Space Micro lands Space Development Agency contract for optical communications
Friday, 25 February 2022 09:50
Denver CO (SPX) Feb 24, 2022
Voyager Space and Space Micro has announced an award from the Space Development Agency (SDA) for a 24-month development contract for advanced one-to-many optical communications using Managed Optical Communication Array (MOCA) technology to support Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations. Space Micro partnered with BridgeComm Inc., a global leader in optical wireless communications solutions and ser
Voyager Space and Space Micro has announced an award from the Space Development Agency (SDA) for a 24-month development contract for advanced one-to-many optical communications using Managed Optical Communication Array (MOCA) technology to support Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations. Space Micro partnered with BridgeComm Inc., a global leader in optical wireless communications solutions and ser The last day of the dinosaurs
Friday, 25 February 2022 09:50
Uppsala, Sweden (SPX) Feb 24, 2022
The asteroid which killed nearly all of the dinosaurs struck Earth during springtime. This conclusion was drawn by an international team of researchers after having examined thin sections, high-resolution synchrotron X-ray scans, and carbon isotope records of the bones of fishes that died less than 60 minutes after the asteroid impacted. The team presents its findings in the journal Nature.
The asteroid which killed nearly all of the dinosaurs struck Earth during springtime. This conclusion was drawn by an international team of researchers after having examined thin sections, high-resolution synchrotron X-ray scans, and carbon isotope records of the bones of fishes that died less than 60 minutes after the asteroid impacted. The team presents its findings in the journal Nature. Potential widespread effects of geoengineering on both climate and the carbon cycle
Friday, 25 February 2022 09:50
Beijing, China (SPX) Feb 24, 2022
Global warming poses a great threat to our society, and it will continue unless a deep and rapid reduction in greenhouse gas emissions is implemented. One alternative way to counteract some of the undesired effects of global warming is geoengineering, also referred to as solar radiation modification, or climate engineering.
The basic idea of geoengineering is to cool the earth by intention
Global warming poses a great threat to our society, and it will continue unless a deep and rapid reduction in greenhouse gas emissions is implemented. One alternative way to counteract some of the undesired effects of global warming is geoengineering, also referred to as solar radiation modification, or climate engineering.
The basic idea of geoengineering is to cool the earth by intention Ball Aerospace supports CDR of NASA's SPHEREx mission
Friday, 25 February 2022 09:50
Broomfield CO (SPX) Feb 24, 2022
Ball Aerospace supported completion of critical design review (CDR) for NASA's Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) mission. Ball will now move forward with building the telescope and spacecraft.
In addition to designing and building the spacecraft and telescope, Ball Aerospace is responsible for conducting system integration
Ball Aerospace supported completion of critical design review (CDR) for NASA's Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) mission. Ball will now move forward with building the telescope and spacecraft.
In addition to designing and building the spacecraft and telescope, Ball Aerospace is responsible for conducting system integration Cosmic flashes pinpointed to a surprising location in space
Friday, 25 February 2022 09:50
Gothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Feb 24, 2022
Astronomers have been surprised by the closest source of the mysterious flashes in the sky known as fast radio bursts. Precision measurements with radio telescopes reveal that the bursts are made among old stars, and in a way that no one was expecting. The source of the flashes, in nearby spiral galaxy M 81, is the closest of its kind to Earth.?
Fast radio bursts are unpredictable, extreme
Astronomers have been surprised by the closest source of the mysterious flashes in the sky known as fast radio bursts. Precision measurements with radio telescopes reveal that the bursts are made among old stars, and in a way that no one was expecting. The source of the flashes, in nearby spiral galaxy M 81, is the closest of its kind to Earth.?
Fast radio bursts are unpredictable, extreme Earth from Space: Washington, US
Friday, 25 February 2022 08:00
To celebrate the recent data release from Landsat 9, this week we take a closer look at a part of Washington state – the northwesternmost state of the US – through the lens of Landsat 9.
Rocket Lab Selected by MDA to Design and Build Spacecraft for Globalstar
Friday, 25 February 2022 05:59
Long Beach CA (SPX) Feb 25, 2022
Rocket Lab USA has been awarded a subcontract by MDA Ltd to lead the design and manufacture of 17 spacecraft buses for Globalstar's new Low Earth Orbit satellites. Globalstar, Inc. Rocket Lab will lead the development of the spacecraft buses, while MDA will act as prime contractor to manufacture Globalstar's satellites, lead the development of the payload, and perform the final satellite assembl
Rocket Lab USA has been awarded a subcontract by MDA Ltd to lead the design and manufacture of 17 spacecraft buses for Globalstar's new Low Earth Orbit satellites. Globalstar, Inc. Rocket Lab will lead the development of the spacecraft buses, while MDA will act as prime contractor to manufacture Globalstar's satellites, lead the development of the payload, and perform the final satellite assembl Intelsat announces successful emergence from financial restructuring process
Friday, 25 February 2022 05:59
McLean VA (SPX) Feb 25, 2022
Intelsat S.A. has successfully completed and emerged from its financial restructuring process as a private company with a substantially strengthened capital structure to support its growth as the leader in satellite communications. This final milestone follows receipt of regulatory approvals, completion of certain corporate actions, and satisfaction of other customary conditions.
