In-Space Missions announces Asia-Pacific rideshare mission
Tuesday, 31 January 2023 00:51
London, UK (SPX) Jan 31, 2023
In-Space Missions Ltd is partnering with Singapore Space Technologies Ltd (SSTL) to initiate Faraday Dragon, an Asia-Pacific regional satellite rideshare mission targeted for launch in 2025.
Faraday Dragon will fly multiple payloads for regional space players including government, commercial, financial, research and educational organisations.
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In-Space Missions Ltd is partnering with Singapore Space Technologies Ltd (SSTL) to initiate Faraday Dragon, an Asia-Pacific regional satellite rideshare mission targeted for launch in 2025.
Faraday Dragon will fly multiple payloads for regional space players including government, commercial, financial, research and educational organisations.
In-Space M Inmarsat-6 F2 satellite arrives on board an Airbus Beluga in Florida for launch
Tuesday, 31 January 2023 00:51
Toulouse, France (SPX) Jan 31, 2023
The second Airbus-built Inmarsat-6 geostationary telecommunications satellite (I-6 F2) has arrived on board an Airbus Beluga at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida ready for its launch in February.
The second satellite of the Inmarsat-6 generation is based on Airbus' ultra-reliable Eurostar E3000 spacecraft and will be the 58th Eurostar E3000 built by Airbus. It will be the ninth Eurostar
The second Airbus-built Inmarsat-6 geostationary telecommunications satellite (I-6 F2) has arrived on board an Airbus Beluga at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida ready for its launch in February.
The second satellite of the Inmarsat-6 generation is based on Airbus' ultra-reliable Eurostar E3000 spacecraft and will be the 58th Eurostar E3000 built by Airbus. It will be the ninth Eurostar Lockheed Martin team up with DARPA and AFRL for hypersonics
Tuesday, 31 January 2023 00:51
Palmdale CA (SPX) Jan 31, 2023
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD) team accomplished their primary objectives during its second Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) flight test doubling the amount of scramjet powered vehicle data.
Launching from a B-52, the HAWC system's first stage boosted it to t
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD) team accomplished their primary objectives during its second Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) flight test doubling the amount of scramjet powered vehicle data.
Launching from a B-52, the HAWC system's first stage boosted it to t AI joins search for ET
Tuesday, 31 January 2023 00:51
Toronto, Canada (SPX) Jan 31, 2023
Breakthrough Listen has reported the results from a new method of searching data driven by artificial intelligence. In a paper published in the journal Nature Astronomy, the team analyze 480 hours of data from the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in West Virginia, and report eight previously undetected signals of interest that have certain characteristics expected of genuine technosignatures.
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Breakthrough Listen has reported the results from a new method of searching data driven by artificial intelligence. In a paper published in the journal Nature Astronomy, the team analyze 480 hours of data from the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in West Virginia, and report eight previously undetected signals of interest that have certain characteristics expected of genuine technosignatures.
Th AAC Clyde Space to be part of first ESA situational awareness GEO Satellite program
Tuesday, 31 January 2023 00:51
Edinburgh, Scotland (SPX) Jan 31, 2023
A consortium including AAC Clyde Space's subsidiary AAC Hyperion has been selected by European Defence Fund to develop a less than 100 kg satellite to be placed in geostationary orbit (GEO) for space situational awareness. The satellite, named Naucrates, is not to be trackable from ground radar, optical telescope or radio telescope. It is set to be the first European GEO satellite for Space Situ
A consortium including AAC Clyde Space's subsidiary AAC Hyperion has been selected by European Defence Fund to develop a less than 100 kg satellite to be placed in geostationary orbit (GEO) for space situational awareness. The satellite, named Naucrates, is not to be trackable from ground radar, optical telescope or radio telescope. It is set to be the first European GEO satellite for Space Situ China's Deep Space Exploration Lab eyes top global talents
Tuesday, 31 January 2023 00:51
Beijing (XNA) Jan 31, 2023
China's Deep Space Exploration Lab (DSEL) said Monday that it is inviting top global talents to apply for the 2023 Overseas Outstanding Young Talents Program, to promote the development of deep-space exploration.
According to the DSEL, the program, funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, aims to attract outstanding young scholars from overseas, who have made achievement
China's Deep Space Exploration Lab (DSEL) said Monday that it is inviting top global talents to apply for the 2023 Overseas Outstanding Young Talents Program, to promote the development of deep-space exploration.
According to the DSEL, the program, funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, aims to attract outstanding young scholars from overseas, who have made achievement Advanced XCAM X-ray camera system ready for sub-orbital space launch
Tuesday, 31 January 2023 00:51
London, UK (SPX) Jan 31, 2023
UK based XCAM Ltd, leaders in specialist digital camera systems, has delivered an advanced digital camera to Pennsylvania State University (PSU) in the USA, as part of a multi-million-dollar NASA space technology project that will see the system launched into space on a sub-orbital sounding rocket as part of the OGRE mission in 2025.
