Lockheed Martin selects mission payload providers for missile warning satellite system
Thursday, 03 March 2022 05:27
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Lockheed Martin has selected Raytheon Technologies to provide a second mission payload for the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Block 0 missile warning satellite system - also known as NGG. Both Raytheon Technologies and Northrop Grumman are each already on contract to provide one mission payload for the three-satellite procurement.
Lockheed Martin is Northrop Grumman and Ball Aerospace to develop new missile warning system sensor
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Northrop Grumman and Ball Aerospace will design and develop the two mission payloads for the U.S. Space Force's Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Polar (NGP) program.
"NGP combines Northrop Grumman's proven experience in missile warning and defense with Ball Aerospace's expertise in optical sensors and mission data processing," said Sarah Willoughby, vice president, overhead per Using artificial intelligence to find anomalies hiding in massive datasets
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Identifying a malfunction in the nation's power grid can be like trying to find a needle in an enormous haystack. Hundreds of thousands of interrelated sensors spread across the U.S. capture data on electric current, voltage, and other critical information in real time, often taking multiple recordings per second.
Researchers at the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab have devised a computationally effi How scientists designed the aerodynamic configuration of Mars ascent vehicles?
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According to the white paper, China's Space Activities in 2016, the Mars sample return mission represents one of the main tasks to be implemented in China's deep space exploration field in the next 10 years. As the key technologies to be developed for Mars sample return, the design, analysis, and verification for Mars take-off and ascent can play a very important support role in the engineering OneWeb leaves Baikonur Cosmodrome after Roscosmos ultimatum
Wednesday, 02 March 2022 22:23 Write a comment
OneWeb ordered staff to leave Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday amid an impasse over the launch of its latest batch of satellites on a Soyuz rocket, an executive for the U.K.-based company said.
Satellite images show Russia’s troop movements but can they reveal intent?
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Commercial spy satellites provides extraordinary intelligence about Russian troop advances in Ukraine and attacks on Ukrainian cities. But as the conflict grinds on, intelligence analysts at times are still being challenged to figure out Russian intent.
Skycorp to test “USB for space” cable outside ISS
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Skycorp Inc., a California company focused on orbital logistics, is preparing to test a key component of future satellite servicing vehicles on the International Space Station.
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Study finds new biomarkers that could assist in identifying deep-space flight risks
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An international team of scientists has found new biomarkers that can be used for diagnostic purposes and potentially as predictive tools of the risks associated with deep-space flight.
Russia wants launch guarantees from Europe's Arianespace
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Russia's space agency on Wednesday demanded legal guarantees from Europe's Arianespace and OneWeb that satellites Moscow is set to launch this year will not be used for military purposes.
Roscosmos also said demanded the British government had to give up its stake in OneWeb, a global satellite communications company, because of "Britain's hostile position on Russia".
The statement from t Moon impact: Chinese rocket stage still in space says U.S. Space Command
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A spent rocket upper stage from China’s 2014 Chang’e-5 T1 mission thought set to impact the moon did not reenter the atmosphere as previously stated, according to U.S. Space Command.
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The exact point of the moon's south pole
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Since 2009, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has been taking high-resolution pictures of the lunar surface. This data, along with the information from a laser altimeter mapping instrument has allowed scientists to create an incredibly detailed map of the moon. NASA says they can now confidently pinpoint any feature on the moon, including the exact location of its south pole.
Whenever humans return to the moon, a detailed "roadmap" will be extremely helpful for astronauts to accurately find their way.
Rogozin puts poison-pill conditions on OneWeb Soyuz launch
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This week’s Soyuz launch of a set of OneWeb satellites has been thrown into doubt after Russia made new demands on the company.
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Russian sanctions throw South Korean satellite missions into uncertainty
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South Korea, at least for now, is pushing forward with its planned launch of two satellites on Russian rockets this year. Still, it doesn’t rule out the possibility that the missions could be delayed due to sanctions imposed on Russia for invading Ukraine.
CesiumAstro raises $60 million in Series B funding round
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CesiumAstro Inc. raised $60 million in a Series B funding round led by Airbus Ventures and Forever Ventures.
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Satellites support latest IPCC climate report
Wednesday, 02 March 2022 12:10 Write a comment
Human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature, affecting the lives of billions of people around the world, according to the latest state of the climate report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published this week.
The report utilises satellite observations as crucial input, including several long-term datasets of key aspects of the climate, known as Essential Climate Variables, generated via Europe’s leading research teams working as part of ESA’s Climate Change Initiative.