Peak solar activity brings increased focus to ionosphere data for satellite safety
Monday, 24 March 2025 09:04
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 24, 2025
Following recent confirmation from NASA and NOAA that Solar Cycle 25 has reached its apex, attention has turned to mitigating the risks posed by heightened solar activity. The increased sunspot count, a hallmark of solar maximum, has already led to notable geomagnetic disturbances, including the significant Mother's Day Storm in May 2024 and another major storm five months later. These powerful
Following recent confirmation from NASA and NOAA that Solar Cycle 25 has reached its apex, attention has turned to mitigating the risks posed by heightened solar activity. The increased sunspot count, a hallmark of solar maximum, has already led to notable geomagnetic disturbances, including the significant Mother's Day Storm in May 2024 and another major storm five months later. These powerful NASA's SPHEREx Space Telescope Begins Skyward Mission After Shedding Protective Shield
Monday, 24 March 2025 09:04
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 24, 2025
NASA's SPHEREx mission, newly launched into low Earth orbit on March 11, has taken a major step toward beginning its cosmic survey by discarding its dust cover. On March 18, mission controllers successfully directed the observatory to jettison the shield that safeguarded the telescope's aperture from particles and moisture.
This crucial component, which measured roughly 25 inches by 16 inc
NASA's SPHEREx mission, newly launched into low Earth orbit on March 11, has taken a major step toward beginning its cosmic survey by discarding its dust cover. On March 18, mission controllers successfully directed the observatory to jettison the shield that safeguarded the telescope's aperture from particles and moisture.
This crucial component, which measured roughly 25 inches by 16 inc Parker Solar Probe Continues Record Speed and Distance Solar Flybys
Monday, 24 March 2025 09:04
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 24, 2025
NASA's Parker Solar Probe is currently engaged in its 23rd solar science campaign, heading toward a Sun encounter on Saturday, March 22, that will once again bring it within a mere 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the solar surface. This approach matches the spacecraft's previous record for the closest distance to the Sun, achieved during its December 24 flyby.
During this lat
NASA's Parker Solar Probe is currently engaged in its 23rd solar science campaign, heading toward a Sun encounter on Saturday, March 22, that will once again bring it within a mere 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the solar surface. This approach matches the spacecraft's previous record for the closest distance to the Sun, achieved during its December 24 flyby.
During this lat NASA's EZIE Satellites Confirm Operational Status in Early Mission Phase
Monday, 24 March 2025 09:04
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 24, 2025
NASA has confirmed that all three satellites of the Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer (EZIE) mission are functioning well and communicating with mission control as anticipated.
The trio of spacecraft was deployed into orbit via a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base on March 15 EDT (March 14 PDT). Following this successful launch, engineers and mission s
NASA has confirmed that all three satellites of the Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer (EZIE) mission are functioning well and communicating with mission control as anticipated.
The trio of spacecraft was deployed into orbit via a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base on March 15 EDT (March 14 PDT). Following this successful launch, engineers and mission s Norway hosts mainland Europe's first orbital vehicle launch
Monday, 24 March 2025 09:04
Oslo (AFP) Mar 24, 2025
A German start-up hopes to conduct Monday a test flight of its Spectrum rocket from Norway's Andoya Spaceport, a first for Europe which is keen to maintain its access to space.
Scheduled to take place sometime between 12:30 pm and 3:30 pm (1130 and 1430 GMT), the launch from the Arctic space centre will be the first flight of an orbital launch vehicle from the European continent, excluding R
A German start-up hopes to conduct Monday a test flight of its Spectrum rocket from Norway's Andoya Spaceport, a first for Europe which is keen to maintain its access to space.
Scheduled to take place sometime between 12:30 pm and 3:30 pm (1130 and 1430 GMT), the launch from the Arctic space centre will be the first flight of an orbital launch vehicle from the European continent, excluding R SpaceX sets rocket re-use record Friday with a nine-day turnaround
Monday, 24 March 2025 09:04
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 21, 2025
SpaceX has set a rocket re-use record for launch-turnaround by sending a Falcon 9 up twice within nine days early Friday morning. The previous record was 14 days.
The rocket launched at 2:49 a.m. EDT Friday form Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The mission was for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
The NROL-57 mission came nine days after the rocket was used to ta
SpaceX has set a rocket re-use record for launch-turnaround by sending a Falcon 9 up twice within nine days early Friday morning. The previous record was 14 days.
The rocket launched at 2:49 a.m. EDT Friday form Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The mission was for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
The NROL-57 mission came nine days after the rocket was used to ta NRL imager begins solar wind observations aboard NASA PUNCH mission
Monday, 24 March 2025 09:04
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 24, 2025
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's (NRL) Narrow Field Imager (NFI) has officially commenced operations in orbit after being launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as part of NASA's Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) mission on March 11. The NFI payload successfully deployed from the launch vehicle on March 12 and is now gathering data from low Earth orbit.
