MyRadar expands wildfire detection with NOAA funding
Tuesday, 15 November 2022 19:11
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Acme AtronOmatic, vendor of the MyRadar app, is looking beyond weather forecasts to wildfire detection and mitigation with funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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NGA to increase spending on commercial Earth monitoring services
Tuesday, 15 November 2022 18:58 Write a comment
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency plans to double its spending on contracts to monitor global economic activity from space.
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EXPLAINER: NASA's new mega moon rocket, Orion crew capsule
Tuesday, 15 November 2022 18:18 Write a comment
NASA is kicking off its new moon program with a test flight of a brand-new rocket and capsule.
Liftoff was slated for early Wednesday morning from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The test flight aims to send an empty crew capsule into a far-flung lunar orbit, 50 years after NASA's famed Apollo moonshots.
The project is years late and billions over budget. The price tag for the test flight: more than $4 billion.
A rundown of the new rocket and capsule, part of NASA's Artemis program, named after Apollo's mythological twin sister:
Europe seeks greater autonomy and independence in space
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European space officials are stressing a need for greater autonomy and sovereign capabilities going forward in the wake of geopolitical trends and developments.
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It'll be tough to stop an asteroid at the last minute, but not impossible, study claims
Tuesday, 15 November 2022 18:02 Write a comment
On September 26, 2022, NASA's Double-Asteroid Redirect Test (DART) made history when it rendezvoused with the asteroid Didymos and impacted with its moonlet, Dimorphos. The purpose was to test the kinetic impact method, a means of defense against potentially-hazardous asteroids (PHAs) where a spacecraft collides with them to alter their trajectory. Based on follow-up observations, the test succeeded since DART managed to shorten Dimorphos' orbit by 22 minutes. The impact also caused the moonlet to grow a visible tail.
However, as Hollywood loves to remind us, there are scenarios where a planet-killing asteroid gets very close to Earth before we could do anything to stop it.
ESA experiences COP27 using a space-empowered metaverse
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ESA has created a space-inspired virtual environment to enable its workforce to experience the COP27 climate summit – which is being held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt – without the environmental cost of travelling.
Boeing’s anti-jam satellite communications payload on track for 2024 launch
Tuesday, 15 November 2022 15:49 Write a comment
A satellite communications payload Boeing developed for the U.S. Space Force successfully demonstrated it can prevent jamming attacks, the company said Nov. 15
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GO for Artemis I
Tuesday, 15 November 2022 14:28 Write a comment
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‘Twas the day before launch and all across the globe, people await liftoff for Artemis I with hope.
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion spacecraft with its European Service Module, is seen here on Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, on 12 November.
After much anticipation, NASA launch authorities have given the GO for the first opportunity for launch: tomorrow, 16 November with a two-hour launch window starting at 07:04 CET (06:04 GMT, 1:04 local time).
Artemis I is the first mission in a large programme to send astronauts around and on the Moon
Eutelsat’s board approves OneWeb merger
Tuesday, 15 November 2022 14:24 Write a comment
French satellite fleet operator Eutelsat said Nov. 15 its board has approved multi-orbit plans to combine with British broadband venture OneWeb, subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals.
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LEOcloud and Axiom Space cooperate on edge processing in space
Tuesday, 15 November 2022 13:00 Write a comment
LEOcloud, a startup focused on space-based edge computing, announced a strategic collaboration agreement Nov. 15 with commercial space station provider Axiom Space.
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Op-ed | SpaceX fans should stand behind NASA and support Artemis
Tuesday, 15 November 2022 12:42 Write a comment
This time we want to go to the moon and stay, sustainably and permanently. And then Mars. Apollo was a false start, but Artemis could be the real start.
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To orbit and back with Space Rider
Tuesday, 15 November 2022 12:30 Write a comment
Europe’s bid to deliver a return-to-Earth service for in-orbit transportation and research projects is rapidly taking shape, with teams working on the Space Rider spacecraft gearing up for a series of drop tests in 2023. Drop tests with small-scale models will be followed by a full-scale test in anticipation of inaugural flight towards the end of 2024.
ESA Technology Strategy for Europe’s future in space
Tuesday, 15 November 2022 12:20 Write a comment
ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher’s Agenda 2025 has set the future course of Europe in space, building on the Agency’s Technology Strategy which details how our continent is developing the essential technology to get it where it is going. Reflecting four years of progress since it was first unveiled and the new guidance from Agenda 2025, ESA has now updated the Technology Strategy accordingly. It has been released in time for the Agency’s Council at Ministerial Level in Paris on 22 – 23 November, demonstrating the fundamental role of technology across all ESA missions and programmes.
Martian dust storms churn up Earth-like clouds
Tuesday, 15 November 2022 12:00 Write a comment
ESA’s Mars Express has revealed that Mars churns up surprisingly Earth-like cloud patterns that are reminiscent of those in our planet’s tropical regions.
South Korea’s Danuri orbiter demonstrates ‘space internet’ en route to moon
Tuesday, 15 November 2022 11:14 Write a comment
South Korea’s robotic lunar orbiter Danuri successfully demonstrated “space internet” on its way to the moon by sending video and photo files, including a popular Korean band’s music video, at a distance of more than 1.2 million kilometers to Earth.