NewSpace may eliminate sun-synchronous orbits
Monday, 01 August 2022 13:25
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Bethesda MD (SPX) Aug 01, 2022
NewSpace is a recently formed movement and philosophy that encompasses a globally emerging private spaceflight industry. This term is generally used in connection with a global private sector of new aerospace companies and ventures.
One primary objective is to develop faster, better and cheaper access to space and spaceflight technologies. This movement is thought to be a major driving for
NewSpace is a recently formed movement and philosophy that encompasses a globally emerging private spaceflight industry. This term is generally used in connection with a global private sector of new aerospace companies and ventures.
One primary objective is to develop faster, better and cheaper access to space and spaceflight technologies. This movement is thought to be a major driving for China's new quantum satellite now operational
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Hefei, China (XNA) Jul 29, 2022
A Chinese micro-nano quantum satellite has entered its planned orbit and is now operational, the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), one of its developers, said on Thursday.
The low-orbit satellite was designed to conduct real-time quantum key distribution experiments between the satellite and ground station, and to carry out technical verification. It was launched atop a
A Chinese micro-nano quantum satellite has entered its planned orbit and is now operational, the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), one of its developers, said on Thursday.
The low-orbit satellite was designed to conduct real-time quantum key distribution experiments between the satellite and ground station, and to carry out technical verification. It was launched atop a JWST reveals highly distant galaxies behind a known gravitational magnifier
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Garching, Germany (SPX) Aug 01, 2022
Using the first science image released by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) this month, an international team of scientists led by the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics has built an improved model for the mass distribution of the galaxy cluster SMACS J0723.3-7327. They used dozens of multiple images of far-away background galaxies revealed in the JWST image, some of which were too faint
Using the first science image released by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) this month, an international team of scientists led by the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics has built an improved model for the mass distribution of the galaxy cluster SMACS J0723.3-7327. They used dozens of multiple images of far-away background galaxies revealed in the JWST image, some of which were too faint No room for nationalism in space says China
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Beijing (XNA) Jul 29, 2022
Unreasonable queries are being raised online ever since Wentian, the first lab module of China's space station, successfully docked with the core module, Tianhe, on Sunday.
On Quora, someone said that only the Chinese language is used on the spaceship and asked if the country is "super-sealed", and if they are getting rid of scientists from other countries by using a non-international lang
Unreasonable queries are being raised online ever since Wentian, the first lab module of China's space station, successfully docked with the core module, Tianhe, on Sunday.
On Quora, someone said that only the Chinese language is used on the spaceship and asked if the country is "super-sealed", and if they are getting rid of scientists from other countries by using a non-international lang Blue Origin to launch space tourist flight next week
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Washington DC (UPI) Jul 29, 2021
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin plans to launch its sixth space tourism flight next week with six people, including the first Egyptian and Portuguese crew members to reach suborbital space.
Blue Origin said in a news release that NS-22 will lift off at 8:30 a.m. from Launch Site One at the company's site in West Texas on Thursday.
The flight will make Sara Sabry, an Egyptian mechanical a
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin plans to launch its sixth space tourism flight next week with six people, including the first Egyptian and Portuguese crew members to reach suborbital space.
Blue Origin said in a news release that NS-22 will lift off at 8:30 a.m. from Launch Site One at the company's site in West Texas on Thursday.
The flight will make Sara Sabry, an Egyptian mechanical a Space Perspective unveils patented capsule design
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Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Jul 28, 2022
Space travel is about to get safer, more comfortable, and even more thrilling. Space Perspective, Planet Earth's leading luxury space travel company, unveils the patent-pending Spaceship Neptune capsule design now in production at the company's state-of-the-art campus, near its Operations Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
As the only carbon neutral way to space, Space Perspec
Space travel is about to get safer, more comfortable, and even more thrilling. Space Perspective, Planet Earth's leading luxury space travel company, unveils the patent-pending Spaceship Neptune capsule design now in production at the company's state-of-the-art campus, near its Operations Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
As the only carbon neutral way to space, Space Perspec Staring at the Ground: Sols 3546-3547
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Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 29, 2022
Today's plan is chock full of goodies! We start out sol 3546 with a ChemCam observation of a sand ripple "Deposito" and an RMI observation of the Bolivar outcrop in the distance. Then we'll do some Mastcam observations of Deposito, "Lilas" which is one of our robotic arm targets later in the sol, Bolivar, and "Deepdale." Once all that wraps up, we'll get into our robotic arm activities for the s
Today's plan is chock full of goodies! We start out sol 3546 with a ChemCam observation of a sand ripple "Deposito" and an RMI observation of the Bolivar outcrop in the distance. Then we'll do some Mastcam observations of Deposito, "Lilas" which is one of our robotic arm targets later in the sol, Bolivar, and "Deepdale." Once all that wraps up, we'll get into our robotic arm activities for the s Wallaroo selected by US Space Force to solve edge model deployment challenges in Space
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New York NY (SPX) Jul 28, 2022
oday Wallaroo Labs announced that they have been selected by SPACEWERX, the innovation arm of the US Space Force (USSF), to solve edge model deployment challenges specific to On-Orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (OSAM) missions. This fully funded Phase 1 project in collaboration with Catalyst Campus (CCTI) will look at edge model deployment challenges for use cases like satellite life
oday Wallaroo Labs announced that they have been selected by SPACEWERX, the innovation arm of the US Space Force (USSF), to solve edge model deployment challenges specific to On-Orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (OSAM) missions. This fully funded Phase 1 project in collaboration with Catalyst Campus (CCTI) will look at edge model deployment challenges for use cases like satellite life MDA selects NC and Raytheon to further develop Glide Phase Interceptor prototype
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Washington DC (SPX) Jul 25, 2022
The Department of Defense has awarded two firm fixed price Other Transaction (OT) Agreement modifications to exercise options; one to Northrop Grumman and one to Raytheon through the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) authority under 10 U.S.C. 4022.
