Geotail operations come to an end after 30 years
Thursday, 19 January 2023 02:37
After 30 years in orbit, mission operations for the joint NASA-JAXA Geotail spacecraft have ended, after the failure of the spacecraft's remaining data recorder.
Since its launch on July 24, 1992, Geotail orbited Earth, gathering an immense dataset on the structure and dynamics of the magnetosphere, Earth's protective magnetic bubble. Geotail was originally slated for a four-year run, but ABL Space Systems blames RS1 launch failure on loss of power
Thursday, 19 January 2023 01:40
ABL Space Systems says a power failure, possibly linked to a fire in the first stage of its RS1 rocket, caused the inaugural launch of the vehicle to fail last week.
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Anuvu gets deal to resell Starlink to maritime customers amid Telesat uncertainty
Wednesday, 18 January 2023 21:29
Mobile satellite connectivity specialist Anuvu said Jan. 17 it has signed a deal to resell Starlink services as plans to use a rival constellation proposed by Telesat remain uncertain.
Space Force procurement chief looking for big wins in 2023
Wednesday, 18 January 2023 19:30
Frank Calvelli said his push for speed and agility in procurement programs is starting to resonate
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NASA's Geotail mission operations come to an end after 30 years
Wednesday, 18 January 2023 18:29
After 30 years in orbit, mission operations for the joint NASA-JAXA Geotail spacecraft have ended, after the failure of the spacecraft's remaining data recorder.
After its launch on July 24, 1992, Geotail orbited Earth, gathering an immense dataset on the structure and dynamics of the magnetosphere, Earth's protective magnetic bubble. Geotail was originally slated for a four-year run, but the mission was extended several times due to its high-quality data return, which contributed to over a thousand scientific publications.
While one of Geotail's two data recorders failed in 2012, the second continued to work until experiencing an anomaly on June 28, 2022. After attempts to remotely repair the recorder failed, the mission operations were ended on November 28, 2022.
"Geotail has been a very productive satellite, and it was the first joint NASA-JAXA mission," said Don Fairfield, emeritus space scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and NASA's first project scientist for Geotail until his retirement in 2008.
Incorporating scents into a VR environment suitable for spacefarers
Wednesday, 18 January 2023 17:27
Astronauts are heading back to the moon, and this time they are focusing on establishing the first long-term presence. Afterward, NASA has its sights set on a trip to Mars.
With these long-duration missions ahead, new challenges will have to be accounted for on every front. The moon is about 238,855 miles from Earth, but a trip to Mars for an astronaut means traveling around 140 million miles away and leaving our planet for about three years. Because of this distance, astronauts will also face up to a 20-minute communication delay from Earth to Mars.
The rich meteorology of Mars studied in detail from the Perseverance rover
Wednesday, 18 January 2023 15:21
Perseverance is a NASA autonomous vehicle that arrived at the Jezero Crater (the bed of an ancient, now dried-up lake on Mars) on February 18, 2021. The rover is equipped with seven novel, complex scientific instruments dedicated to exploring the planet's surface in search of signs of possible past life, collecting and depositing samples to be brought back to Earth, testing new technologies for use in human exploration, and studying the planet's atmosphere in detail.
With regard to the aim of studying the atmosphere, the MEDA (Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer) instrument has been obtaining novel results. MEDA's lead researcher is José Antonio Rodríguez-Manfredi of the Centre for Astrobiology (CAB) in Madrid, and it has had the participation of a team from the UPV/EHU's Planetary Sciences Research Group. The instrument comprises a set of sensors that measure temperature, pressure, wind, humidity and properties of the dust that is always present in suspension in the Mars atmosphere.
Op-ed | Despite tech reset, the space economy is here to stay
Wednesday, 18 January 2023 12:46
The global space industry is expected to eclipse $1 trillion over the next few decades. And while casual onlookers sometimes express skepticism of this rapid growth, the venture industry is clearly enticed by how space technologies can power the global economy.
Reports calls on NASA to improve coordination of Artemis international partnerships
Wednesday, 18 January 2023 11:48
NASA’s inspector general says that the agency needs to do a better job coordinating international partnerships in its Artemis lunar exploration campaign and overcoming obstacles like export control.
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Report calls on NASA to improve coordination of Artemis international partnerships
Wednesday, 18 January 2023 11:48NASA’s inspector general says that the agency needs to do a better job coordinating international partnerships in its Artemis lunar exploration campaign and overcoming obstacles like export control.
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SpaceX launches GPS satellite, Falcon 9’s fifth national security launch
Wednesday, 18 January 2023 11:39
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Jan. 18 lifted off at 7:24 a.m. Eastern from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, carrying a U.S. Space Force GPS satellite.
SpaceX Falcon 9 launches fifth GPS satellite for U.S. Space Force
Wednesday, 18 January 2023 11:39
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Jan. 18 lifted off at 7:24 a.m. Eastern from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, carrying a U.S. Space Force GPS satellite.
Sidus Space expands commercial data distribution through SkyWatch deal
Wednesday, 18 January 2023 10:10
Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIDU)has signed an agreement with SkyWatch for use of its TerraStream data-management platform. The agreement is expected to accelerate the expansion of Sidus' commercial data distribution strategy which includes white labeling data for the Company's existing customers as well as driving growth of new data customers.
Serving as a key contributor to the Space data China releases report on remote sensing monitoring for global ecology
Wednesday, 18 January 2023 10:10
China's Ministry of Science and Technology issued a 2022 annual report on the remote sensing monitoring of the global ecological environment on Tuesday in Beijing. The report contains two topics of "ice, snow, and vegetation change in the Arctic region" and "the production situation of global bulk grain and oil crops and the contribution of multiple cropping and irrigation."
The report aim Intelligent Computing: The state of the art
Wednesday, 18 January 2023 10:10
Human society on the verge of transforming from an information society to an intelligent society, where optimized computing can autonomously solve practical, real-world problems. Critically, this transition is dependent on the continued development of advanced computing theories and algorithms that impart varying degrees of intelligence to computing systems through autonomous perception, informa