The future, by the box: 10 years of ESA Technology CubeSats
Friday, 14 July 2023 08:20
Imagine building yourself a small satellite out of standardised 10-cm boxes. Such humble nanosatellites are called CubeSats, first devised as an educational tool but increasingly performing valuable work in space. ESA’s CubeSat Systems Unit has been utilising CubeSats for a decade now to test out innovative new technologies – resulting in seven missions to date with many more on the way.
The sound of Aeolus will blow you away
Friday, 14 July 2023 08:00
After almost five years, ESA’s Aeolus wind satellite has completed its mission. Now, you can listen to the Life of Aeolus – an incredible wind orchestral piece that has been composed using data spanning Aeolus’ entire life in orbit around Earth.
Lunar solar power satellite
Friday, 14 July 2023 07:47
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Lunar solar power satellite Earth from Space: Ethiopian painting
Friday, 14 July 2023 07:00
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Reminiscent of an artist’s pallet, this striking false-colour image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission features Lake Abbe in northeast Ethiopia. ESA moves ahead with In-Orbit Servicing missions
Friday, 14 July 2023 06:45
Isn’t it strange that when satellites run out of fuel or a single component breaks down, we just discard them? ESA and European industry have joined forces to make sure that our satellites can live on.
Japan rocket engine explodes during test: official
Friday, 14 July 2023 05:14
Tokyo (AFP) July 14, 2023
A Japanese rocket engine exploded during a test on Friday, an official said, in the latest blow to the country's space agency.
The Epsilon S - an improved version of the Epsilon rocket that failed to launch in October - blew up "roughly 50 seconds after ignition", science and technology ministry official Naoya Takegami told AFP.
The testing site in the northern prefecture of Akita was
A Japanese rocket engine exploded during a test on Friday, an official said, in the latest blow to the country's space agency.
The Epsilon S - an improved version of the Epsilon rocket that failed to launch in October - blew up "roughly 50 seconds after ignition", science and technology ministry official Naoya Takegami told AFP.
The testing site in the northern prefecture of Akita was Rocket Lab readies launch of seven satellites from New Zealand
Friday, 14 July 2023 05:14
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 14, 2023
California-based Rocket Lab plans to launch seven miniature satellites that will gather data on Earth's atmosphere to improve weather forecasting, replace a decommissioned technology spacecraft and send twin navigation satellites into space.
This mission, which Rocket Lab calls Baby Come Back, will involve a launch on an Electron rocket as early as Friday from New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula
California-based Rocket Lab plans to launch seven miniature satellites that will gather data on Earth's atmosphere to improve weather forecasting, replace a decommissioned technology spacecraft and send twin navigation satellites into space.
This mission, which Rocket Lab calls Baby Come Back, will involve a launch on an Electron rocket as early as Friday from New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula China's methane-fueled rocket achieves global first with successful orbital insertion
Friday, 14 July 2023 05:14
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 14, 2023
The first successful orbital mission of a methane-fueled rocket has been accomplished by China, a significant breakthrough in the utilization of low-cost and environmentally friendly liquid propellants for carrier rockets. The rocket, known as ZQ 2 or Rosefinch 2, launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center located in China's northwestern Gobi Desert on Wednesday morning.
The Beijing
The first successful orbital mission of a methane-fueled rocket has been accomplished by China, a significant breakthrough in the utilization of low-cost and environmentally friendly liquid propellants for carrier rockets. The rocket, known as ZQ 2 or Rosefinch 2, launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center located in China's northwestern Gobi Desert on Wednesday morning.
The Beijing Webb Telescope catches glimpse of possible first-ever 'dark stars'
Friday, 14 July 2023 05:14
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin TX (SPX) Jul 14, 2023
Stars beam brightly out of the darkness of space thanks to fusion, atoms melding together and releasing energy. But what if there's another way to power a star?
A team of three astrophysicists - Katherine Freese at The University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with Cosmin Ilie and Jillian Paulin '23 at Colgate University - analyzed images from the James
Austin TX (SPX) Jul 14, 2023
Stars beam brightly out of the darkness of space thanks to fusion, atoms melding together and releasing energy. But what if there's another way to power a star?
A team of three astrophysicists - Katherine Freese at The University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with Cosmin Ilie and Jillian Paulin '23 at Colgate University - analyzed images from the James Uniting Europe: DLR Spearheads Responsive Satellite Deployment Network
Friday, 14 July 2023 05:14
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 14, 2023
The rapidly expanding realm of information technology is ever-dependent on unobstructed access to space-based data and communication networks, bringing the need for technical mechanisms that can safeguard, repair, reinforce, or develop essential space infrastructures to the forefront.
