euros ($323 million) as part of efforts to increase the competitiveness of Europe’s space industry.
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Five things to know about the International Space Station
Wednesday, 11 January 2023 19:14 Write a comment
Here are some key facts about the orbiting laboratory set up to advance space exploration—and prepare to send humans to Mars—where Russians and Americans have worked together for a quarter of a century.
Size of a football field
The ISS is the largest man-made structure ever put into orbit.
Launched in 1998 by the United States, Russia, Canada, Japan, and members of the European Space Agency (ESA) it is the size of a football field and weighs about the same as a jam-packed Boeing 747.
Built at a total cost of about 100 billion dollars, mostly paid for by the US, it orbits the Earth every 90 minutes at an average altitude of 400 kilometres (250 miles).
It has been permanently occupied since November 2000 by Russian and American-led crews that usually stay for around six months to carry out experiments in microgravity (weightlessness) which have practical applications on Earth and help prepare for future Mars missions.
Webb confirms its first exoplanet
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Researchers have confirmed the presence of an exoplanet, a planet that orbits another star, using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope for the first time. Formally classified as LHS 475 b, the planet is almost exactly the same size as our own, clocking in at 99% of Earth’s diameter.
Space junk, not meteorites, remains biggest threat to spacecraft
Wednesday, 11 January 2023 16:59 Write a comment
Russian announced on Wednesday a February mission to the International Space Station to pick up crew members left stranded after a strike damaged the capsule that was to take them home.
Didier Schmitt, the European Space Agency's head of human and robotic exploration, said it was not rare for tiny meteorites to hit the space station.
The micrometeorites can be traveling at speeds from 10 to 30 kilometers (6-18 miles) a second—"much faster than a shotgun bullet," Schmitt said.
That is why, when the space station's large observation window is not in use, it is shuttered with "very, very thick layers of protective materials," he said.
NOAA takes stock of spectrum amid ongoing challenges
Wednesday, 11 January 2023 16:29 Write a comment
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is taking stock of its dependence on specific bands of the radio frequency spectrum and looking for ways to mitigate the impact of interference or government sales.
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Roscosmos to launch uncrewed Soyuz to replace damaged spacecraft at ISS
Wednesday, 11 January 2023 11:18 Write a comment
Russia will launch a Soyuz spacecraft without a crew to the International Space Station in February after concluding a damaged Soyuz spacecraft docked there cannot safely return its crew to Earth.
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Russia to launch new capsule to return space station crew
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Russia will launch new capsule to return space station crew
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SpaceX to launch 51 Starlink satellites after weather delay
Wednesday, 11 January 2023 06:12 Write a comment
SpaceX is counting down to launch another group of Starlink Internet satellites into orbit Tuesday night following a weather delay in California.
SpaceX plans to launch a Falcon 9 rocket topped with 51 of its Internet satellites from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base at 11:02 p.m. EST.
The launch, which had been scheduled for Monday night, was rescheduled due to bad weathe SpaceX Dragon capsule to return to Earth on Wednesday
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The SpaceX Drago cargo spacecraft is expected to splash down on Wednesday off the Florida coast after successfully leaving the International Space Station on Monday.
The capsule arrived about a month ago to deliver about two tons of scientific investigations and supplies to the space station.
NASA astronauts Frank Rubio and Josh Cassada completed two spacewalks in December to ins Researchers develop AI method for mapping planets
Wednesday, 11 January 2023 06:12 Write a comment
Creating geological maps of planetary surfaces such as Mars is a complex process. From data collection to data analysis to publication in different formats - the production of maps is based on a time-consuming, multi-step process.
Deep Learning techniques, which use artificial neural networks to analyze data sets, can significantly improve the production process, as broadly shown in both s