The Off-Plane Grating Rocket Experiment (OGRE) aims to i
UK based XCAM Ltd, leaders in specialist digital camera systems, has delivered an advanced digital camera to Pennsylvania State University (PSU) in the USA, as part of a multi-million-dollar NASA space technology project that will see the system launched into space on a sub-orbital sounding rocket as part of the OGRE mission in 2025.
The Off-Plane Grating Rocket Experiment (OGRE) aims to i Inmarsat-6 F2 satellite completes three-day trip to SpaceX launch site
Monday, 30 January 2023 20:30
Inmarsat’s latest geostationary telecoms satellite has arrived at its Florida launch site after a three-day journey from Airbus’ testing facilities in France.
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Asteroid mining startup AstroForge to launch first missions this year
Monday, 30 January 2023 11:46
A startup with plans to mine asteroids for metals says it will launch its first two missions this year, including one that will fly by a near Earth asteroid.
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Columbia disaster that scuttled the space shuttle
Monday, 30 January 2023 08:21
America may now be aiming to put astronauts back on the Moon, but for years the United States turned its back on manned missions after the Columbia space shuttle disaster.
Its space program suffered a catastrophic setback when all seven astronauts were killed when the shuttle broke up on re-entering the Earth's atmosphere 20 years ago on February 1, 2003.
It was the second shuttle disaster after the Challenger explosion of 1986 which also killed the crew and led to sharp criticism of the safety culture at NASA.
The shuttle fleet was grounded for two and a half years and it sparked a major shift in American space flights.
NASA meeting works to define exploration architecture
Sunday, 29 January 2023 23:38
NASA officials met last week to review its overall exploration architecture, although it was unclear exactly what they agreed to and when they will make it public.
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Dust bedevils Perseverance with damaging winds
Sunday, 29 January 2023 07:59
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2023
Scientists working on the Perseverance Mars 2020 rover mission have uncovered new insights about dust devils on the Red Planet, thanks to the meteorological sensors on the Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer (MEDA) instrument. The mission, which landed in Jezero crater in February 2020, has observed a high abundance of dust devils, with small seasonal variability.
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Scientists working on the Perseverance Mars 2020 rover mission have uncovered new insights about dust devils on the Red Planet, thanks to the meteorological sensors on the Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer (MEDA) instrument. The mission, which landed in Jezero crater in February 2020, has observed a high abundance of dust devils, with small seasonal variability.
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Sunday, 29 January 2023 01:28
Austin TX (SPX) Jan 27, 2023
GIT Satellite Communications (GIT) announced has become an Iridium Certus service provider and will support U.S. government customers with hardware platforms, airtime, and data services.
A long-time Iridium government service provider for narrowband voice and data services, GIT has now expanded its offering with Iridium Certus global satellite L-band broadband and midband connectivity. In
GIT Satellite Communications (GIT) announced has become an Iridium Certus service provider and will support U.S. government customers with hardware platforms, airtime, and data services.
A long-time Iridium government service provider for narrowband voice and data services, GIT has now expanded its offering with Iridium Certus global satellite L-band broadband and midband connectivity. In US Army space capabilities keep soldiers shooting, moving, communicating
Sunday, 29 January 2023 01:28
Redstone Arsenal AL (SPX) Jan 25, 2023
The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command focused on integrating Army space capabilities in many of its 2022 operations.
In February, the United States and Europe intervened to help Ukraine with air defense systems, artillery systems and munitions, counter-unmanned aerial systems, radars, and more following Russian President Vladimir Putin's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
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The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command focused on integrating Army space capabilities in many of its 2022 operations.
In February, the United States and Europe intervened to help Ukraine with air defense systems, artillery systems and munitions, counter-unmanned aerial systems, radars, and more following Russian President Vladimir Putin's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
USAS Two studies of volatile elements discovered in meteorites constrain the assembly of Earth
Sunday, 29 January 2023 01:28
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 27, 2023
In two separate studies, researchers identify nucleosynthetic isotope anomalies in the volatile elements potassium (K) and zinc (Zn) in meteorites, which constrain the origins of the material that formed Earth. According to both studies, roughly 90% of Earth's mass was contributed by non-carbonaceous (NC) material from the inner Solar System and about 10% by carbonaceous chondrite (CC) material
In two separate studies, researchers identify nucleosynthetic isotope anomalies in the volatile elements potassium (K) and zinc (Zn) in meteorites, which constrain the origins of the material that formed Earth. According to both studies, roughly 90% of Earth's mass was contributed by non-carbonaceous (NC) material from the inner Solar System and about 10% by carbonaceous chondrite (CC) material