Riverside CA (SPX) Sep 12, 2022
Of all known planets, Earth is as friendly to life as any planet could possibly be - or is it? If Jupiter's orbit changes, a new study shows Earth could be more hospitable than it is today. When a planet has a perfectly circular orbit around its star, the distance between the star and the planet never changes. Most planets, however, have "eccentric" orbits around their stars, meaning the o

Beijing, China (SPX) Sep 12, 2022
A new foundation model dubbed RingMo has been developed to improve accuracy for remote sensing image interpretation, according to the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Remote sensing images has been successfully applied in many fields, such as classification and change detection, and deep learning approaches have contributed to the rapid dev

McLean VA (SPX) Sep 12, 2022
Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM) reports it has reached an agreement with SpaceX to launch up to five of the company's remaining ground spare satellites from the Iridium NEXT program, on its Falcon 9 rocket. Known as Iridium-9, the launch is planned to take place at Vandenberg Space Force Base in mid-2023. Earlier this year, Iridium celebrated the 25th anniversary of the first la

Hamburg, Germany (SPX) Sep 12, 2022
OneWeb, the low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications company, and HD Hyundai Avikus, a world leader in advanced autonomous ship, has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). This agreement, signed during a dedicated ceremony at SMM Hamburg 2022, signifies a new partnership to explore opportunities for advanced LEO satellite technology to support the next generati

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 12, 2022
A new simulation conducted on the world's most powerful supercomputer dedicated to astronomy has produced a testable scenario to explain the appearance of the bar of the Milky Way. Comparing this scenario to data from current and future space telescopes will help clarify the evolution of our home Galaxy. Astronomy is revealing the structure of the Milky Way Galaxy in which we live in incre

Washington DC (UPI) Sep 9, 2021
Vice President Kamala Harris spoke to astronauts serving on the International Space Station on Friday as she convened the meeting of the National Space Council at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. In the call, Harris talked about the importance of protecting Earth and joining forces to meet other space initiatives. She is the chair of the council. "Tell us what you are learnin

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (SPX) Sep 12, 2022
MEASAT Global Berhad ("MEASAT") - Malaysia's premier satellite operator, has signed a multiyear contract with Reach Ten Communication Sdn Bhd ("Reach Ten") for Managed Bandwidth Services, supported by the high throughput satellite ("HTS") payload on MEASAT-3d ("M3d"). With this contract, Reach Ten will become the largest enterprise satellite service provider in Malaysia in terms of capacity prov

Kiyv, Ukraine (SPX) Sep 12, 2022
The European Space Agency (ESA) said in June that it expects strong support from NASA after the European agency suspended its cooperation with Russia due to the Ukraine war. "Administrator Bill Nelson has given us a clear message: NASA wants to help Europe in this situation," said ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher. ESA wants to find a silver-bullet solution here and now to cover

Washington DC (UPI) Sep 10, 2021
Elon Musk's SpaceX launched 34 more Starlink satellites with AST SpaceMobile's BlueWalker 3 satellite to low-Earth orbit on Saturday. The satellites were launched by a two-stage Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida after targeting a 9:20 p.m. liftoff due to weather. The first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas

Beijing (XNA) Sep 12, 2022
Chinese scientists have achieved a remarkable new feat in their research of the moon as they have discovered and identified the sixth new lunar mineral. The China National Space Administration and the China Atomic Energy Authority jointly announced in Beijing on Friday that the new mineral-Changesite-(Y)-was found by scientists at the Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology from surf