Solstar Space awarded Space Force contract for Deke Space Communicator
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 10:13
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Solstar Space reports it will continue development of its Critical Data Relay Spacecraft Operational Status (CritDR-SOS), also known as the Deke Space Communicator (Deke), under a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Contract valued at $1,249,269.
Solstar's small form-factor Deke integrates with a spacecraft's Telemetry, Tracking and Commanding (TT&C) system to provide bi-dir Axiom Space names crew for third private astronaut mission to ISS
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 09:02
Showcase your climate data visualisation talent
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Are you a creative visionary with a passion for climate action? Enter ESA’s latest competition to showcase your talent by transforming decades of satellite climate data into impactful visuals to help bridge the gap between climate science, policy makers and the wider public. The winner will have the unique opportunity to display their data visualisation at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) taking place later this year.
Starlink and SES join forces for multi-orbit cruise connectivity
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 05:50
Small satellite maker Swissto12 gets capital to shake up GEO market
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 04:55
Decadal survey recommends massive funding increase for NASA biological and physical sciences
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 04:50
Kuiper launch companies say they can meet Amazon’s schedule
Tuesday, 12 September 2023 21:13
Space Force to create “integrated” units responsible for acquisition, maintenance and operations
Tuesday, 12 September 2023 19:15
Phase Four demonstrates Maxwell Block 2 thruster in orbit
Tuesday, 12 September 2023 19:13
Intelsat plotting a MEO constellation in 2027 with C-band windfall
Tuesday, 12 September 2023 18:20
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio breaks US record for longest spaceflight
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NASA's Lucy spacecraft captures its first images of asteroid Dinkinesh
Tuesday, 12 September 2023 15:17 Write a comment
The small dot moving against the background of stars is the first view from NASA's Lucy spacecraft of the main belt asteroid Dinkinesh, the first of 10 asteroids that the spacecraft will visit on its 12-year voyage of discovery. Lucy captured these two images on Sept. 2 and 5, 2023. On the left, the image blinks between these first two images of Dinkinesh. On the right, the asteroid is circled to aid the eye.
Lucy took these images while it was 14 million miles (23 million km) away from the asteroid, which is only about a half-mile wide (1 km). Over the next two months, Lucy will continue toward Dinkinesh until its closest approach of 265 miles (425 km) on Nov. 1, 2023.
The Lucy team will use this encounter as an opportunity to test out spacecraft systems and procedures, focusing on the spacecraft's terminal tracking system, designed to keep the asteroid within the instruments' fields of view as the spacecraft flies by at 10,000 mph (4.5 km/s).
NeuraSpace platform assets jump tenfold
Tuesday, 12 September 2023 13:42
DLA Piper expands legal services for space industry
Tuesday, 12 September 2023 12:17
European Service Modules – made in Turin
Tuesday, 12 September 2023 12:09 Write a comment
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Artemis in Europe: the structure and radiators for the European Service Modules that fly NASA’s Orion spacecraft to the Moon are built in Turin, Italy.
Thales Alenia Space produces the structure that acts like a chassis on a car providing the solid foundations for all other elements to be attached to and also absorbs the forces that the Artemis spacecraft will endure during launch into Earth orbit and onto the Moon.
Technicians assemble the primary structure that is made from a core of Composite Fibre Reinforced Polymer sandwich panels and aluminium alloy elements for the secondary structures. This technology