Forecasting fires with SMOS
Wednesday, 14 June 2023 11:01
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As the current wildfires in Canada show, climate change is increasing the risk and extent of wildfires across the globe. ESA, along with the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts have taken a new approach by using realtime observations from ESA’s Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity satellite mission to better anticipate the outbreak of fires.
ExLabs awarded Space Force contract for robotic capture system
Wednesday, 14 June 2023 10:57
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 09, 2023
Exploration Laboratories, ExLabs announces it has been selected by SpaceWERX for a Direct-to-Phase II SBIR contract in the amount of $1.7M, focused on Autonomous Capture and Acquisition to investigate its potential to fill capability gaps in the Department of the Air Force (DAF). The Air Force Research Laboratory and SpaceWERX have partnered to streamline the Small Business Innovation Rese
Exploration Laboratories, ExLabs announces it has been selected by SpaceWERX for a Direct-to-Phase II SBIR contract in the amount of $1.7M, focused on Autonomous Capture and Acquisition to investigate its potential to fill capability gaps in the Department of the Air Force (DAF). The Air Force Research Laboratory and SpaceWERX have partnered to streamline the Small Business Innovation Rese
Unlocking early Earth chemistry
Wednesday, 14 June 2023 10:57
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Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 09, 2023
Billions of years ago, Earth was an extremely hostile planet with active volcanoes, a harsh atmosphere, and certainly no life! This prebiotic Earth, however, was filled with a wide array of abiotic organic molecules derived from its early environment, which underwent chemical reactions that eventually led to the origin of life. A class of such abiotic molecules abundant during the prebiotic era
Billions of years ago, Earth was an extremely hostile planet with active volcanoes, a harsh atmosphere, and certainly no life! This prebiotic Earth, however, was filled with a wide array of abiotic organic molecules derived from its early environment, which underwent chemical reactions that eventually led to the origin of life. A class of such abiotic molecules abundant during the prebiotic era
Virgin Galactic's use of the 'Overview Effect' to promote space tourism is a terrible irony
Wednesday, 14 June 2023 09:33
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Hobart, Australia (SPX) Jun 14, 2023
Virgin Galactic, the space tourism company founded in 2004 by Richard Branson, promotes its flights as offering: A Brand New Perspective: Deepen your connection to Earth and to humanity with the transformational experience known as the Overview Effect. First discussed in 1987 by space philosopher Frank White, the Overview Effect is a result of viewing Earth from space. Expressi
Virgin Galactic, the space tourism company founded in 2004 by Richard Branson, promotes its flights as offering: A Brand New Perspective: Deepen your connection to Earth and to humanity with the transformational experience known as the Overview Effect. First discussed in 1987 by space philosopher Frank White, the Overview Effect is a result of viewing Earth from space. Expressi
Arianespace and Orbex to explore European Launch Partnership
Wednesday, 14 June 2023 09:33
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Forres UK (SPX) Jun 14, 2023
Arianespace and Orbex, a UK-based provider of small satellite launch services, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to study possible future cooperation to answer its customers' requirements. The agreement aims to increase the joint capabilities and flexibility of both partners' services. In particular, it is expected that future collaboration would be particularly beneficial fo
Arianespace and Orbex, a UK-based provider of small satellite launch services, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to study possible future cooperation to answer its customers' requirements. The agreement aims to increase the joint capabilities and flexibility of both partners' services. In particular, it is expected that future collaboration would be particularly beneficial fo
Up and Over - Curiosity Is Heading East: Sol 3857
Wednesday, 14 June 2023 09:33
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 14, 2023
Earth planning date: Monday, June 12, 2023. Curiosity has been diligently driving uphill through a canyon but the terrain right near the crest has proven to be challenging due to a combination of steep slopes, bumpy bedrock, and fine-grained sand. Not to be deterred, the rover is taking advantage of a slightly different route to the east that will allow her to ascend out of the canyon onto flatt
