ReOrbit's Report Highlights Software-First Satellites as Key Growth Drivers in Space Industry
Thursday, 16 November 2023 08:18
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 16, 2023
The global space sector is witnessing a significant transformation, fueled by new supply and demand dynamics, disruptive innovations, and transformational business models. As reported in the recently released market report, "Software-first satellites: essential growth lever for space," this change is largely driven by the increasing importance of digital technologies. Produced jointly by ReOrbit

Globalsat Group will provide IoT and broadband connectivity solutions over ARSAT's capacity
Thursday, 16 November 2023 08:18
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 16, 2023
In a significant advancement for regional telecommunications, Globalsat Group has forged a strategic alliance with ARSAT (Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales Sociedad Anonima), a key player in the Argentine satellite communications sector. This partnership was officially announced last week at the ARSAT teleport in Benavidez, Buenos Aires province, marking the launch of a groundbreaking

Over 3,000 Rural Base Stations launched in Africa via Intelsat and AMN collaboration
Thursday, 16 November 2023 08:18
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 16, 2023
In a significant development in the telecommunications landscape of Africa, Intelsat, a prominent operator of a vast integrated satellite and terrestrial network, has joined forces with Africa Mobile Networks (AMN) to dramatically expand cellular coverage across the continent. Since their collaboration began in 2018, they have successfully deployed over 3,000 rural base satellite antennas in sev

System mimics human muscles to prevent slippage on robotic rovers
Thursday, 16 November 2023 08:18
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 16, 2023
In an era where planetary exploration increasingly relies on unmanned rovers, ensuring their safe and effective navigation across challenging extraterrestrial terrains is paramount. This is especially true in environments like Mars or the Moon, where surfaces are often covered with regolith-a fine, loose material that can significantly impair rover mobility. Addressing this challenge, researcher

China's BeiDou and Fengyun Satellites Elevate Global Weather Forecasting Capabilities
Thursday, 16 November 2023 08:18
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 16, 2023
In a significant step for space-based weather forecasting, China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) has emerged as a pivotal player. Sun Yueqiang, the director of the Key Laboratory for Space Environment Exploration at the National Space Science Center under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and also the deputy chief designer of the Fengyun-3 satellite, recently shared insights into the s

Innovative antimicrobial coating by Boeing and Queensland University trialled on ISS
Thursday, 16 November 2023 08:18
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 16, 2023
In an ambitious effort to enhance the safety and hygiene of long-term space missions, Boeing, a global aerospace leader, has initiated a groundbreaking project on the International Space Station (ISS). Launched aboard SpaceX's 29th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) mission, this ISS National Laboratory-sponsored project aims to test the effectiveness and durability of an innovative antimicrobia

SpaceX will try again to launch its mega rocket into orbit after first attempt ended in an explosion
Thursday, 16 November 2023 08:16
GreenOnyx's Wanna Greens Makes Space Debut Aboard SpaceX CRS-29 Mission
Thursday, 16 November 2023 06:10
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 16, 2023
In a groundbreaking move for space agriculture, Israeli agro-tech firm GreenOnyx has successfully launched its innovative Wanna Greens product into orbit. The launch, executed on November 9, 2023, aboard a SpaceX rocket bound for the International Space Station (ISS), marks the first instance of duckweed (Wolffia) being sent to space, heralding a new chapter in sustainable space food sources.

NASA's Cold Atom Lab sets stage for quantum chemistry in space
Thursday, 16 November 2023 06:10
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 16, 2023
The remotely operated facility aboard the International Space Station has created another tool that researchers can use to probe the fundamental nature of the world around us. For the first time in space, scientists have produced a quantum gas containing two types of atoms. Accomplished with NASA's Cold Atom Laboratory aboard the International Space Station, the achievement marks another step to

Supporting the search for alien life by exploring geologic faulting on icy moons
Thursday, 16 November 2023 06:10
Manoa HI (SPX) Nov 16, 2023
On the surface of many of the icy moons in our solar system, scientists have documented strike-slip faults, those that occur when fault walls in the ground's crust move past one another sideways, as is the case at the San Andreas fault in California. Two recently published studies led by University of Hawai'i at Manoa earth and space scientists document and reveal the mechanisms behind these geo

Using eclipses to calculate the transparency of Saturn's rings
Thursday, 16 November 2023 06:10
Lancaster UK (SPX) Nov 16, 2023
A Lancaster University PhD student has measured the optical depth of Saturn's rings using a new method based on how much sunlight reached the Cassini spacecraft while it was in the shadow of the rings.
The optical depth is connected to the transparency of an object, and it shows how far light can travel through that object before it gets absorbed or scattered.
The research, led by La

Webb detects water vapor, sulfur dioxide and sand clouds in the atmosphere of a nearby exoplanet
Thursday, 16 November 2023 06:10
Leuven, Belgium (SPX) Nov 16, 2023
A team of European astronomers, co-led by researchers from the Institute of Astronomy, KU Leuven, used recent observations made with the James Webb Space Telescope to study the atmosphere of the nearby exoplanet WASP-107b. Peering deep into the fluffy atmosphere of WASP-107b they discovered not only water vapour and sulfur dioxide, but even silicate sand clouds. These particles reside within a d

Webb follows neon signs toward new thinking on planet formation
Thursday, 16 November 2023 06:10
Baltimore MD (SPX) Nov 16, 2023
Scientists are following neon signs in a search for clues to one planetary system's future and the past of another - our own solar system. Following up on a peculiar reading by NASA's previous infrared flagship observatory, the now-retired Spitzer Space Telescope, the agency's James Webb Space Telescope detected distinct traces of the element neon in the dusty disk surrounding the young Sun-like

NASA data reveals possible reason some exoplanets are shrinking
Thursday, 16 November 2023 06:10
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 16, 2023
Some exoplanets seem to be losing their atmospheres and shrinking. In a new study using NASA's retired Kepler Space Telescope, astronomers find evidence of a possible cause: The cores of these planets are pushing away their atmospheres from the inside out.
Exoplanets (planets outside our solar system) come in a variety of sizes, from small, rocky planets to colossal gas giants. In the midd

Astronomers baffled by repeat explosions 100 billion times the energy of the Sun
Thursday, 16 November 2023 06:10
Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Nov 16, 2023
Astronomers are baffled by a mysterious and extremely bright event in the distant Universe, nicknamed the "Tasmanian Devil", which has been observed to explode repeatedly and emit more energy than hundreds of billions of stars like our Sun.
The report, published in Nature, describes a Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transient (LFBOT) monitored in a new way and shown to have unusual behaviour. L
