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Oak Ridge TN (SPX) May 25, 2023
Led by Kelly Chipps of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, scientists working in the lab have produced a signature nuclear reaction that occurs on the surface of a neutron star gobbling mass from a companion star. Their achievement improves understanding of stellar processes generating diverse nuclear isotopes. "Neutron stars are really fascinating from the points of
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Herndon VA (SPX) May 25, 2023
BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) and Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) have teamed up to create a real-time, commercially available Maritime Custody Service (MCS) that can automatically detect, identify and track more than 270 thousand vessels worldwide in open water, along rivers and canals, and while docked at port. "BlackSky and Spire have developed a very cost-effective and flexible
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McLean VA (SPX) May 25, 2023
Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM) is proud to announce that it has partnered with Laird Connectivity, a global leader in wireless technology, to integrate their low-powered sensors with the self-charging Iridium Edge Solar. Laird Connectivity's Sentrius BT610 I/O and BT510+ IoT sensors connect to the Iridium Edge Solar over Bluetooth Low Energy (LE), adding a wealth of new capabilities
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Pitea, Sweden (SPX) May 25, 2023
Arctic Space Technologies, an eco-friendly and innovative provider of ground segments, and OneWeb, a low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications firm, have made significant progress on the OneWeb Satellite Network Portal (SNP). Located at the Arctic Space Technologies' Space Center in Pitea, the SNP is a massive satellite ground station installation. Following a bilateral agreement in D
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Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) May 25, 2023
Raytheon Technologies' (NYSE: RTX) Collins Aerospace business has announced plans to bring unlimited data to the customers of Vista, a leading private aviation group. Using Collins' LuxStream, which runs exclusively on the SES's high-throughput satellite (HTS) network, Vista customers can now enjoy fast, reliable, unlimited internet access for the duration of their flights. Since 2019, Vis
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Pasadena CA (SPX) May 25, 2023
Today, the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) collaboration begins a new observing run with upgraded instruments and other improvements to boost the search for gravitational waves, or ripples in space-time, generated by colliding black holes and other extreme cosmic events. The LVK collaboration consists of scientists across the globe who use a network of gravitational-wave observatories-LIGO in the United

Iceye introduces Dwell imaging mode

Thursday, 25 May 2023 00:07
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Iceye unveiled an imaging mode at the GEOINT Symposium that distinguishes human-made from natural objects and highlights moving vehicles.

The post Iceye introduces Dwell imaging mode appeared first on SpaceNews.

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Impulse Mars lander

Two companies are preparing for a 2026 launch of what they believe will be the first commercial robotic Mars lander mission, the start of what the companies plan to be a regular series of such missions.

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Fleet Space Technologies has raised around $33 million in a Series C round to expand its satellite-based mineral exploration services.

Image: Mars terrain recreation at ESA

Wednesday, 24 May 2023 16:42
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Image: Mars terrain recreation at ESA
Credit: ESA-Remedia

A downward view of ESA's rock-strewn recreation of the Red Planet, is designed to put prototype planetary rovers through their paces.

 

Officially part of the Planetary Robotics Laboratory at the Agency's ESTEC technical center in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, the nickname of this test site is the "Mars Yard."

An 9 x 9 m square filled with sand and different types of gravel and rocks, it is used to assess rover locomotion and navigation as well as the traction of wheels and other mechanisms. Then researchers can check how these elements work together in practice, with tests observed using precision cameras and sensors.

The Planetary Robotics Lab is part of a suite of more than 35 ESA laboratories focused on all aspects of space engineering, available to wider European Member States companies as well as ESA projects.

Provided by European Space Agency

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NASA's LRO views impact site of HAKUTO-R mission 1 moon lander
HAKUTO-R Mission 1 lunar lander site, as seen by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) on April 26, 2023, the day after the attempted landing. The scale bar is 100 m across. LROC NAC image M1437131607R. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Arizona State University

The ispace HAKUTO-R Mission 1 lunar lander was launched on Dec. 11, 2022, a privately funded spacecraft planned to land on the lunar surface. After a several-month journey to the moon, the spacecraft started a controlled descent to the surface to land near Atlas crater. The ispace team announced the following day that an anomaly occurred, and the HAKUTO-R Mission 1 lunar lander had not safely touched down on the surface.

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NASA's Chandra, Webb telescopes combine for arresting views
These four images show objects imaged by multiple telescopes including NASA’s Webb, Chandra, Hubble, and Spitzer. Different colors indicate different wavelengths of light, including infrared light and X-rays. Credit: X-ray: Chandra: NASA/CXC/SAO, XMM: ESA/XMM-Newton; IR: JWST: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI, Spitzer: NASA/JPL-Caltech; Optical: Hubble: NASA/ESA/STScI, ESO. Image Processing: L. Frattare, J. Major, and K. Arcand

When multiple NASA telescopes observe the same cosmic region, the universe's true colors are revealed.

Four composite images deliver dazzling views from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope of two , a , and a star cluster.

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BlackSky and Spire Global announced May 24 they are offering a new monitoring service that tracks ships via satellites.

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Virgin Orbit to cease operations, sell assets of Richard Branson's satellite launcher
A Virgin Orbit Boeing 747-400 aircraft named Cosmic Girl prepares to land back at Mojave Air and Space Port in the desert north of Los Angeles on May 25, 2020. Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit is shutting down less than two months after the satellite launch start-up filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, according to a company announcement Tuesday, May 23, 2023.
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Japanese space robotics venture GITAI has raised around $29 million to accelerate technology development and its U.S.

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