Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Sep 28, 2022
The Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing site's Advanced Electro-Optical System, or AEOS, the Department of Defense's largest telescope, measuring 3.6 meters or 11.9 feet, has received a face-lift. Located on the summit of the 10,023-foot volcano Haleakala, the telescope is part of a series of telescopes called the Maui Space Surveillance System, which the U.S. Space Force uses for sp

San Francisco CA (SPX) Sep 25, 2022
Somewear Labs, the enabler of critical communications for the world's most important organizations, reports it has raised $13.7 million in a Series A funding round. The round was led by a group of over a dozen current and former Fortune 500 CEOs and legendary investors, chaired by David Dorman (former CEO of AT&T and former Chairman of Motorola), and including Egon Durban (Co-CEO of Silver

London, UK (SPX) Sep 27, 2022
Satellite Vu, the British Earth Observation company set to provide carbon emissions data across the globe, has become a supporter of HRH King Charles III's Terra Carta - Sustainable Markets Initiative to promote climate action. As members of the SMI Terra Carta mandate, Satellite Vu will help deploy valuable ESG-aligned data and analytics to provide vital carbon emissions knowledge to orga

Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Sep 27, 2022
The Queensland Earth Observation (EO) Hub, a partnership between the Queensland Government and SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), was launched on the weekend with the announcement of two new earth observation research projects. The SmartSat CRC is spearheading the development of Australia's space industry by bringing industry, universities, and research together to support a thriv

Two of the great space observatories, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, have captured views of a unique experiment to smash a spacecraft into a small asteroid. Observations of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impact mark the first time that Webb and Hubble were used to simultaneously observe the same celestial target.

NASA and Astra Space have revised a launch contract originally awarded for the launch of a cubesat constellation after Astra retired the launch vehicle that would have launched those spacecraft.

ESA Impact Q3 is now online!

Welcome to this edition of ESA Impact, an interactive publication covering stories and images from the third quarter of 2022.

With space essential to military operations, better understanding of what objects are in orbit and the threats they may pose is “foundational” for space security, a Space Force general said.

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Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.), a key congressional proponent of establishing a Space National Guard, said he would consider an alternative proposal endorsed by Space Force leaders and by the Biden administration.

Lynk Global said Sept. 28 it will test the ability to send a 5G signal from a satellite launching in December to standard mobile devices, after getting funding for the demonstration from an undisclosed partner.