Airbus delivers MicroCarb instrument, the first European mission to measure atmospheric CO2
Friday, 16 December 2022 11:32
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A special passenger crossed under the Channel this week: the MicroCarb instrument, en-route to be integrated with its satellite platform at RAL Space (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory) in Oxfordshire, England.
MicroCarb is a small satellite designed to map sources and sinks of carbon dioxide (CO2)-the most important greenhouse gas - on a global scale, to better understand the impact of CO2 p Airbus delivers first Sentinel-4 air-monitoring instrument to ESA
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Airbus Defence and Space has successfully delivered the first Sentinel-4/UVN (Ultraviolet, Visible and Near Infra-Red) multispectral instrument flight model to the European Space Agency (ESA). It will be integrated onto the Meteosat Third Generation Sounder (MTG-S1) satellite next year.
The instrument will continuously monitor key air quality trace gases and aerosols from geostationary orb ZEP-RE and Planet collaborate on drought insurance program in Africa
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Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, have announced a new contract with ZEP-RE, a reinsurance company based in Nairobi, Kenya, to leverage Planet's Basemaps products to enhance drought risk protection in the Horn of Africa (HOA).
ZEP-RE aims to leverage PlanetScope 3-5 meter resolution imagery through Planet's analysis-ready, Surface Reflec Advanced Air Mobility makes travel more accessible
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Imagine requesting an air taxi by app, like you do now with Uber or Lyft, to travel to your local airport - you could be soaring above road traffic and arrive much faster than driving.
Aviation industry creatives are already designing rideshare air services between home and the airport. New remotely piloted and autonomous aircraft will make air travel mor Even safer satnav for aircraft: upgraded EGNOS on the way
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Making satellite navigation sufficiently accurate by improving its integrity for aircraft to rely on, the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System, EGNOS, is today employed by hundreds of airports across our continent, guiding airliners down through all weathers to the point where pilots gain sight of runways to initiate landing. Now an upgraded version of the system, EGNOS v3, has passed its Critical Design Review – putting it on track to enter service by the second part of the decade.
China completes seventh space launch inside 10 days
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China launched a Long March 11 solid rocket from Xichang early Friday, completing a campaign of seven orbit launch attempts in just over a week which included the debut of two new launch vehicles.
Earth from Space: Dublin, Ireland
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Dublin, the capital and largest city of Ireland, is featured in this image captured by Copernicus Sentinel-2.
Wallops officials look for growth in launch activity with Rocket Lab
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The first Electron launch from Wallops will mark what spaceport officials hope is the start of a new era of increased launch activity there.
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EOI Space forges equity and sales pact with Japan’s NTT Data
Thursday, 15 December 2022 22:25 Write a comment
EOI Space, the Earth-observation startup formerly known as Earth Observant, attracted its first major customer for ultra-high-resolution imagery drawn from a constellation of satellites destined for very low Earth orbit.
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Arqit drops plan to operate quantum encryption satellites
Thursday, 15 December 2022 22:20 Write a comment
British cybersecurity software developer Arqit is looking to sell a partly built satellite after scrapping plans for a space-based quantum encryption network.
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Space acquisition chief: DoD will buy small satellites, at fixed prices
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Frank Calvelli, assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisitions and integration, wants acquisition officers to avoid cost-plus contracts and buy satellites at fixed prices
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NASA Awards Contract to Maintain Webb Telescope Operations
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NASA has selected Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation of Redondo Beach, California, to support the James Webb Space Telescope Phase E – Operations and Sustainment contract. Hibernation. We research. You benefit.
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Did you know that ESA is researching human hibernation for long distance spaceflight to Mars or beyond?
Hibernating astronauts could be the best way to save mission costs, reduce the size of spacecraft by a third and keep crew healthy on their way to Mars. An ESA-led investigation suggests that human hibernation goes beyond the realm of science-fiction and may become a game-changing technique for space travel.
When packing for a return flight to the Red Planet, space engineers account for around two years’ worth of food and water for the crew.
Torpor during hibernation is an induced state that
Healthier diets for astronauts on spaceflights may improve health and performance
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Astronauts could be given an enhanced diet during spaceflights that includes a greater variety and quantity of fruits, vegetables, and fish to improve their health and performance compared to standard spaceflight food, reports a study published in Scientific Reports.
Although conducted in a spaceflight simulation chamber on Earth with 16 individuals, these findings may have implications for astronaut health and decisions about food resource priorities on spaceflights.
Long-duration spaceflight is known to impact human health, and spacecraft size and power constraints limit what can be taken into space. The food astronauts eat may have the potential to mitigate some negative health changes during spaceflight, but in turn the food can be limited by mass, volume, shelf-life, and storage requirements.
Hubble helps discover a new type of planet largely composed of water
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Researchers have found evidence for the existence of a new type of planet they have called a “water world,” where water makes up a large fraction of the entire planet. These worlds, discovered in a planetary system 218 light-years away, are unlike any planets in our Solar System.