Intelsat'
Intelsat S.A. has successfully completed and emerged from its financial restructuring process as a private company with a substantially strengthened capital structure to support its growth as the leader in satellite communications. This final milestone follows receipt of regulatory approvals, completion of certain corporate actions, and satisfaction of other customary conditions.
Intelsat' PPM partners with Aston Uni to develop game-changing satcom technology
Friday, 25 February 2022 05:59
Swindon UK (SPX) Feb 25, 2022
Pulse Power and Measurement Ltd (PPM) has been working with Aston University through a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) to develop a game-changing approach to technology used in the radio-over-fibre communications industry. The project will look to transform the connection between low earth orbit (LEO) satellite antenna dishes and modems through optics rather than electronics, delivering per
Pulse Power and Measurement Ltd (PPM) has been working with Aston University through a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) to develop a game-changing approach to technology used in the radio-over-fibre communications industry. The project will look to transform the connection between low earth orbit (LEO) satellite antenna dishes and modems through optics rather than electronics, delivering per Dusty Flight 19 completed and looking ahead to Flight 20
Friday, 25 February 2022 05:59
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 25, 2022
Flight 19 was successfully completed on February 7, 2022, at 20:21 PST (Sol 345 of the Perseverance mission, 12:00 LMST Local Mean Solar Time), and placed Ingenuity safely within the designated landing ellipse just above the eastern ridge of the "South Seitah" basin. Flight 19 was a reminder of the challenges and unpredictability of the Martian environment.
As discussed in our previous upd
Flight 19 was successfully completed on February 7, 2022, at 20:21 PST (Sol 345 of the Perseverance mission, 12:00 LMST Local Mean Solar Time), and placed Ingenuity safely within the designated landing ellipse just above the eastern ridge of the "South Seitah" basin. Flight 19 was a reminder of the challenges and unpredictability of the Martian environment.
As discussed in our previous upd NASA plans mid-March test for SLS moon rocket's first flight
Friday, 25 February 2022 05:59
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 24, 2021
NASA officials said Thursday the space agency is making progress toward a crucial test in mid-March of the first moon rocket since the Apollo-era but the agency did not set a new launch date for the first lunar mission.
NASA plans the full "wet-dress rehearsal" of the SLS moon rocket on the pad at 6 p.m. ET on March 17.
The first such mission to the moon, although uncrewed, may h
NASA officials said Thursday the space agency is making progress toward a crucial test in mid-March of the first moon rocket since the Apollo-era but the agency did not set a new launch date for the first lunar mission.
NASA plans the full "wet-dress rehearsal" of the SLS moon rocket on the pad at 6 p.m. ET on March 17.
The first such mission to the moon, although uncrewed, may h HSE University researchers discover what happens on the bright side of the moon
Friday, 25 February 2022 05:59
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Feb 25, 2022
Researchers from HSE University have developed a mathematical model that explains the levitation of charged dust particles over the sunlit lunar surface for almost any latitude. For the first time, the model takes into account the Earth's magnetotail-a particular area around our planet. The research data is important for planning the Luna-25 and Luna-27 space missions. The study was published in
Researchers from HSE University have developed a mathematical model that explains the levitation of charged dust particles over the sunlit lunar surface for almost any latitude. For the first time, the model takes into account the Earth's magnetotail-a particular area around our planet. The research data is important for planning the Luna-25 and Luna-27 space missions. The study was published in Organic compounds on Ceres
Friday, 25 February 2022 05:59
Gottingen, Germany (SPX) Feb 25, 2022
The third-largest crater on the dwarf planet Ceres was geologically active at least once many millions of years after its formation. In a recent study published in the journal Nature Communications, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) in Gottingen, the University of Munster (WWU) and the National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) in Bhubane
The third-largest crater on the dwarf planet Ceres was geologically active at least once many millions of years after its formation. In a recent study published in the journal Nature Communications, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) in Gottingen, the University of Munster (WWU) and the National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) in Bhubane Sols 3396-3397: Sediment Before the Pediment
Friday, 25 February 2022 05:59
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 25, 2022
If all goes according to plan, the rover's drive on sol 3397 will position us at the edge of the rocks that cap Greenheugh Pediment. This drive was pushed back from sol 3395 in order to collect even more data on the sedimentary rocks in our current workspace before we leave this rock formation and enter into a new one. This transition is documented in the Mastcam drive direction image above, in
If all goes according to plan, the rover's drive on sol 3397 will position us at the edge of the rocks that cap Greenheugh Pediment. This drive was pushed back from sol 3395 in order to collect even more data on the sedimentary rocks in our current workspace before we leave this rock formation and enter into a new one. This transition is documented in the Mastcam drive direction image above, in Ch'al-Type Rocks at Santa Cruz
Friday, 25 February 2022 05:59
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 25, 2022
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover snapped this view of a hill in Mars' Jezero Crater called "Santa Cruz" on April 29, 2021, the 68th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. About 20 inches (50 centimeters) across on average, the boulders in the foreground are among the type of rocks the rover team has named "Ch'al" (the Navajo term for "frog" and pronounced "chesh"). Perseverance will return to the ar
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover snapped this view of a hill in Mars' Jezero Crater called "Santa Cruz" on April 29, 2021, the 68th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. About 20 inches (50 centimeters) across on average, the boulders in the foreground are among the type of rocks the rover team has named "Ch'al" (the Navajo term for "frog" and pronounced "chesh"). Perseverance will return to the ar