Space Force Assigns Ursa Space to Deliver Analytics to USINDOPACOM Post-Japanese Disaster
Wednesday, 19 June 2024 06:01Ursa Space Systems, Inc., a leader in satellite insights, has completed a U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) task order supporting the US Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) in response to Japan's recent natural disaster. Ursa Space has provided analysis of commercial space remote sensing data to assess the damage through Operational Planning Products (OPPs). The products supplied inclu
NASA Satellites Find Snow Didn't Offset Southwest US Groundwater Loss
Wednesday, 19 June 2024 06:01Record snowfall in recent years has not been enough to offset long-term drying conditions and increasing groundwater demands in the U.S. Southwest, according to a new analysis of NASA satellite data. Declining water levels in the Great Salt Lake and Lake Mead have been testaments to a megadrought afflicting western North America since 2000. But surface water only accounts for a fraction of
Black hole observed 'awakening' for the first time
Wednesday, 19 June 2024 06:01Astronomers have been able to observe a supermassive black hole waking up and setting the heart of its host galaxy alight for the first time, the European Southern Observatory said on Tuesday. The galaxy 300 million light years from Earth in the Virgo constellation had been quiet for decades until late 2019, when it suddenly began to shine brighter than ever before. The centre of the gal
Spanish startup gets funds to deploy commercial IoT constellation
Wednesday, 19 June 2024 06:00Lockheed Martin wins contract to build U.S. geostationary weather satellites
Tuesday, 18 June 2024 22:54ExLabs wins funds to accelerate space robotics
Tuesday, 18 June 2024 21:49Starliner ISS stay extended to complete thruster and helium leak testing
Tuesday, 18 June 2024 21:42Slovenia to become ESA’s 23rd Member State
Tuesday, 18 June 2024 21:42Slovenia signed the Accession Agreement to the ESA Convention on 18 June 2024. Upon ratification, Slovenia will become the 23rd ESA Member State.
SpaceX switches up missions to set up Cape Canaveral launch tonight
Tuesday, 18 June 2024 19:27It's been 11 days since SpaceX last lit up the Space Coast sky with a rocket launch, the longest run between launches in more than a year.
It's not for a lack of trying, though, but bad weather and a scrub as the countdown clock hit 0 last week led to SpaceX taking down a Falcon 9 rocket for a Starlink mission and switching it up with a Falcon 9 to launch a European TV satellite on Tuesday night.
The SES 24 mission flying the ASTRA 1P communication satellite for Luxembourg-based communications company SES is set to launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station's Space Launch Complex 40 during a window that runs from 5:35-8:24 p.m. The satellite will service TV markets in Germany, Spain and France.
Space Launch Delta 45's weather squadron forecasts only a 55% chance for good conditions, with liftoff winds and the presence of cumulus clouds a concern. The same issues remain in the event of a 24-hour scrub, worsening to only a 45% chance of good conditions.
If it does launch, the first-stage booster will be making its ninth flight and will aim for a landing downrange on the droneship Just Read the Instructions.
Space industry group warns of escalating cyber threats, outmatched defenses
Tuesday, 18 June 2024 19:22Perseverance finds 'popcorn'-like rocks on planet Mars
Tuesday, 18 June 2024 18:28Boeing Starliner return to Earth set for June 26
Tuesday, 18 June 2024 18:17NASA and Boeing are targeting a June 26 return to Earth of the Boeing Starliner from the International Space Station, officials said Tuesday.
Starliner's first crewed mission to the ISS, which had been scheduled to last about eight days, has been extended due to thruster malfunctions and helium leaks.
The spaceship blasted off from Florida atop a United Launch Alliance Altas V rocket on June 5 following years of delays and safety scares—as well as two aborted launch attempts that came as astronauts were strapped in and ready to go.
NASA and Boeing officials said at a press conference that they were looking at a return date of no earlier than June 26 for the two astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, both ex-US Navy test pilots.