Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 17, 2024
On May 11, a spectacular aurora dazzled viewers across the southern United States, while a GPS-guided tractor veered off course in the Midwest. These seemingly unrelated events were both linked to a powerful geomagnetic storm, as highlighted in two recent studies co-authored by Virginia Tech's Scott England. "The northern lights are caused by energetic, charged particles hitting our upper

Paris, France (SPX) Aug 17, 2024
ICEYE, a global leader in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite operations, has successfully launched four new SAR satellites, further expanding the world's largest SAR constellation. The launch took place on August 16, 2024, aboard SpaceX's Transporter-11 Rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, USA. The satellites, integrated via Exolaunch, have already established

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 17, 2024
Two researchers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks have identified a previously unknown type of electromagnetic wave, termed a "whistler," which plays a significant role in transporting lightning energy to Earth's magnetosphere. Vikas Sonwalkar, a professor emeritus, and Amani Reddy, an assistant professor, have discovered this new wave, which channels lightning energy into the ionosp

Paris, France (SPX) Aug 17, 2024
PiSat-2, the European Space Agency's innovative cubesat designed to transform Earth observation through artificial intelligence, has successfully launched into orbit. The satellite began its journey on August 16 at 20:56 CEST (11:56 local time) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, USA. Integrated by Exolaunch, PiSat-2 was part of the Transporter-1

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 17, 2024
China has launched a new group of remote-sensing satellites using a Long March 4B carrier rocket, as confirmed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. The launch took place on Friday afternoon at 3:35 pm from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, located in Sichuan province, southwestern China. The payload, known as the Yaogan 43A satellites, was developed by the China Academy o

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 17, 2024
The Carbon Mapper Coalition has launched its inaugural satellite, Tanager-1, aboard the SpaceX Transporter-11 Rideshare mission. Developed by Planet Labs (NYSE: PL) in collaboration with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), the satellite's deployment marks an important step forward in global efforts to monitor and reduce methane and CO2 emissions. Tanager-1 is the first in a series of s

ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite has been launched, paving the way for a potential constellation of satellites that would provide more frequent data not only to enhance short-term weather forecasts for Arctic nations, but for the world as a whole.