Kleos' Observer Mission Targeted for 3 January Launch
Tuesday, 03 January 2023 09:50
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jan 03, 2023
Kleos Space S.A. (ASX: KSS, Frankfurt: KS1), a space-powered defence and intelligence technology Company, announces its four Observer Mission (KSF3) satellites are manifested to launch on 3rd January aboard the Transporter-6 SpaceX mission. The launch window opens at approximately 09:56 a.m. EST (14:56 UTC or 15:56 CET).
The Observer Mission satellites will launch into a 525km sun synchron

Exolaunch to deploy Unseenlabs' latest BRO-series satellite into orbit on Transporter-6 Mission
Tuesday, 03 January 2023 04:29
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 27, 2022
Unseenlabs, the world leader in space-based RF detection for Maritime Domain Awareness, has recently signed a launch services agreement (LSA) with Exolaunch, an international provider of launch services and deployment solutions, to deploy its BRO-8 nanosatellite on SpaceX's Transporter-6 rideshare mission, which is to launch no earlier than (NET) January 2023.
Manufactured by GOMSpace, BRO

Revenue shortfall causes layoffs and delays at Satellogic
Monday, 02 January 2023 23:40
As Satellogic prepares to launch its latest imaging satellites, the company has slashed revenue projections, resulting in layoffs and delays in construction of a new factory.
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Mix a ‘space juice’ to celebrate ESA’s Juice mission!
Monday, 02 January 2023 09:00
ESA is kicking off the new year by inviting you to create a unique juice mocktail to represent the JUpiter ICy moons Explorer – also known as Juice – launching in April. The winner of the most imaginative recipe will be invited to ESA’s Social Space launch event in Darmstadt, Germany, where our favourite space juices will be served!
SPORT and petitSat cubesats to shed light on space weather disturbances
Sunday, 01 January 2023 07:24
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 01, 2023
Two CubeSats, or small satellites, are on a quest to provide insight on space weather disturbances and the subsequent impact on communication signals. The dynamic duo, the Plasma Enhancements in the Ionosphere-Thermosphere Satellite (petitSat) and Scintillation Prediction Observations Research Task (SPORT), arrived at the International Space Station on Nov. 27, 2022, as part of SpaceX's 26th com

Planet to launch 36 SuperDove satellites with SpaceX
Sunday, 01 January 2023 07:24
San Francisco CA (SPX) Jan 01, 2023
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, has announced plans to launch 36 of its SuperDove satellites, Flock 4y, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket no earlier than Tuesday, January 3, 2023 at 9:56 a.m. ET (14:56 UTC). Flock 4y is planned to launch on SpaceX's Transporter-6 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
These 36 Super

NASA and HAARP conclude asteroid experiment
Sunday, 01 January 2023 07:24
Fairbanks AK (SPX) Jan 01, 2023
A powerful transmitter in remote Alaska sent long wavelength radio signals into space Tuesday with the purpose of bouncing them off an asteroid to learn about its interior.
The asteroid, 2010 XC15, is estimated to be about 500 feet across and is passing by Earth at two lunar distances, which is twice the distance between the Earth and the moon.
Results of Tuesday's experiment at the

Artemis I Orion spacecraft returns to Kennedy Space Center
Sunday, 01 January 2023 07:24
Houston TX (SPX) Jan 01, 2023
After its 1.4-million-mile mission beyond the Moon and back, the Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission arrived back at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Dec. 30. The capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Dec. 11 and was transported by truck across the country from Naval Base San Diego in California to Kennedy's Multi Payload Processing Facility in Florida.
Now that Orion is back at

Latest launch marks 64th mission for China in 2022
Sunday, 01 January 2023 07:24
Beijing (XNA) Jan 01, 2023
China launched a Long March 3B carrier rocket on Thursday afternoon to transport an experimental satellite into space, completing the busiest year in terms of launch numbers for the country's space industry.
The rocket blasted off at 12:43 pm at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan province and then deployed the Shiyan 10-02 experimental satellite into a preset

Station crew wraps up a busy year as Soyuz review continues
Sunday, 01 January 2023 07:24
Houston TX (SPX) Jan 01, 2023
Research and maintenance activities aboard the International Space Station continue into the new year while engineers and managers discuss Soyuz capabilities and potential next steps in response to the Soyuz MS-22's external cooling loop leak.
The Expedition 68 crew remains in good condition, performing a variety of maintenance and research activities and looks forward to some time off on

Exotic clasts in Chang'e-5 samples indicate unexplored terrane on moon
Sunday, 01 January 2023 07:24
Beijing, China (SPX) Jan 01, 2023
The Chang'e-5 mission touched down in the Mons Rumker region of the northern Oceanus Procellarum of the Moon and returned 1.731 kg of lunar regolith.
Recognizing exotic clasts (i.e., non-Chang'e-5 locally derived materials) in the Chang'e-5 regolith could provide critical information about the lithological diversity and regolith gardening process in the young mare region of the Moon.

A Scuff for the New Year: Sols 3699-3702
Sunday, 01 January 2023 07:24
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 01, 2023
Curiosity has executed two out of the ten sols we planned on Wednesday to cover the rover's activities through the holidays, so the three sols we planned today (sols 3699-3671) won't actually execute on Mars for several days.
The activities we included in the remaining eight sols of Wednesday's ten-sol plan don't involve any driving or arm activities, so we picked up today's planning knowi

Mysterious gamma-ray emitting bubbles around the center of our Galaxy explained
Sunday, 01 January 2023 07:24
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 01, 2023
A scientist from Tokyo Metropolitan University has shown that large gamma-ray emitting bubbles around the center of our Galaxy were produced by fast blowing outward winds and the associated "reverse shock." Numerical simulations successfully reproduced the temperature profile observed by an X-ray telescope. Such outflows have been observed in other galaxies; this finding suggests similar winds m

China sets multiple records in space during
Sunday, 01 January 2023 07:24
Beijing (XNA) Jan 01, 2023
For China's space sector, 2022 was a year of substantial progress and remarkable new records.
China completed more than 60 space launches this year, a record high. Among these missions, 53 were conducted by the Long March carrier rockets, the country's backbone launch vehicles.
The proportion of launches using new-generation rockets has increased, reaching a three-year high of 27 per

Satellite images show lack of snow in the Italian Alps
Sunday, 01 January 2023 07:24
Wessling, Germany (SPX) Jan 01, 2023
The snow line in the Italian Alps last spring was at an average altitude of 400 metres, in some regions even almost a kilometre higher than usual. This was determined by researchers at the German Aerospace Center. They analysed around 15,000 satellite images of the Alps over a period of 37 years. The scientists also investigated the effect of snow cover in the Alps on the water shortage in north
