NASA's InSight waits out dust storm
Monday, 10 October 2022 04:05
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 10, 2022
NASA's InSight mission, which is expected to end in the near future, saw a recent drop in power generated by its solar panels as a continent-size dust storm swirls over Mars' southern hemisphere. First observed on Sept. 21, 2022, by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), the storm is roughly 2,175 miles (3,500 kilometers) from InSight and initially had little impact on the lander.
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NASA's InSight mission, which is expected to end in the near future, saw a recent drop in power generated by its solar panels as a continent-size dust storm swirls over Mars' southern hemisphere. First observed on Sept. 21, 2022, by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), the storm is roughly 2,175 miles (3,500 kilometers) from InSight and initially had little impact on the lander.
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Flagstaff AZ (SPX) Oct 10, 2022
To prepare for the Artemis era of research on the Moon, NASA will conduct two, multi-week field tests near Flagstaff, Arizona with astronauts, engineers, and scientists to practice mission scenarios for Artemis astronauts in a simulated lunar surface environment.
The Arizona desert possesses many characteristics that are analogous to a lunar environment including challenging terrain, inter
To prepare for the Artemis era of research on the Moon, NASA will conduct two, multi-week field tests near Flagstaff, Arizona with astronauts, engineers, and scientists to practice mission scenarios for Artemis astronauts in a simulated lunar surface environment.
The Arizona desert possesses many characteristics that are analogous to a lunar environment including challenging terrain, inter Exploring Europa possible with silicon-germanium transistor technology
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Atlanta GA (SPX) Oct 10, 2022
Europa is more than just one of Jupiter's many moons - it's also one of most promising places in the solar system to look for extraterrestrial life. Under 10 kilometers of ice is a liquid water ocean that could sustain life. But with surface temperatures at -180 Celsius and with extreme levels of radiation, it's also one of the most inhospitable places in the solar system. Exploring Europa could
Europa is more than just one of Jupiter's many moons - it's also one of most promising places in the solar system to look for extraterrestrial life. Under 10 kilometers of ice is a liquid water ocean that could sustain life. But with surface temperatures at -180 Celsius and with extreme levels of radiation, it's also one of the most inhospitable places in the solar system. Exploring Europa could Viasat and Inmarsat confident their combination benefits consumers
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Carlsbad CA (SPX) Oct 10, 2022
Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications company, and Inmarsat, a leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, remain committed to working with the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to demonstrate how their planned transaction will benefit airline, passenger, and enterprise users of In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) in aviation businesses.
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Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications company, and Inmarsat, a leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, remain committed to working with the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to demonstrate how their planned transaction will benefit airline, passenger, and enterprise users of In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) in aviation businesses.
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An updated U.S. strategy for the Arctic the Biden administration released Oct. 7 predicts greater power competition in that part of the world, fueled by climate change and growing military activities.
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SpaceX launches two Intelsat Galaxy satellites after aborted mission
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Washington DC (UPI) Oct 8, 2021
SpaceX on Saturday launched two Intelsat satellites into Earth orbit after the mission was aborted Friday night.
The Galaxy 33 and Galaxy 34 communication satellites were launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 7:05 p.m. EDT by SpaceX on behalf of the company Intelsat from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
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SpaceX on Saturday launched two Intelsat satellites into Earth orbit after the mission was aborted Friday night.
The Galaxy 33 and Galaxy 34 communication satellites were launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 7:05 p.m. EDT by SpaceX on behalf of the company Intelsat from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The Falcon 9's first stage boo Uploading the Cloud Imager
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Friedrichshafen, Germany (SPX) Oct 06, 2022
The development of Europe's second generation polar-orbiting weather satellites has reached another decisive milestone with the installation of the Ice Cloud Imager Instrument (ICI) onto the MetOp-SG-B satellite. The novel sensor has now been successfully integrated at Airbus' Satellite Integration Centre in Friedrichshafen, Germany. ICI is one of the five instruments on board this next generati
The development of Europe's second generation polar-orbiting weather satellites has reached another decisive milestone with the installation of the Ice Cloud Imager Instrument (ICI) onto the MetOp-SG-B satellite. The novel sensor has now been successfully integrated at Airbus' Satellite Integration Centre in Friedrichshafen, Germany. ICI is one of the five instruments on board this next generati All expenses paid 'Zero Gravity' flight opportunity by Dr. Chrispy
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Chicago IL (SPX) Oct 07, 2022
Fresh Content Society, a Chicago social media management agency, is partnering with client Dr Chrispy (Dr. Chris Boshuizen) to send one lucky winner on an all expenses paid Zero Gravity flight, the Zero G Experience, the world's only FAA-certified provider of weightless flights, to experience true weightlessness without even having to go to space. The sweepstakes is open for entry now through No
Fresh Content Society, a Chicago social media management agency, is partnering with client Dr Chrispy (Dr. Chris Boshuizen) to send one lucky winner on an all expenses paid Zero Gravity flight, the Zero G Experience, the world's only FAA-certified provider of weightless flights, to experience true weightlessness without even having to go to space. The sweepstakes is open for entry now through No Venture Catalyst Space set to target next cohort of Australian startups
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Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Oct 06, 2022
Learn, build, reiterate. That was the mantra Raj Gautam, founder and chief executive of start-up company QL Space, learned when he took part in the Venture Catalyst Space program.
