Viasat’s Inmarsat acquisition clears UK national security review
Friday, 16 September 2022 13:29
Viasat took a step closer to buying London-based Inmarsat Sept. 16 after the British government ruled it poses no risk to the U.K.’s national security.
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Week in images: 12-16 September 2022
Friday, 16 September 2022 12:07
Week in images: 12-16 September 2022
Discover our week through the lens
Satellite radar startups spar over commercial market importance
Friday, 16 September 2022 12:00
Satellite radar startups disagree over how much of their resources should be moved to meet anticipated demand from commercial customers and away from governments, which today provide the bulk of revenues.
Communications restored with CAPSTONE in latest update
Friday, 16 September 2022 11:38
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 16, 2022
The CAPSTONE team has received some relatively good news on the recovery progress for the spacecraft. The communications situation has dramatically improved, the power state of the spacecraft appears to be sufficient for continuous (duty cycled) heating of the propulsion system which dropped below its operational temperature.
Over the past few days, CAPSTONE's power - though limited by the
The CAPSTONE team has received some relatively good news on the recovery progress for the spacecraft. The communications situation has dramatically improved, the power state of the spacecraft appears to be sufficient for continuous (duty cycled) heating of the propulsion system which dropped below its operational temperature.
Over the past few days, CAPSTONE's power - though limited by the Perseverance investigates geologically rich Mars terrain
Friday, 16 September 2022 11:38
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 16, 2022
The latest findings provide greater detail on a region of the Red Planet that has a watery past and is yielding promising samples for the NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return campaign.
NASA's Perseverance rover is well into its second science campaign, collecting rock-core samples from features within an area long considered by scientists to be a top prospect for finding signs of ancient microbial
The latest findings provide greater detail on a region of the Red Planet that has a watery past and is yielding promising samples for the NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return campaign.
NASA's Perseverance rover is well into its second science campaign, collecting rock-core samples from features within an area long considered by scientists to be a top prospect for finding signs of ancient microbial Saturn's rings and tilt could be the product of an ancient, missing moon
Friday, 16 September 2022 11:38
Boston MA (SPX) Sep 16, 2022
Swirling around the planet's equator, the rings of Saturn are a dead giveaway that the planet is spinning at a tilt. The belted giant rotates at a 26.7-degree angle relative to the plane in which it orbits the sun. Astronomers have long suspected that this tilt comes from gravitational interactions with its neighbor Neptune, as Saturn's tilt precesses, like a spinning top, at nearly the same rat
Swirling around the planet's equator, the rings of Saturn are a dead giveaway that the planet is spinning at a tilt. The belted giant rotates at a 26.7-degree angle relative to the plane in which it orbits the sun. Astronomers have long suspected that this tilt comes from gravitational interactions with its neighbor Neptune, as Saturn's tilt precesses, like a spinning top, at nearly the same rat Study: Astronomers risk misinterpreting planetary signals in James Webb data
Friday, 16 September 2022 11:38
Boston MA (SPX) Sep 16, 2022
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is revealing the universe with spectacular, unprecedented clarity. The observatory's ultrasharp infrared vision has cut through the cosmic dust to illuminate some of the earliest structures in the universe, along with previously obscured stellar nurseries and spinning galaxies lying hundreds of millions of light years away.
In addition to seeing far
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is revealing the universe with spectacular, unprecedented clarity. The observatory's ultrasharp infrared vision has cut through the cosmic dust to illuminate some of the earliest structures in the universe, along with previously obscured stellar nurseries and spinning galaxies lying hundreds of millions of light years away.
In addition to seeing far Space seeds thrive at the United Nations Campus
Friday, 16 September 2022 11:38
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 16, 2022
What is biodiversity? How do flowers affect us and the environment? And how are they related to spaceflight? For primary school children to be able to investigate these exciting questions, the German Space Agency at DLR sent two kilograms of wildflower seeds to the International Space Station ISS aboard a Falcon 9 rocket (SpaceX CRS-23) from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on 29 August 2021.
