Kepler validates intersatellite data-relay terminal
Thursday, 14 April 2022 16:05
Kepler Communications has successfully tested inter-satellite links with a terminal designed to tap into the Aether data-relay constellation it plans to start deploying early next year, an executive for the Canadian company said.
CAPSTONE cubesat ready for cislunar mission
Thursday, 14 April 2022 13:31
NASA’s intention to replant bootprints on the moon is getting a kick-start by the launch of a microwave oven-sized smallsat, the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment, called CAPSTONE for short.
Op-ed | How Russia’s war with Ukraine jams NASA
Thursday, 14 April 2022 13:00
Three decades ago, NASA embraced international cooperation as a rationale for the International Space Station. Now, the same argument that saved the station at the end of the last Cold War may produce its demise at the start of a new one.
Capella unveils automated tasking products
Thursday, 14 April 2022 12:00
Capella Space unveiled three products April 14 that automate tasking of the company’s constellation of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites.
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Ariane 6 cryo-arms mimic liftoff
Thursday, 14 April 2022 12:00
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Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana is preparing for the arrival of Ariane 6, ESA’s new heavy-lift rocket. The latest round of testing aims to validate the system of fuel lines and mechanical supporting arms that will keep Ariane 6 topped up with liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen in the critical moments before liftoff. This work is part of the final preparations of the new Ariane 6 launch complex and all the systems necessary for a launch.
With the mobile gantry fully retracted – as for a launch – two articulated arms attached to the upper part of the
Pop goes the Moon
Thursday, 14 April 2022 11:56
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A satisfying, audible ‘pop’ marked a successful piercing of the sealed Apollo 17 sample container using the ESA designed and built piercing tool. The tool forms part of a gas sampling system with a gas extraction manifold, designed and built by Washington University St Louis, USA.
Francesca McDonald, science and project lead of ESA’s contribution to the Apollo Next-Generation Sample Analysis (ANGSA) programme, is pictured at the centre of this image with the piercing tool, which contains the pristine sample.
Francesca and colleague, Timon Schild, delivered the ESA piercing tool to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in late 2021 in preparation
Industry Space Days 2022: join Europe’s space community at ESA/ESTEC
Thursday, 14 April 2022 11:20
Register now to attend ESA’s Industry Space Days (ISD) at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, on 28–29 September 2022.
China gears up for new space station missions, record-breaking crew set to return home
Thursday, 14 April 2022 11:13
A Long March rocket arrived at Wenchang spaceport Monday in preparation for a new round of space station missions starting May.
NASA shifts Earth science mission to previously flown Falcon 9
Thursday, 14 April 2022 10:51
NASA’s embrace of reused rockets continued with an agreement this month to switch the upcoming launch of an Earth science satellite from a new to a previously flown Falcon 9, a change whose full terms remain proprietary.
Race is on for China's first domestic satellite listed firm
Thursday, 14 April 2022 10:26
China's commercial aerospace sector has embraced a wave of IPO plans recently, as private enterprises hasten to "aim for the stars" and become the country's first domestically listed aerospace company.
In March, Chang Guang Satellite Technology Co, the country's first commercial remote sensing satellite firm, is planning to file an IPO, according to the website of Haitong Securities. Kleos' first two Patrol satellites deployed from D-Orbit Transfer vehicle
Thursday, 14 April 2022 10:26
Kleos Space S.A (ASX:KSS, Frankfurt:KS1) has confirmed that the first two Patrol Mission satellites (KSF2-C and KSF2-D) have been successfully deployed from D-Orbit's orbital transfer vehicle, ION Satellite Carrier, and contact has been established. The remaining two Patrol satellites (KSF2-A and KSF3-B) are expected to be deployed into a different orbit from the transfer vehicle in the coming w Swiftly gaining holistic views of space systems with AI
Thursday, 14 April 2022 10:26
As Lockheed Martin designs and tests spacecraft, massive amounts of data points are created and it's important to review that information to pinpoint any anomalies. That process could be extremely time consuming without the right tools in place, like artificial intelligence (AI) technology.
For years, Lockheed Martin has incorporated NEC Corporation's System Invariant Analysis Technology ( Tianzhou 4's rocket arrives in Hainan
Thursday, 14 April 2022 10:26
The Long March 7 carrier rocket tasked with launching the Tianzhou 4 cargo spacecraft arrived at Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province on Monday, the China Manned Space Agency said.
Next, the rocket will be assembled and undergo ground tests with the robotic spaceship at the coastal launch complex, the agency said in a brief statement.
Tianzhou 4, the country's fourth cargo Intelsat supports programmers with cloud connect media
Thursday, 14 April 2022 10:26
Intelsat - operator of the world's largest integrated satellite and terrestrial network and a leading provider of inflight connectivity (IFC) - has announced its latest service offering: Cloud Connect Media, a connectivity solution that provides programmers with secure access between the IntelsatOne Media Network and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Cloud Connect Media is designed to provide con Orbital Assembly and Irvine to study health on ISS for 100 Year Starship project
Thursday, 14 April 2022 10:26
Orbital Assembly Corporation (OAC), the only company advancing the development and operation of the first commercially viable, space-based business park with gravity, is partnering with the 100 Year Starship initiative, seed-funded by DARPA, founded and led former astronaut Dr. Mae Jemison. University of California Irvine professor Ronke Olabisi, Ph.D. will also collaborate on the study of Gravi