Raytheon Technologies and Vista bring LuxStream Unlimited Data plan to customers
Thursday, 25 May 2023 03:16
Raytheon Technologies' (NYSE: RTX) Collins Aerospace business has announced plans to bring unlimited data to the customers of Vista, a leading private aviation group. Using Collins' LuxStream, which runs exclusively on the SES's high-throughput satellite (HTS) network, Vista customers can now enjoy fast, reliable, unlimited internet access for the duration of their flights.
Since 2019, Vis LIGO Ready to Explore Secrets of the Universe
Thursday, 25 May 2023 03:16
Today, the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) collaboration begins a new observing run with upgraded instruments and other improvements to boost the search for gravitational waves, or ripples in space-time, generated by colliding black holes and other extreme cosmic events. The LVK collaboration consists of scientists across the globe who use a network of gravitational-wave observatories-LIGO in the United Iceye introduces Dwell imaging mode
Thursday, 25 May 2023 00:07
Iceye unveiled an imaging mode at the GEOINT Symposium that distinguishes human-made from natural objects and highlights moving vehicles.
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Impulse and Relativity target 2026 for launch of first Mars lander mission
Wednesday, 24 May 2023 19:19
Two companies are preparing for a 2026 launch of what they believe will be the first commercial robotic Mars lander mission, the start of what the companies plan to be a regular series of such missions.
Fleet Space secures $33 million for mineral exploration constellation
Wednesday, 24 May 2023 18:51
Fleet Space Technologies has raised around $33 million in a Series C round to expand its satellite-based mineral exploration services.
Image: Mars terrain recreation at ESA
Wednesday, 24 May 2023 16:42
A downward view of ESA's rock-strewn recreation of the Red Planet, is designed to put prototype planetary rovers through their paces.
Officially part of the Planetary Robotics Laboratory at the Agency's ESTEC technical center in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, the nickname of this test site is the "Mars Yard."
An 9 x 9 m square filled with sand and different types of gravel and rocks, it is used to assess rover locomotion and navigation as well as the traction of wheels and other mechanisms. Then researchers can check how these elements work together in practice, with tests observed using precision cameras and sensors.
The Planetary Robotics Lab is part of a suite of more than 35 ESA laboratories focused on all aspects of space engineering, available to wider European Member States companies as well as ESA projects.
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NASA's LRO views impact site of HAKUTO-R mission 1 moon lander
Wednesday, 24 May 2023 16:38
The ispace HAKUTO-R Mission 1 lunar lander was launched on Dec. 11, 2022, a privately funded spacecraft planned to land on the lunar surface. After a several-month journey to the moon, the spacecraft started a controlled descent to the surface to land near Atlas crater. The ispace team announced the following day that an anomaly occurred, and the HAKUTO-R Mission 1 lunar lander had not safely touched down on the surface.
NASA's Chandra, Webb telescopes combine for arresting views
Wednesday, 24 May 2023 16:37
When multiple NASA telescopes observe the same cosmic region, the universe's true colors are revealed.
Four composite images deliver dazzling views from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope of two galaxies, a nebula, and a star cluster.
BlackSky, Spire roll out space-based maritime tracking service
Wednesday, 24 May 2023 16:02
BlackSky and Spire Global announced May 24 they are offering a new monitoring service that tracks ships via satellites.
Virgin Orbit to cease operations, sell assets of Richard Branson's satellite launcher
Wednesday, 24 May 2023 15:21
Japan’s GITAI raises $29 million for space robotics business
Wednesday, 24 May 2023 13:04
Japanese space robotics venture GITAI has raised around $29 million to accelerate technology development and its U.S.
Fighting wildfires in France | FIRE Preview
Wednesday, 24 May 2023 13:00
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Enjoy a sneak peek of ESA’s new documentary that looks at fire in all its fury - and how satellite technology is helping to mitigate this consequence of climate change. Join us on this journey as we meet the firefighter who fought one of the largest wildfires in his career, climate scientists working with satellite data, and the people on the frontline using these data to aid those affected. The full documentary will be released this summer.
Missile-warning satellite passes preliminary design review
Wednesday, 24 May 2023 12:30
A U.S. missile-warning satellite completed a major review, keeping the spacecraft on track for launch in 2028.
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Debut Astranis satellite beams first signals to Alaska
Wednesday, 24 May 2023 11:24
The first Astranis-built satellite has reached geostationary orbit over Alaska and completed a key end-to-end payload test following its Falcon Heavy launch at the end of April, the Californian manufacturer announced May 24.
Hark! A mystery sign in space (ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter)
Wednesday, 24 May 2023 10:51
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A message will soon be received from outer space and you are invited, along with the global community, to decipher it. Does its messenger, the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, count as extraterrestrial intelligence? Probably not. So, until we hear from aliens themselves, the martian orbiter is playing the role of green man in the ‘A Sign in Space’ global art project.
If we were to receive a signal from space, it would likely not be just scientists who catch it. Today, many individuals, organisations, universities and companies have access to antennas that are pointed skyward.
Any message received would be for the whole planet