What is biodiversity? How do flowers affect us and the environment? And how are they related to spaceflight? For primary school children to be able to investigate these exciting questions, the German Space Agency at DLR sent two kilograms of wildflower seeds to the International Space Station ISS aboard a Falcon 9 rocket (SpaceX CRS-23) from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on 29 August 2021. SES extends Digicel partnership to provide Tonga with disaster network resiliency via O3b
Friday, 16 September 2022 11:38
Luxembourg (SPX) Sep 16, 2022
SES and international mobile network operator Digicel report that they will extend their partnership to provide the Kingdom of Tonga with long-term disaster resiliency to minimise bandwidth disruptions. Under the agreement, Digicel will benefit from SES's expertise in offering disaster resiliency via SES's O3b satellite constellation to deliver low-latency and high-throughput connectivity and pr
SES and international mobile network operator Digicel report that they will extend their partnership to provide the Kingdom of Tonga with long-term disaster resiliency to minimise bandwidth disruptions. Under the agreement, Digicel will benefit from SES's expertise in offering disaster resiliency via SES's O3b satellite constellation to deliver low-latency and high-throughput connectivity and pr Liquid Intelligent Technologies uses EUTELSAT for broadband across Uganda, South Sudan and DRC
Friday, 16 September 2022 11:38
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 16, 2022
Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) and Liquid Intelligent Technologies (Liquid), a business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, have signed a multi-year, multi-beam agreement for capacity on the EUTELSAT KONNECT satellite to address the connectivity needs of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) and Small Office / Home Office (SOHO) customers in Uganda, South Sudan a
Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) and Liquid Intelligent Technologies (Liquid), a business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, have signed a multi-year, multi-beam agreement for capacity on the EUTELSAT KONNECT satellite to address the connectivity needs of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) and Small Office / Home Office (SOHO) customers in Uganda, South Sudan a Kayhan Space names space policy expert Sita Sonty as Strategic Advisor
Friday, 16 September 2022 11:38
Lafayette CO (SPX) Sep 16, 2022
As the economy in space and on Earth increasingly relies on safe and sustainable operations in busy orbits, Kayhan Space is developing breakthrough technologies and collaborating with experts around the world to enable a new era of spaceflight safety.
Kayhan Space, a leading developer and provider of spaceflight safety platforms, has appointed seasoned space industry executive S. Sita Sont
As the economy in space and on Earth increasingly relies on safe and sustainable operations in busy orbits, Kayhan Space is developing breakthrough technologies and collaborating with experts around the world to enable a new era of spaceflight safety.
Kayhan Space, a leading developer and provider of spaceflight safety platforms, has appointed seasoned space industry executive S. Sita Sont Rocket Lab launches 30th Electron and 150th satellite to space
Friday, 16 September 2022 11:38
Long Beach CA (SPX) Sep 16, 2022
Rocket Lab USA, Inc (Nasdaq: RKLB) has delivered its 30th mission and 150th satellite to orbit following its latest successful Electron launch earlier Thursday.
"The Owl Spreads Its Wings" dedicated mission for Japanese Earth-observation company Synspective launched on the Electron rocket from Pad B at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 at 20:38 UTC, September 15, 2022.
The mission successf
Rocket Lab USA, Inc (Nasdaq: RKLB) has delivered its 30th mission and 150th satellite to orbit following its latest successful Electron launch earlier Thursday.
"The Owl Spreads Its Wings" dedicated mission for Japanese Earth-observation company Synspective launched on the Electron rocket from Pad B at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 at 20:38 UTC, September 15, 2022.
The mission successf Sky watchers in Alaska treated to SpaceX satellites and glowing aurora
Friday, 16 September 2022 11:38
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 15, 2021
Sky watchers in Alaska were treated to both a dramatic green Aurora and a group of Space X Starlink satellites.
Space.com posted a video Thursday of the striking display, which Alaska aurora tour guide Ronn Murray saw during an aurora tour this month.
"We saw this while taking some guests out on our aurora tour," Murray said. "It was really beautiful."
A trail of Starlink
Sky watchers in Alaska were treated to both a dramatic green Aurora and a group of Space X Starlink satellites.
Space.com posted a video Thursday of the striking display, which Alaska aurora tour guide Ronn Murray saw during an aurora tour this month.
"We saw this while taking some guests out on our aurora tour," Murray said. "It was really beautiful."
A trail of Starlink NASA Mars Rover's rock samples to be studied for signs of life
Friday, 16 September 2022 11:38
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 15, 2021
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has collected four rock samples since July from the planet's surface, in an area the agency considers a top prospect for finding signs of ancient microbial life, the agency said Thursday.
The samples come from the rim of an ancient river delta in Red Planet's Jezero Crater.
"We picked the Jezero Crater for Perseverance to explore because we thought
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has collected four rock samples since July from the planet's surface, in an area the agency considers a top prospect for finding signs of ancient microbial life, the agency said Thursday.
The samples come from the rim of an ancient river delta in Red Planet's Jezero Crater.
"We picked the Jezero Crater for Perseverance to explore because we thought An Unexpected Stop, the Sequel: Sols 3594-3595
Friday, 16 September 2022 11:38
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 16, 2022
As Dr. Abigail Fraeman noted a couple weeks ago, Curiosity is navigating through terrain that is difficult to traverse. At the start of today's planning cycle, Curiosity's operations team received data that informed us that our previously planned drive came up short, only completing 36 cm of a planned ~7 m drive.
Curiosity remained surrounded by a mix of large rocks and sand, neither of wh
As Dr. Abigail Fraeman noted a couple weeks ago, Curiosity is navigating through terrain that is difficult to traverse. At the start of today's planning cycle, Curiosity's operations team received data that informed us that our previously planned drive came up short, only completing 36 cm of a planned ~7 m drive.
Curiosity remained surrounded by a mix of large rocks and sand, neither of wh