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Greece from Sentinel-2

Today, the European Space Agency signed six contracts that will help position Greece as a key player in the field of Earth observation.

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Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 14, 2024
China's commercial space industry is witnessing significant momentum, highlighted by key enterprises unveiling ambitious development plans at the 15th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition (Airshow China) in Zhuhai, Guangdong province. LandSpace, a prominent private rocket firm, aims to debut its reusable ZQ-3 rocket in 2025. "The ZQ-3 has already completed successful 100-m
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Paris, France (SPX) Nov 14, 2024
ESA is advancing efforts to make Europe more digitally inclusive with a new partnership aimed at extending internet access to remote and underserved regions. In an age where digital connectivity is crucial, many Europeans in rural villages, mountainous areas, and small islands still lack reliable internet access. To address this gap, ESA has teamed up with Swedish tech firm Forsway to intr
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 13, 2024
Sierra Space has announced the successful completion of the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for missile warning and tracking satellites under a significant $740 million contract with the Space Development Agency (SDA). This contract, awarded in January 2024 through an Other Transaction Authority (OTA), includes the design, development, delivery, and maintenance of 16 missile warning and tracking
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ESA invites you to join its fifth Space for Inspiration conference on the future of commercial space exploration in Luxembourg on 4 and 5 December.

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Washington DC (UPI) Nov 13, 2024
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has laid-off an additional 325 workers after an earlier round of 500 job cuts earlier in the year, largely because of budgetary constraints. "The impacts are occurring across technical, business and support areas of the Laboratory," JPL officials wrote in a Tuesday update. NASA's federally-funded JPL is managed by the California Institute of Techn
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West Lafayette IN (SPX) Nov 14, 2024
An asteroid struck Mars 11 million years ago and sent pieces of the red planet hurtling through space. One of these chunks of Mars eventually crashed into the Earth somewhere near Purdue and is one of the few meteorites that can be traced directly to Mars. This meteorite was rediscovered in a drawer at Purdue University in 1931 and therefore named the Lafayette Meteorite. During early inve
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Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 14, 2024
A recent doctoral thesis at the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) and Umea University sheds light on how the interaction between comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and the solar wind evolves as the comet moves closer to the Sun. Research conducted by Anja Moslinger delves into the intricate motion of ions during this transition phase. As a comet approaches the Sun, its interaction with

Swift studies gas-churning monster black holes

Thursday, 14 November 2024 06:48
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 14, 2024
Scientists using observations from NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory have discovered, for the first time, the signal from a pair of monster black holes disrupting a cloud of gas in the center of a galaxy. "It's a very weird event, called AT 2021hdr, that keeps recurring every few months," said Lorena Hernandez-Garcia, an astrophysicist at the Millennium Institute of Astrophysics, the M
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London, UK (SPX) Nov 14, 2024
The rising demand for space-based insights to bolster industries, environmental efforts, security, and global communities has fueled nations' interest in building their own launch capabilities. Fire Arrow, headquartered in Scotland with international operations, is advancing its efforts to meet this demand by facilitating the development of licensed global launch sites. The company special
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