Industry proposals sought for ‘cislunar highway patrol’ satellite
Monday, 21 March 2022 19:40
The Air Force Research Laboratory is asking companies to submit ideas on how they would design a spacecraft to monitor outer space beyond Earth’s orbit.
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Cosmic milestone: NASA confirms 5,000 exoplanets
Monday, 21 March 2022 18:03
The count of confirmed exoplanets has just ticked past the 5,000 mark, representing a 30-year journey of discovery led by NASA space telescopes.
Not so long ago, we lived in a universe with only a small number of known planets, all of them orbiting our sun. But a new raft of discoveries marks a scientific high point: More than 5,000 planets are now confirmed to exist beyond our solar system.
Starlink reaches 250,000 subscribers as it targets aviation and other markets
Monday, 21 March 2022 16:22
SpaceX now has a quarter of a million subscribers for its Starlink satellite broadband service as it looks to move into new markets like aviation.
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As pandemic abates, war and inflation raise new issues for satellite industry
Monday, 21 March 2022 16:09
Two years into the pandemic, satellite production delays underline continuing uncertainty around COVID-19’s lingering effect on the space industry.
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OneWeb reaches launch deal with SpaceX
Monday, 21 March 2022 12:36
OneWeb did not disclose how soon its SpaceX launch would happen, how many satellites it would deploy, which SpaceX launch vehicle would be used, or whether the deal includes more than one launch.
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Samantha’s second space mission: Minerva
Monday, 21 March 2022 12:00
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ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti will return to the International Space Station in April 2022. Her second space mission is known as Minerva.
Inspired by Roman mythology, Samantha says the Minerva mission name and patch pay homage to the competence and sophisticated craftmanship of all those who make human spaceflight possible.
Samantha will travel to the Station alongside NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Bob “Farmer” Hines and Jessica Watkins. Collectively known as Crew-4, the astronauts will be launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.
When Samantha arrives at the Station, her Minerva mission officially
Methane detected over Poland’s coal mines
Monday, 21 March 2022 10:30
Data from the Tropomi instrument onboard the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite has been used to detect methane plumes over some of Europe’s largest methane-emitting coal mines.
Hope fading for recovery of European radar imaging satellite
Monday, 21 March 2022 08:36
ESA officials said prospects are dimming for the recovery of a radar imaging satellite that malfunctioned nearly three months ago, but that efforts to save the spacecraft continue.
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Surviving space: major conference focuses on materials in space environment
Monday, 21 March 2022 07:05
Materials make the space mission – but ensuring they survive in space is always a challenge. The very act of transporting them beyond Earth ensures their characteristics will alter as they interact with the space environment in complex ways.
Beyond Gravity doubles production capacity for satellite dispensers
Monday, 21 March 2022 04:06
Beyond Gravity (formerly RUAG Space) is doubling its production capability of satellite dispensers in Linköping, Sweden, with the construction of a new facility.
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Cyber warfare gets real for satellite operators
Sunday, 20 March 2022 21:52
The U.S. government on March 17 advised satellite operators to put their guard up in the wake of a cyberattack that disrupted internet services in Europe provided by Viasat’s KA-SAT.
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SpaceX launches 53 Starlink satellites after weather delays
Sunday, 20 March 2022 10:04
Elon Musk's SpaceX launched 53 Starlink satellites from Florida early Saturday morning after the launch was postponed Friday night because of stormy weather.
The launch, which came days after the company celebrated its 20th anniversary, was pushed back to 12:42 a.m. EDT when stormy weather near Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station had cleared.
The spacecraft was initi General Dynamics’ cloud contract with NGA moves forward after Leidos withdraws protest
Saturday, 19 March 2022 15:54
General Dynamics won a 10-year deal with a $4.5 billion ceiling to modernize the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency's cloud infrastructure
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SpaceX sets reuse and payload mass records in Starlink launch
Saturday, 19 March 2022 15:09
SpaceX set records for the reuse of its Falcon 9 booster and the mass that rocket placed into orbit March 19 with the latest launch of Starlink satellites.
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NASA's Perseverance rover hightails it to Martian Delta
Saturday, 19 March 2022 11:04
The rover's self-driving capabilities will be put to the test this month as it begins a record-breaking series of sprints to its next sampling location.
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is trying to cover more distance in a single month than any rover before it - and it's doing so using artificial intelligence. On the path ahead are sandpits, craters, and fields of sharp rocks that the rover