Kuva Space wins 5 million euro award for hyperspectral data
Monday, 19 June 2023 12:00
Kuva Space plans to launch four microsatellites in 2024 and to deploy as many as 100 satellites by 2030.
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Printing electronics to help space missions lose weight
Monday, 19 June 2023 11:39
The functionality of any space mission is determined by its electrical, electronic and electro-mechanical (EEE) components. While individually small in size, a standard satellite can contain thousands of these active and passive devices, along with several kilometres of connective links ESA is looking into printing these electronics, to boost overall robustness while driving down mass, manufacturing lead times, and cost.
Euclid: ESA’s mission into the unknown
Monday, 19 June 2023 06:22
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ESA’s Euclid mission is designed to bring the dark side of the Universe to light. Based on the way galaxies rotate and orbit one another, and the way in which the Universe is expanding, astronomers believe that two unseen entities dominate the composition of our cosmos. They call these mysterious components dark matter and dark energy, yet to date we have not been able to detect either of them directly, only inferring their presence from the effects they have on the Universe at large.
To better understand what dark matter and dark energy may be, we need a
SpaceX launches satellite to serve rural Indonesia
Sunday, 18 June 2023 23:59
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Sunday carrying a communications satellite that will provide internet service to Indonesia.
The rocket launched from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The launch window opened at 6:04 p.m. but liftoff was delayed by about 15 minutes due to upper level winds. A backup window was prepared for Monday.
The rock Rocket Lab launches first suborbital version of Electron
Sunday, 18 June 2023 12:37
Operating under a veil of secrecy pierced only by the ignition of the rocket’s engines, Rocket Lab launched the first suborbital variant of its Electron vehicle June 17.
Global collaboration drives record-breaking advances in small satellite industry
Sunday, 18 June 2023 10:12
In a great week for NewSpace, global collaborations have led to record-breaking achievements across the small satellite sector, with a focus on autonomous technology, enhancing global internet connectivity, and ever increasing commercial applications.
First up, China has set a new national record by successfully launching 41 satellites into orbit on a single mission via their Long March 2D Innovation and investment propel Earth Observation industry to new heights
Sunday, 18 June 2023 10:12
The Earth Observation (EO) industry continues to see a surge in technological innovation, satellite deployment, and investment opportunities, underlining the sector's pivotal role in our evolving understanding of our home planet.
Satellite deployment is rapidly increasing, with companies such as Muon Space, ICEYE, and Satellogic all announcing successful launches. Muon Space's debut satell USTC explored gravity's effect on quantum spins
Sunday, 18 June 2023 10:12
A joint research group led by Prof. SHENG Dong and Prof. LU Zhengtian from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), investigated the coupling effect between neutron spin and gravitational force via employing a high-precision xenon isotope magnetometer. This work was published in Physical Review Letters, entitled "Search for Spin-Dependent NASA uses new air taxi ride simulator to test passenger comfort
Sunday, 18 June 2023 10:12
To create a future where air taxis are a regular form of transportation, passengers need to be comfortable. That's why researchers at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California are exploring how passengers may experience an air taxi ride by building a custom virtual reality flight simulator.
NASA is currently researching the human physiological response to motion, vibra Seoul military salvages North Korea's space rocket wreckage
Sunday, 18 June 2023 10:12
South Korea's military said Friday it had successfully retrieved a large chunk of a crashed North Korean space rocket from the sea bed after 15 days of complex salvage operations.
North Korea attempted to put its first military spy satellite into orbit on May 31, but the projectile and its payload crashed into the sea shortly after launch due to what Pyongyang said was a rocket failure. We've pumped so much groundwater that we've nudged the Earth's spin
Sunday, 18 June 2023 10:12
By pumping water out of the ground and moving it elsewhere, humans have shifted such a large mass of water that the Earth tilted nearly 80 centimeters (31.5 inches) east between 1993 and 2010 alone, according to a new study published in Geophysical Research Letters, AGU's journal for short-format, high-impact research with implications spanning the Earth and space sciences.
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Sunday, 18 June 2023 10:12
One of NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center's greatest contributions to commercial aviation is something that passengers never see - digital fly-by-wire flight controls.
Digital fly-by-wire technology replaces the heavy pushrods, cables, and pulleys previously used to move control surfaces on an aircraft's wings and tail. The technology uses a computer to send pilot commands by fiber opti Rise of the cute robots
Sunday, 18 June 2023 10:12
The red eye that refuses to be extinguished, the metal body that cannot be crushed - for many of us the word "robot" conjures one image: the Terminator.
But robots are now everywhere, serving as companions in care homes or vacuum cleaners in our homes, and manufacturers are keener than ever to design friendly machines.
"At first we noticed the kids could be a bit afraid," said Do Hwan K Shining potential of missing atoms
Sunday, 18 June 2023 10:12
Single photons have applications in quantum computation, information networks, and sensors, and these can be emitted by defects in the atomically thin insulator hexagonal boron nitride (hBN). Missing nitrogen atoms have been suggested to be the atomic structure responsible for this activity, but it is difficult to controllably remove them. A team at the Faculty of Physics of the University of Vi