Oxford researchers pioneer outer space machine learning model
Sunday, 30 July 2023 09:06
In an unprecedented move, a research team at the University of Oxford has successfully trained a machine learning model aboard a satellite in outer space. This groundbreaking achievement has the potential to significantly enhance the functionalities of remote-sensing satellites, making real-time monitoring and on-the-spot decision making possible for a host of applications.
Remote-sensing Momentus completes payload deployment from vigoride-6 mission
Sunday, 30 July 2023 09:06
Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS), the space technology firm, announced that it has successfully launched and deployed all payloads from its Vigoride-6 mission. The mission was carried out via the SpaceX Transporter-7 mission in April 2023.
Since last year, Momentus has had three successful missions, deploying a total of 15 customer satellites, along with placing three of its Vigoride Orbital S Voyager 2 goes silent with a temporary communication interruption with Earth
Sunday, 30 July 2023 09:06
Amidst its epic journey into the cosmos, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft has temporarily lost contact with the blue planet. An accidental deviation of the antenna's alignment on July 21 has caused an unexpected silence in the spacecraft's interstellar communications.
Voyager 2, nestled over 12.3 billion miles (19.9 billion kilometers) away from Earth, slightly misaligned its antenna by 2 degre Space storms could cause chaos without forecast developments
Sunday, 30 July 2023 09:06
The world is unprepared for the next big storm from outer space, an overwhelming majority of scientists agree.
Nine in ten space weather experts said that without accurate forecasting of space weather, Earth would suffer serious damage to its infrastructure. Of the 144 scientists surveyed on the dangers of geomagnetic storms, just over half said current forecasting capabilities were not go Robot grips intuitively and moves objects like a human
Sunday, 30 July 2023 09:06
Agile Justin knows how to grasp objects correctly - even if it does not recognise them yet. The humanoid robot can also turn these items in its hand in any desired direction - without looking. This is commonplace for humans, but extremely difficult for robots. A team from the German Aerospace Center has now trained a robot to acquire these highly complex skills. To do this, the researchers used NASA-led Mission to Map Air Pollution in 3D Over Megacities
Sunday, 30 July 2023 09:06
This summer, as wildfire smoke blankets large swaths of North America and heat-stoked summer haze reaches its seasonal peak, NASA and its partners are deploying several new tools to observe air quality and pollution from the street to the stratosphere.
Launched into orbit earlier this spring, TEMPO, short for Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution, is the first satellite instrumen SatSure Partners with Rabo Partnerships to Revolutionize Cash Flow-based Lending for Smallholder Farmers
Sunday, 30 July 2023 09:06
SatSure, a global leader in EO space data applications, is pleased to announce its partnership with Rabo Partnerships. This strategic collaboration aims to drive the access to cash-flow based lending for smallholder farmers globally. The alliance aligns with SatSure's Banking Solution, SatSure Sage, a suite of applications designed to empower lending institutions for farmer financial inclusion, Beam-hopping JoeySat passes in-orbit tests
Sunday, 30 July 2023 07:13
An advanced broadband satellite providing high-speed internet services that demonstrate next-generation 5G connectivity has passed its initial in-orbit tests.
European wind-mapping satellite returned safely to Earth
Saturday, 29 July 2023 16:29
A European wind-mapping satellite has returned successfully to Earth following a delicate assisted return designed to minimize damage from flying debris, the European Space Agency said on Saturday.
It is the first time ESA's mission control had attempted an assisted re-entry through the planet's atmosphere.
The Aeolus satellite—named after the guardian of wind in Greek mythology—was launched in 2018 to measure Earth's global wind patterns, and thus improve both short-term weather forecasting and our understanding of man-made climate change.
"Surpassing scientific expectations and exceeding its planned life in orbit, the Aeolus wind mission has been hailed as one of ESA's most successful Earth observation missions," the agency said on its website.
"And now, its end will go down in history too, thanks to the ingenuity of the agency's mission control team, who guided this remarkable satellite down to Earth's atmosphere for a safe reentry."
The one-ton satellite re-entered the atmosphere above Antarctica at around 02:00 GMT on Saturday, after several days of complex maneuvers, it added.
These lowered its orbit from its operating altitude of 320 kilometers (200 miles) to 120 kilometers so it could re-enter the atmosphere and burn up safely.
Two supermoons in August mean double the stargazing fun
Saturday, 29 July 2023 15:13![Two supermoons in August mean double the stargazing fun](https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800a/2023/two-supermoons-in-augu-1.jpg "A commercial airliner flies Northwest across Lake Michigan in front of the "Full Buck" supermoon, the first of four supermoons in 2023, July 3, 2023, in Chicago. The cosmos is offering up a double feature in August: a pair of supermoons. Catch the first show Tuesday night, Aug. 2, as the full moon rises in the southeast. Credit: AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File")
The world's largest ComSat ever built launches on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket
Saturday, 29 July 2023 06:54
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket, launched for the seventh time, was scheduled to lift off on July 26th at 11:04 p.m. EDT, a violation of abort criteria has forced the mission to be scrubbed with 1 minute and 5 seconds left on the clock.
The company had to delay the mission from July 27th "To complete vehicle checkouts".
Hughes Network Systems's Jupiter 3/EchoStar XXIV satellite launched Falcon Heavy sends Jupiter-3 broadband giant toward geostationary orbit
Saturday, 29 July 2023 06:48
SpaceX launched EchoStar’s more than nine metric ton Jupiter-3 spacecraft July 28 and successfully dropped off the world’s heaviest commercial communications satellite in geosynchronous transfer orbit.
Aeolus: a historic end to a trailblazing mission
Saturday, 29 July 2023 05:30
Surpassing scientific expectations and exceeding its planned life in orbit, the Aeolus wind mission has been hailed as one of ESA’s most successful Earth observation missions. And now, its end will go down in history too, thanks to the ingenuity of the Agency’s mission control team who guided this remarkable satellite down to Earth’s atmosphere for a safe reentry.
Sierra Space wins Air Force contract for upper-stage engine development
Friday, 28 July 2023 20:29
Sierra Space won an Air Force contract to continue development of an engine that could be used in the upper stage of future launch vehicles.
ULA has concerns about a third competitor in national security space launch
Friday, 28 July 2023 18:13
Bruno says he has questions on the Space Force’s decision to add a third heavy-lift launch provider in the next round of contracts, known as National Security Space Launch Phase 3.