Latest progress in China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System
Monday, 22 February 2021 09:26
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China has been making continuous progress in the satellite navigation and positioning industry with significant moves and industrial applications in more diversified fields.
The following facts and figures offer a glimpse of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) and China's latest moves to boost the sector:
+ China has recently released six documents detailing technical requir Join ESA’s virtual workshop on 5G plus satnav
Monday, 22 February 2021 07:30 Write a comment
The coming of 5G promises much more than simply better-than-wi-fi smartphone connectivity; it should enable a wide range of novel services, including asset tracking, autonomous driving and drone flying as well as the internet of things. Highly precise localisation is needed to make such innovations feasible however. ESA has led a major project assessing the potential of 5G and satellite navigation in combination and next month a webinar will make its initial findings public.
NASA postpones second SLS Green Run test
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WASHINGTON — Just days after NASA said it was ready to perform a second static-fire test of the Space Launch System core stage, the agency announced Feb. 22 that the test would be delayed because of a valve problem.
Toast-shaped ThinSats attract educational and government customers
Sunday, 21 February 2021 21:48 Write a comment
SAN FRANCISCO – ThinSats are starting to catching on.
The toast-shaped miniature satellites designed primarily as teaching tools have attracted Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funding from NASA and the U.S. Space Force.
Still, their most popular application is education.
NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover Provides Front-Row Seat to Landing, First Audio Recording of Red Planet
Sunday, 21 February 2021 21:43 Write a comment
New video from NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover chronicles major milestones during the final minutes of its entry, descent, and landing (EDL) on the Red Planet on Feb. 18 as the spacecraft plummeted, parachuted, and rocketed toward the surface of Mars. A microphone on the rover also has provided the first audio recording of sounds from Mars.
From the moment of parachute inflation, the c NASA releases first video of Perseverance rover landing on Mars
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Sunday, 21 February 2021 19:37Galileo/GNSS vacancies at ESA
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We are looking for Global Navigation Satellite System experts to join our team and support the design and development of the next generation of satellites for Europe’s GNSS System, Galileo. If you have experience in GNSS systems, space systems, project planning or Galileo architecture read on to find out more.
Pentagon chief Austin stands behind Air Force amid investigation of Space Command basing decision
Sunday, 21 February 2021 14:49 Write a comment
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has issued a statement in support of the U.S. Air Force’s handling of the basing decision for U.S. Space Command, his spokesman said.
Austin’s statement follows an announcement Feb.
Pentagon chief Austin stands behind Air Force amid probe of Space Command basing decision
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WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has issued a statement in support of the U.S. Air Force’s handling of the basing decision for U.S. Space Command, his spokesman said.
Austin’s statement follows an announcement Feb.
To defend the high frontier, Space Force wants digitally minded troops
Sunday, 21 February 2021 13:14 Write a comment
If fighter pilots are the rock stars of the Air Force, it could be said that software coders and app developers are the fighter jocks of the Space Force.
“Software touches everything we do in the Space Force,” said 1st Lt.
Big ideas in small packages: The seeds and worms making their way to the ISS
Sunday, 21 February 2021 12:59 Write a comment
On Feb. 20, 2021, Northrop Grumman will launch its Cygnus cargo spacecraft aboard an Antares rocket to deliver several tons of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station for its 15th resupply mission (CRS-15). Included in these bulky supplies will be a handful of items that weigh no more than a few grams—a sampling of seeds, some microscopic proteins, and a few small worms. Yet it is these tiny organisms that may yield the biggest impact to this mission, affecting the future of space travel while delivering life altering benefits to those of us still on Earth.
Three experiments, sponsored by NASA's Biological and Physical Sciences Division, focus on the diversity of space biology and physical sciences:
Bone cancer survivor to join billionaire on SpaceX flight
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General Atomics selects Firefly to launch NASA Earth science instrument
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WASHINGTON — General Atomics selected Firefly Aerospace to launch a small Earth science satellite for NASA on an Alpha rocket in 2022.
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems announced Feb. 18 that it will launch its Orbital Test Bed (OTB) 2 satellite on Firefly’s Alpha rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.