PUNCH co
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's (NRL) Narrow Field Imager (NFI) has officially commenced operations in orbit after being launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as part of NASA's Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) mission on March 11. The NFI payload successfully deployed from the launch vehicle on March 12 and is now gathering data from low Earth orbit.
PUNCH co Cosmic megajets reveal possible future threat to Earth
Monday, 24 March 2025 09:04
London, UK (SPX) Mar 24, 2025
A startling cosmic discovery has shed light on a potential future for the Milky Way, revealing that it could one day generate powerful radiation jets capable of endangering life on Earth.
Astronomers led by CHRIST University in Bangalore have identified an enormous spiral galaxy, located nearly one billion light-years from our planet, housing a supermassive black hole billions of times the
A startling cosmic discovery has shed light on a potential future for the Milky Way, revealing that it could one day generate powerful radiation jets capable of endangering life on Earth.
Astronomers led by CHRIST University in Bangalore have identified an enormous spiral galaxy, located nearly one billion light-years from our planet, housing a supermassive black hole billions of times the NASA to Launch Three Rockets from Alaska in Single Aurora Experiment
Monday, 24 March 2025 09:04
Fairbanks AK (SPX) Mar 24, 2025
Three NASA-funded rockets are set to launch from Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska, in an experiment that seeks to reveal how auroral substorms affect the behavior and composition of Earth's far upper atmosphere.
The experiment's outcome could upend a long-held theory about the aurora's interaction with the thermosphere. It may also improve space weather forecasting, critical
Three NASA-funded rockets are set to launch from Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska, in an experiment that seeks to reveal how auroral substorms affect the behavior and composition of Earth's far upper atmosphere.
The experiment's outcome could upend a long-held theory about the aurora's interaction with the thermosphere. It may also improve space weather forecasting, critical Fresh satellite data reveals spectacular space discoveries
Monday, 24 March 2025 09:04
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 24, 2025
Data from the European Space Agency's Euclid satellite is already delivering significant scientific insights, even though the survey has only just begun. Launched in July 2023, Euclid is embarking on a six-year mission to chart over one billion galaxies, offering fresh perspectives on dark matter and dark energy.
The newly released dataset, which represents less than 0.5 percent of Euclid'
Data from the European Space Agency's Euclid satellite is already delivering significant scientific insights, even though the survey has only just begun. Launched in July 2023, Euclid is embarking on a six-year mission to chart over one billion galaxies, offering fresh perspectives on dark matter and dark energy.
The newly released dataset, which represents less than 0.5 percent of Euclid' Concept for interstellar object encounters developed, then simulated using a spacecraft swarm
Monday, 24 March 2025 09:04
Urbana, IL (SPX) Mar 24, 2025
Interstellar objects are among the last unexplored classes of solar system objects, holding tantalizing information about primitive materials from exoplanetary star systems. They pass through our solar system only once in their lifetime at speeds of tens of kilometers per second, making them elusive. Hiroyasu Tsukamoto, a faculty member in the Department of Aerospace Engineering in The Grainger
Interstellar objects are among the last unexplored classes of solar system objects, holding tantalizing information about primitive materials from exoplanetary star systems. They pass through our solar system only once in their lifetime at speeds of tens of kilometers per second, making them elusive. Hiroyasu Tsukamoto, a faculty member in the Department of Aerospace Engineering in The Grainger Chinese Meridian Phase II sets new benchmark in global space weather monitoring
Monday, 24 March 2025 09:04
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 24, 2025
China has reached a pivotal achievement in space science with the official completion and national acceptance of Phase II of the Chinese Meridian Project (CMP) on March 21. This endeavor marks the establishment of the world's first integrated ground-based system capable of monitoring the entire Sun-Earth space environment, from the solar atmosphere through to near-Earth regions.
Initiated
China has reached a pivotal achievement in space science with the official completion and national acceptance of Phase II of the Chinese Meridian Project (CMP) on March 21. This endeavor marks the establishment of the world's first integrated ground-based system capable of monitoring the entire Sun-Earth space environment, from the solar atmosphere through to near-Earth regions.
Initiated Botswana launches first national satellite with Dragonfly Aerospace support
Monday, 24 March 2025 09:04
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 24, 2025
Botswana has entered the space age with the successful launch of BOTSAT-1, the nation's first satellite, developed through a collaboration between Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) and Dragonfly Aerospace. Carried into orbit aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 during the Transporter-13 rideshare on March 15, 2025, BOTSAT-1 marks a significant step forward in Botswana's amb
Botswana has entered the space age with the successful launch of BOTSAT-1, the nation's first satellite, developed through a collaboration between Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) and Dragonfly Aerospace. Carried into orbit aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 during the Transporter-13 rideshare on March 15, 2025, BOTSAT-1 marks a significant step forward in Botswana's amb Shenzhou-19 astronauts complete third spacewalk, install final debris shielding on Tiangong
Monday, 24 March 2025 08:30
A European startup is set to launch an orbital rocket on its first test flight
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