Satellite Vu raised $15.8 million for thermal satellite constellation
Wednesday, 24 May 2023 07:00
British Earth observation startup Satellite Vu raised 12.7 million British pounds ($15.8 million) for its thermal satellite constellation.
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The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter team practises beaming a message back to Earth - using themselves
Wednesday, 24 May 2023 06:56
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A mysterious signal is being sent by ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter on 24 May, a spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet looking for evidence of possible biological or geological activity.
As part of the global 'A Sign In Space' art project, it will strike huge antennas dotted around the globe; the Green Bank Telescope (West Virginia), the Medicina Radio Astronomical Station (Italy) and the Allen Telescope Array (California).
Early tests were conducted to ensure the feasibility of the endeavour and allow the ground-based observatories to fine tune their systems to be ready for the public event.
During preparations for sending
Satellites provide crucial insights into Arctic amplification
Wednesday, 24 May 2023 06:45
The Arctic, once again at the forefront of climate change, is experiencing disproportionately higher temperature increases compared to the rest of the planet, triggering a series of cascading effects known as Arctic amplification. As concerns continue to grow, satellites developed by ESA have become indispensable tools in understanding and addressing the complex dynamics at play and the far-reaching consequences for the environment and human societies.
South Korea to conduct satellite launch as North Korea pushes to fire its 1st military spy satellite
Wednesday, 24 May 2023 06:25
South Korea was set to launch its first commercial-grade satellite Wednesday as rival North Korea pushed plans forward to place its first military spy satellite into orbit.
NGA plans new procurement of commercial Earth monitoring services
Tuesday, 23 May 2023 19:02
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is planning a new procurement of commercial services to monitor activities from space.
Three companies to buy most Virgin Orbit assets
Tuesday, 23 May 2023 18:54
Three aerospace companies submitted winning bids at a bankruptcy auction for most of the assets of launch company Virgin Orbit, ending any chance that company could return to flight under new ownership.
NRO seeks closer ties with industry
Tuesday, 23 May 2023 17:06
U.S. defense and intelligence agencies need to forge even closer ties with the commercial sector to address global security threats, said Chris Scolese, National Reconnaissance Office director.
Air Force Research Lab to fund development of Ursa Major’s rocket engines
Tuesday, 23 May 2023 15:51
Rocket propulsion startup Ursa Major won a U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory contract to support the development of two of the company’s rocket engines.
A lab deep underground could hold the key to habitability on Mars
Tuesday, 23 May 2023 14:04
Has Gaia found missing link in black hole evolution?
Tuesday, 23 May 2023 11:38
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When ESA’s Gaia spacecraft scanned the Scorpius constellation and its ancient globular star cluster Messier 4, it captured something strange: a huge dark blob at the cluster’s centre, 800 times more massive than our Sun.
It is normal for globular clusters to have dark centres made up of many dead stars. But the mass at the centre of Messier 4 looks different – despite being especially large, it seems to be squeezed into a surprisingly small volume of space.
“Using the latest Gaia and Hubble data, it was not possible to distinguish between a dark population of stellar remnants and a
The Spaceport Company demonstrates offshore launch operations
Tuesday, 23 May 2023 10:15
Two companies have demonstrated the ability to conduct launches from a floating platform in U.S.
ESA receives Space for Climate Protection Award
Tuesday, 23 May 2023 09:20
ESA has been presented the ‘Space for Climate Protection’ Special Award by the International Astronautical Federation during the Global Space Conference on Climate Change – currently taking place in Oslo, Norway.
North Korea's Kim Jong Un says spy satellite ready for launch
Tuesday, 23 May 2023 08:46
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected the secretive regime's first completed military reconnaissance satellite and "approved the future action plan" for its launch, state-run media reported Wednesday.
Kim visited an aerospace facility on Tuesday and examined the satellite, which is "ready for loading after undergoing the final general assembly check and space environment test," accordi Military drones are swarming the skies of Ukraine and other conflicts
Tuesday, 23 May 2023 08:46
Loud explosions rock the evening sky. Streaks of light appear like comets. Missiles rain down. Below, people scramble for cover. The injured are taken on stretchers - the dead, buried.
That is daily life in Ukraine, where pilotless vehicles known as drones litter the sky in an endless video gamelike - but actually very real - war with Russia.
Both Russia and Ukraine are using drones Mapping the shallow seabed of the Mediterranean coast using satellite images
Tuesday, 23 May 2023 08:46
Satellite-derived bathymetry continues to advance and improve rapidly. A recent scientific study has confirmed the effectiveness of a methodology developed to obtain bathymetric data from satellite images in the Western Mediterranean. The results of this research, published in the prestigious International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, reaffirm the value of this tool f