Spire Global unveils next-generation 16U satellite bus
Wednesday, 16 November 2022 06:54
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR), a leading global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, has unveiled a next-generation 16U satellite bus design at Space Tech Expo Europe. The satellite bus is tailored for customers with missions that require larger payloads and more power, volume, and data capabilities than a conventional 16U, such as Earth observation and space domain awar Intellian awarded contract to design and supply user terminals for Viasat Maritime
Wednesday, 16 November 2022 06:54
Viasat Inc., a global communications company (NASDAQ: VSAT), and Intellian, a leading provider of feature-rich, future proof satellite communications solutions, has announced a contract award for Intellian to design and supply a bespoke range of Ka-band user terminals exclusively for Viasat's Maritime connectivity solution.
In addition to the bespoke new terminals, Intellian will also deve SLS launches Artemis 1 mission
Wednesday, 16 November 2022 06:18
After years of delays, NASA’s Space Launch System lifted off for the first time Nov. 16, sending an uncrewed Orion spacecraft on a shakedown cruise around the moon.
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Artemis I launch
Wednesday, 16 November 2022 06:00
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The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard lifted off at 07:47 CET from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA on 16 November 2022.
The most powerful rocket ever built sent NASA’s Orion spacecraft and ESA’s European Service Module (ESM) to a journey beyond the Moon and back. No crew will be on board Orion this time, and the spacecraft will be controlled by teams on Earth.
ESM provides for all astronauts’ basic needs, such as water, oxygen, nitrogen, temperature control, power and propulsion.
Much like a train engine pulls passenger carriages and supplies power,
GeoOptics wins NASA Commercial SmallSat Data contract
Wednesday, 16 November 2022 03:54
GeoOptics Inc. won a NASA contract worth with a maximum value of $7 million over five years to provide data acquired by the company’s small satellite constellation to researchers.
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NASA awards SpaceX $1.15 billion contract for second Artemis lander mission
Tuesday, 15 November 2022 23:52
NASA has awarded SpaceX a $1.15 billion contract to develop an upgraded version of its Starship lunar lander and fly a second crewed mission.
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U.S. Space Command creates new task force to coordinate space operations
Tuesday, 15 November 2022 23:07
U.S. Space Command announced Nov. 15 it is adding a new component to its organization to help coordinate operations and speed up the delivery of space services to military forces in the field.
Experts Available to Discuss NASA Webb Telescope Science Results
Tuesday, 15 November 2022 20:41
Experts from NASA and other institutions will be available by teleconference at 11 a.m. EST on Thursday, Nov. 17, to answer media questions about early science results from the agency’s James Webb Space Telescope. How NASA's Deep Space Network supports the agency's missions
Tuesday, 15 November 2022 20:25
Over 50 years ago, NASA captured the world's imagination and inspired generations with the Apollo 11 moon landing. NASA's then-young Deep Space Network (DSN) was crucial to tracking and communicating with that mission, as it will also be essential to NASA's next push to the moon: Artemis.
Researchers ready for a new space mission to shed light on Brazil's vexing GPS problem
Tuesday, 15 November 2022 20:20
In certain regions of Brazil, don't be surprised if your GPS device behaves erratically. For years, researchers have been scratching their heads, looking for a solution to the unreliable GPS signals in regions near the Amazon. The cause? Plasma bubbles in space.
Next week, NASA will launch a joint U.S.-Brazil satellite that will be deployed from the International Space Station, with scientific instruments developed by Utah State University (USU) and collaborators. The goal of the mission is to investigate plasma bubbles that form high in the ionosphere over the equator.
Charles Swenson, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at USU, has worked with Brazil's Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica for years, developing the satellite and researching answers to why this area of the globe is so highly affected by the space weather phenomenon.
MyRadar expands wildfire detection with NOAA funding
Tuesday, 15 November 2022 19:11
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
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
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
Tuesday, 15 November 2022 18:11
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
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.