Each modification has an approximate value of $41.5M and an anticipated Period of Performance through February 2023. These modifications will allo
The Department of Defense has awarded two firm fixed price Other Transaction (OT) Agreement modifications to exercise options; one to Northrop Grumman and one to Raytheon through the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) authority under 10 U.S.C. 4022.
Each modification has an approximate value of $41.5M and an anticipated Period of Performance through February 2023. These modifications will allo Rocket debris fall back to Earth
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Beijing (XNA) Jul 29, 2022
Debris of the recently launched Long March 5B carrier rocket of China fell back to the Earth and ended up in the Pacific Ocean early Sunday morning, with most of the remnants burnt up during the reentry process, the China Manned Space Agency said.
The debris' atmospheric reentry and crash took place around 12:55 am (Beijing time), the agency said in a brief statement, noting the touchdown
Debris of the recently launched Long March 5B carrier rocket of China fell back to the Earth and ended up in the Pacific Ocean early Sunday morning, with most of the remnants burnt up during the reentry process, the China Manned Space Agency said.
The debris' atmospheric reentry and crash took place around 12:55 am (Beijing time), the agency said in a brief statement, noting the touchdown Space travel: Bone aging in fast forward
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Erlangen, Germany (SPX) Aug 01, 2022
Long periods in space damage bone structure irreparably in some cases and can make parts of the human skeleton age prematurely by up to 10 years. This is what a sport scientist at University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) has now discovered in conjunction with other researchers from Germany, Canada and the USA.
Adapted training programs in conjunction with medication could provide better prot
Long periods in space damage bone structure irreparably in some cases and can make parts of the human skeleton age prematurely by up to 10 years. This is what a sport scientist at University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) has now discovered in conjunction with other researchers from Germany, Canada and the USA.
Adapted training programs in conjunction with medication could provide better prot Balloon fleet senses earthquakes from the stratosphere
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Paris, France (SPX) Aug 01, 2022
A new study in AGU's Geophysical Research Letters reports on the first detection of a large, distant earthquake in a network of balloon-bound pressure sensors in the stratosphere. The technique could one day be applied on Venus, whose hot, dense and corrosive atmosphere limits our ability to sense Venus-quakes from the planet's surface. The balloons could also be used on Earth in hard-to-reach p
A new study in AGU's Geophysical Research Letters reports on the first detection of a large, distant earthquake in a network of balloon-bound pressure sensors in the stratosphere. The technique could one day be applied on Venus, whose hot, dense and corrosive atmosphere limits our ability to sense Venus-quakes from the planet's surface. The balloons could also be used on Earth in hard-to-reach p China launches two more remote sensing satellites into orbit
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Beijing (XNA) Jul 29, 2022
China used a Long March 2D carrier rocket to launch several remote-sensing satellites on Friday night, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the country's leading space contractor.
The rocket blasted off at 9:28 pm at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province and soon placed the Yaogan 35-02 satellites, the third group of spacecrafts in the Yaogan 35 remot
China used a Long March 2D carrier rocket to launch several remote-sensing satellites on Friday night, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the country's leading space contractor.
The rocket blasted off at 9:28 pm at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province and soon placed the Yaogan 35-02 satellites, the third group of spacecrafts in the Yaogan 35 remot Space Force to take on bigger role planning future DoD space investments
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As “integrator for joint space requirements" the Space Force will have to coordinate the wish lists of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force, and recommend how to meet future needs
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Isotropic Systems rebrands as All.Space and unveils latest terminal
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Isotropic Systems is changing its name to All.Space as the British antenna manufacturer unveil its “fifth-generation smart terminal” to link cellular and satellite networks.
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