Gautam launched his start-up less than a year ago and is developing a multi-sensor remote sensing satellite for the space industry and mining sectors.
Once developed, QL Space's high-tech tool will be used
Learn, build, reiterate. That was the mantra Raj Gautam, founder and chief executive of start-up company QL Space, learned when he took part in the Venture Catalyst Space program.
Gautam launched his start-up less than a year ago and is developing a multi-sensor remote sensing satellite for the space industry and mining sectors.
Once developed, QL Space's high-tech tool will be used Kleos Observer Mission satellite cluster ready for launch integration
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Luxembourg (SPX) Oct 07, 2022
Kleos Space S.A (ASX: KSS, Frankfurt: KS1), a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) and Mission-as-a-Service (MaaS) provider, announces that its fourth cluster of four satellites, the Observer Mission (KSF3), is ready to be shipped to the launch site after successfully completing environmental test phases.
The Observer Mission satellites have successfully co
Kleos Space S.A (ASX: KSS, Frankfurt: KS1), a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) and Mission-as-a-Service (MaaS) provider, announces that its fourth cluster of four satellites, the Observer Mission (KSF3), is ready to be shipped to the launch site after successfully completing environmental test phases.
The Observer Mission satellites have successfully co Honeywell selected by Mangata Networks for control systems on new constellation
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Phoenix AZ (SPX) Oct 06, 2022
Honeywell has announced that Mangata Networks, a satellite telecommunications company, selected Honeywell's space integrated attitude control system (IACS) in support of its new constellations comprising 32 satellites. Mangata's new highly elliptical orbit (HEO) and medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellite constellations provide communications and weather monitoring in areas that typically lack in qua
Honeywell has announced that Mangata Networks, a satellite telecommunications company, selected Honeywell's space integrated attitude control system (IACS) in support of its new constellations comprising 32 satellites. Mangata's new highly elliptical orbit (HEO) and medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellite constellations provide communications and weather monitoring in areas that typically lack in qua DART Mission photos came from NASA's first use of Argotec microsatellite
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Turin, Italy (SPX) Oct 06, 2022
When NASA's DART spacecraft successfully hit the asteroid Dimorphos, the closest cameras that captured the impact were on LICIACube, a microsatellite built by Argotec. The next closest cameras were telescopes on Earth, 7 million miles away.
Argotec Mission Control Centre in Turin, Italy, received the first pictures from LICIACube (Light Italian CubeSat for Imaging Asteroids) a few hours af
When NASA's DART spacecraft successfully hit the asteroid Dimorphos, the closest cameras that captured the impact were on LICIACube, a microsatellite built by Argotec. The next closest cameras were telescopes on Earth, 7 million miles away.
Argotec Mission Control Centre in Turin, Italy, received the first pictures from LICIACube (Light Italian CubeSat for Imaging Asteroids) a few hours af Spin flips show how galaxies grow from the cosmic web
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Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Oct 06, 2022
The large-scale structure of the universe is traced by the distribution of galaxies. This 'cosmic web' consists of giant filamentary structures linking massive clusters of galaxies.
The new study finds that galaxies with bigger bulges tend to spin perpendicular to the filaments in which they are embedded, while galaxies with smaller bulges tend to spin parallel to these filaments.
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The large-scale structure of the universe is traced by the distribution of galaxies. This 'cosmic web' consists of giant filamentary structures linking massive clusters of galaxies.
The new study finds that galaxies with bigger bulges tend to spin perpendicular to the filaments in which they are embedded, while galaxies with smaller bulges tend to spin parallel to these filaments.
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Boston MA (SPX) Oct 06, 2022
Nearly half the stars in our galaxy are solitary like the sun. The other half comprises stars that circle other stars, in pairs and multiples, with orbits so tight that some stellar systems could fit between Earth and the moon.
Astronomers at MIT and elsewhere have now discovered a stellar binary, or pair of stars, with an extremely short orbit, appearing to circle each other every 51 minu
Nearly half the stars in our galaxy are solitary like the sun. The other half comprises stars that circle other stars, in pairs and multiples, with orbits so tight that some stellar systems could fit between Earth and the moon.
Astronomers at MIT and elsewhere have now discovered a stellar binary, or pair of stars, with an extremely short orbit, appearing to circle each other every 51 minu Overlapping galaxies VV 191 in Webb and Hubble composite image
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Washington DC (SPX) Oct 07, 2022
By combining data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, researchers were able to trace light that was emitted by the large white elliptical galaxy on the left through the spiral galaxy on the right and identify the effects of interstellar dust in the spiral galaxy. This image of galaxy pair VV 191 includes near-infrared light from Webb, and ult
By combining data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, researchers were able to trace light that was emitted by the large white elliptical galaxy on the left through the spiral galaxy on the right and identify the effects of interstellar dust in the spiral galaxy. This image of galaxy pair VV 191 includes near-infrared light from Webb, and ult