Ensuring new satellites can be placed and activated in orbit within a matter of hours or days is of prime
The rapidly expanding realm of information technology is ever-dependent on unobstructed access to space-based data and communication networks, bringing the need for technical mechanisms that can safeguard, repair, reinforce, or develop essential space infrastructures to the forefront.
Ensuring new satellites can be placed and activated in orbit within a matter of hours or days is of prime CASIC plans new satellite network by 2030
Friday, 14 July 2023 05:14
Beijing (XNA) Jul 14, 2023
China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC), a leading Chinese space contractor has revealed plans to create an expansive remote-sensing satellite network by the end of this decade. The announcement, made on Thursday, is an impressive testament to the ongoing advancements in China's space exploration and surveillance capabilities.
Managed by CASIC Space Engineering Development
China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC), a leading Chinese space contractor has revealed plans to create an expansive remote-sensing satellite network by the end of this decade. The announcement, made on Thursday, is an impressive testament to the ongoing advancements in China's space exploration and surveillance capabilities.
Managed by CASIC Space Engineering Development Rocket Lab to boost Synspective's satellite constellation with more launches
Friday, 14 July 2023 05:14
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 14, 2023
The US-based small satellite launch service provider, Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB), has recently signed a deal with Japan's Synspective, an Earth imaging company, for two dedicated Electron launch missions. With this development, Synspective's contracted missions with Rocket Lab have now been extended to a total of six, reflecting the strong and evolving collaboration between the two ente
The US-based small satellite launch service provider, Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB), has recently signed a deal with Japan's Synspective, an Earth imaging company, for two dedicated Electron launch missions. With this development, Synspective's contracted missions with Rocket Lab have now been extended to a total of six, reflecting the strong and evolving collaboration between the two ente Euclid's large halo around indefinitely small point
Friday, 14 July 2023 05:14
Paris (ESA) Jul 14, 2023
If you think it's only possible to be held in orbit around a physical 'thing' with a large mass - a planet or a star, say - you'd be wrong. It is in fact possible to orbit around an invisible point, an oasis of forces, infinitesimal in size. ESA's Euclid mission was launched on 1 July 2023 to uncover the secrets of the dark universe. Its destination? Like many astronomy missions before it, Lagra
If you think it's only possible to be held in orbit around a physical 'thing' with a large mass - a planet or a star, say - you'd be wrong. It is in fact possible to orbit around an invisible point, an oasis of forces, infinitesimal in size. ESA's Euclid mission was launched on 1 July 2023 to uncover the secrets of the dark universe. Its destination? Like many astronomy missions before it, Lagra ESA Astronauts Embark on Lunar Geology Training in Norwegian Wilderness
Friday, 14 July 2023 05:14
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 14, 2023
In the hush of a Norwegian fjord, under the spectral glow of a waning crescent Moon, ESA astronauts Alexander Gerst and Samantha Cristoforetti have started their journey into lunar geology. The astronauts have been meticulously prepared for their first field expedition, equipped with digitally enhanced toolkits and bracing for the rigors of ESA's PANGAEA course.
Adorned in state-of-the-art
In the hush of a Norwegian fjord, under the spectral glow of a waning crescent Moon, ESA astronauts Alexander Gerst and Samantha Cristoforetti have started their journey into lunar geology. The astronauts have been meticulously prepared for their first field expedition, equipped with digitally enhanced toolkits and bracing for the rigors of ESA's PANGAEA course.
Adorned in state-of-the-art Sols 3887-3888: The Vastness
Friday, 14 July 2023 05:14
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 14, 2023
Earth Planning Date: Wednesday, July 12, 2023 - A blue hue inches over the horizon illuminating a sea of rocks scattered across the landscape like the scales of a fish. Among the sea, alone in the vastness, a rover sleeps. The time is now 9:25, in a "time zone" defined for itself. The waking rover receives instructions from a tiny speck of light, far away and slowly creeping towards the other si
Earth Planning Date: Wednesday, July 12, 2023 - A blue hue inches over the horizon illuminating a sea of rocks scattered across the landscape like the scales of a fish. Among the sea, alone in the vastness, a rover sleeps. The time is now 9:25, in a "time zone" defined for itself. The waking rover receives instructions from a tiny speck of light, far away and slowly creeping towards the other si