JWST undamaged from payload processing incident
Thursday, 25 November 2021 15:11
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Launch preparations for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will resume after testing found no damage to the spacecraft from a payload processing incident earlier this month.
Galileo satellites in place for launch
Thursday, 25 November 2021 15:08 Write a comment
Europe’s next two Galileo satellites have been attached to the dispenser on which they will ride to orbit, and the launcher fairing that will protect them during the first part of the ascent to orbit has been closed around the pair.
Astroscale raises $109 million Series F round
Thursday, 25 November 2021 13:35 Write a comment
Astroscale announced Nov. 25 that it raised $109 million from European and Japanese investors in a round it says will allow it to accelerate plans for active debris removal and satellite servicing.
Kuaizhou-1A rocket launches classified Shiyan-11 satellite
Thursday, 25 November 2021 11:07 Write a comment
A Chinese Kuaizhou-1A rocket launched the experimental Shiyan-11 satellite for China’s main space contractor from northwest China late Nov.
Isolate in Antarctica, for science
Thursday, 25 November 2021 10:09 Write a comment
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Applications are now open for the role of ESA-sponsored research medical doctor at Concordia research station in Antarctica for the 2023 winter over season. Do you have a medical degree, an interest in space exploration and the fortitude to spend almost a year in isolation in the world’s largest desert? Apply today for this unique post.
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Located at the mountain plateau called Dome C in Antarctica, the French-Italian base is one of only three that is inhabited all year long.
Between the extreme altitude – 3233 m above sea level means the crew experience chronic hypobaric hypoxia or
Science with Webb: seeing farther
Thursday, 25 November 2021 09:00 Write a comment
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The James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) is designed to answer fundamental questions about the Universe.
With 100 times more sensitivity than the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, and a mirror which is nearly double the size of ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory, it can detect infrared light generated by galaxies as they formed more than 13.5 billion years ago, in the aftermath of the Big Bang.
For the first time in human history we have the opportunity to directly observe the first stars and galaxies forming in the early Universe. When we observe something that is a million light-years away,
Russia launches classified military satellite
Thursday, 25 November 2021 08:14 Write a comment
Russia on Thursday successfully placed into orbit a military satellite believed to be part of the Kremlin's early warning anti-missile system.
A Soyuz rocket carrying a classified payload blasted off from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia in the early hours of Thursday morning, the defence ministry said.
At 0109 GMT a rocket was launched that put a "space apparatus into orbit in the interests of the defence ministry", the ministry said in a statement carried by the Interfax news agency.
It did not provide further details.
According to the Spaceflightnow website, which covers space launches, the launch could be delivering a Tundra satellite.
Russia has previously launched Tundra satellites in 2015, 2017 and 2019, according to Interfax.
Specialist website Russian Space Web said the ground track of Thursday's launch "matched previous missions" delivering satellites for Russia's missile warning system named Kupol or dome.
Unveiled in 2019, Kupol is designed to detect launches of ballistic missiles and track them to their landing site, though its exact configuration is unknown.
In 2018, the US, which suspects Russia of seeking to develop space weapons, said it was alarmed at the "very abnormal behaviour" of a Russian satellite.
Intelsat and SES meet C-band clearing deadline ahead of schedule
Wednesday, 24 November 2021 21:29 Write a comment
Intelsat and SES have beaten a key regulatory deadline for clearing C-band spectrum across the United States, unlocking more than $2 billion in combined proceeds from the Federal Communications Commission.
OneWeb mulls debris-removal service for failed satellite
Wednesday, 24 November 2021 19:59 Write a comment
OneWeb is considering options to remove one of its broadband satellites from low Earth orbit after it failed following a software issue last year.
Caribbean mom wins two tickets to space in Virgin Galactic raffle
Wednesday, 24 November 2021 17:30 Write a comment
A health coach from the Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda has won two tickets worth almost $1 million to be among Virgin Galactic's first space tourists, the company said Wednesday.
Keisha Schahaff, 44, said she wanted to take the flight into Earth's orbit with her 17-year-old daughter, a science student living in Britain who dreams of one day working for NASA.
Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson surprised Schahaff with the news at her home in Antigua and Barbuda in early November.
"I just thought I was doing a zoom interview," she told AFP.
"When I saw Richard Branson walking in I just started screaming! I couldn't believe it.
Astronomers discover ancient brown dwarf with lithium deposits intact
Wednesday, 24 November 2021 17:03 Write a comment
Extending cryptocurrency networks via satellite
Wednesday, 24 November 2021 14:50 Write a comment
As cryptocurrencies gain adherents on Earth, companies and universities are conducting tests to figure out how to perform cryptocurrency transactions in space and share data via satellite.
Gaia reveals that most Milky Way companion galaxies are newcomers to our corner of space
Wednesday, 24 November 2021 13:00 Write a comment
Data from ESA’s Gaia mission is re-writing the history of our galaxy, the Milky Way. What had traditionally been thought of as satellite galaxies to the Milky Way are now revealed to be mostly newcomers to our galactic environment.