SpaceX delivers Blue Canyon built GNOMES-3 microsat to orbit for PlanetiQ
Thursday, 07 April 2022 06:57
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Small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider Blue Canyon Technologies LLC ("BCT" or "Blue Canyon"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies, hsa announced the successful launch of GNOMES-3, aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-4 mission on April 1.
GNOMES-3 is an ESPA-class microsat spacecraft bus, which Blue Canyon manufactured for PlanetiQ. BCT provided the mic SpaceX delivers several NanoAvionics satellites to orbit
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Friday's SpaceX Transporter-4 mission included three satellites built by smallsat mission integrator NanoAvionics for multiple customers.
MP42 is NanoAvionics' largest satellite built and launched so far, based on one of the first commercially available modular microsatellite buses in the industry. MP42 is a rideshare mission, and part of the company's ongoing program. It's hosting multipl Introducing ESA Careers Week: 2-5 May 2022
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Want to find out about applying for a job at ESA? Want to hear about the projects our teams are working on? Interested in joining our online job fair? You can do all this and more at ESA Careers Week from 2 - 5 May — save the date!
Space Force to shore up cybersecurity as threats proliferate
Wednesday, 06 April 2022 20:59 Write a comment
The most likely form of attack facing satellite networks does not happen in space but on the ground, where hackers seek to exploit vulnerabilities.
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As Russia prepared to invade, U.S. government and satellite imagery suppliers teamed up to help Ukraine
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Leading up to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, U.S. intelligence agencies more than doubled its procurement of commercial electro-optical imagery
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As Russia prepared to invade, U.S. opened commercial imagery pipeline to Ukraine
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Leading up to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, U.S. intelligence agencies more than doubled its procurement of commercial electro-optical imagery
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War in Ukraine underscores need for missile defense upgrade
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The war in Ukraine is demonstrating the rapid pace of change in modern warfare and underscoring the need for the enhanced missile defense capabilities, said Derek Tournear, director of the Pentagon's Space Development Agency.
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NASA to hold off retest of Artemis, clearing way for Axiom Space civilian launch
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NASA will stand down for now in its attempt to complete a launch pad test of the massive Artemis moon rocket at Kennedy Space Center, which paves the way for the first all-civilian launch to the International Space Station on Friday.
After scrubs in the tanking and countdown simulation on both Sunday and Monday at KSC's Launch Pad 39-B, further attempts this week would have threatened the Axiom Space launch on a SpaceX Crew Dragon from nearby Launch Pad 39-A.
But NASA officials said a quick turnaround wasn't in the cards to work out the issues from the incomplete test.
"It looks like we'll take just about as much time as we're going to need for Axiom to fly, so we will fall in behind them," said Artemis mission manager Mike Sarafin. "We've got to finish sharpening the pencil on our open work but we don't anticipate it will be too much longer than after the Axiom launch."
The fully integrated Space Launch System rocket and Orion capsule faced different pressurization and valve issues both tied to the mobile launcher on which the rocket sits that halted tanking efforts both days.
Consequences for nefarious activity in space
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What if countries don't follow norms of behavior for space operations?
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New Chinese small sat manufacturing capacity could have international ramifications
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Two new Chinese factories capable of producing hundreds of small satellites per year could help China achieve space objectives and impact the international market.
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SLS countdown test on hold after second scrub
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After a series of problems scrubbed a second countdown rehearsal for the Space Launch System April 4, NASA will wait until after the launch of a SpaceX mission to the space station before trying again.
Boeing expands cloud partnerships to accelerate digitization
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Boeing said April 6 it has expanded partnerships with three major cloud computing providers to digitize more of its engineering and manufacturing processes.
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Meet the 2021 ESA Champions
Wednesday, 06 April 2022 07:00 Write a comment
Passionate, original and talented: that’s what the 2021 ESA Champions look like. After reviewing thousands of profiles, the jury selected 15 space enthusiasts who showed particular passion for space in Europe and skills for communication. Read more about the awards and watch the video to meet the Champions!
Cosmic SETI ready to stream data for technosignature research from Jansky VLA
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COSMIC SETI (the Commensal Open-Source Multimode Interferometer Cluster Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) took a big step towards using the National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) for 24/7 SETI observations. Fiber optic amplifiers and splitters are now installed for all 27 VLA antennas, giving COSMIC access to a complete and independent copy of the data stream Beyond Gravity to develop dispenser for Project Kuiper's satellite constellation
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Fast, affordable broadband for people worldwide - this is the ambitious mission behind Project Kuiper, an Amazon initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). A
mazon will soon begin deploying its initial constellation of 3,236 satellites and has selected space technology provider Beyond Gravity (known as RUAG Space until the