Earth planning date: Monday, June 12, 2023. Curiosity has been diligently driving uphill through a canyon but the terrain right near the crest has proven to be challenging due to a combination of steep slopes, bumpy bedrock, and fine-grained sand. Not to be deterred, the rover is taking advantage of a slightly different route to the east that will allow her to ascend out of the canyon onto flatt
Curiosity captures Morning and Afternoon on Mars
Wednesday, 14 June 2023 09:33
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 14, 2023
After completing a major software update in April, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover took a last look at "Marker Band Valley" before leaving it behind, capturing a "postcard" of the scene. The postcard is an artistic interpretation of the landscape, with color added over two black-and-white panoramas captured by Curiosity's navigation cameras. The views were taken on April 8 at 9:20 a.m. and 3:4
After completing a major software update in April, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover took a last look at "Marker Band Valley" before leaving it behind, capturing a "postcard" of the scene. The postcard is an artistic interpretation of the landscape, with color added over two black-and-white panoramas captured by Curiosity's navigation cameras. The views were taken on April 8 at 9:20 a.m. and 3:4
Terran Orbital supervises Italian students building satellite for first Vatican space mission
Wednesday, 14 June 2023 09:33
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Boca Raton FL (SPX) Jun 14, 2023
A satellite created with the help of Terran Orbital Corporation's (NYSE: LLAP) Italian subsidiary, Tyvak International, successfully launched Monday, carrying Pope Francis's iconic "Statis Orbis" coronavirus pandemic prayer heavenward. The Polytechnic University of Turin (PoliTO) CubeSat Team and DIANA Robotics Team designed the 3U CubeSat spacecraft for the papal Spei Satelles or Satellit
A satellite created with the help of Terran Orbital Corporation's (NYSE: LLAP) Italian subsidiary, Tyvak International, successfully launched Monday, carrying Pope Francis's iconic "Statis Orbis" coronavirus pandemic prayer heavenward. The Polytechnic University of Turin (PoliTO) CubeSat Team and DIANA Robotics Team designed the 3U CubeSat spacecraft for the papal Spei Satelles or Satellit
Spire enables optical inter-satellite links with reduced data latency
Wednesday, 14 June 2023 09:33
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Vienna VA (SPX) Jun 14, 2023
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) has made contact with two satellites on the SpaceX Transporter-8 mission carrying optical inter-satellite link (OISL) payloads that will significantly reduce data latency and strengthen security of communication. The 6U satellites are equipped with optical communications terminals (OCT) to send information between them securely and almost instantaneously, re
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) has made contact with two satellites on the SpaceX Transporter-8 mission carrying optical inter-satellite link (OISL) payloads that will significantly reduce data latency and strengthen security of communication. The 6U satellites are equipped with optical communications terminals (OCT) to send information between them securely and almost instantaneously, re
Aerospacelab's Gregoire satellite launched on Spacex's Falcon 9 Via Exolaunch
Wednesday, 14 June 2023 09:33
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Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 14, 2023
Aerospacelab, the fast-growing small satellite Belgian manufacturer, and Exolaunch, the German-US global supplier of mission management and integration services, are pleased to announce the launch of Aerospacelab's Gregoire satellite, the company's second private small satellite to travel into space. Two years after Aerospacelab's first satellite mission (Arthur-1) flew into space on SpaceX's se
Aerospacelab, the fast-growing small satellite Belgian manufacturer, and Exolaunch, the German-US global supplier of mission management and integration services, are pleased to announce the launch of Aerospacelab's Gregoire satellite, the company's second private small satellite to travel into space. Two years after Aerospacelab's first satellite mission (Arthur-1) flew into space on SpaceX's se
NASA laser communications terminal delivered for Artemis II lunar mission
Wednesday, 14 June 2023 09:33
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 14, 2023
The laser communications system for NASA's Artemis II mission arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for integration with the Orion spacecraft, which will carry astronauts around the Moon for the first time since the Apollo missions. On November 16, 2022, NASA launched the Artemis I mission, an uncrewed flight test that took the human-rated Orion spacecraft farther into space th
The laser communications system for NASA's Artemis II mission arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for integration with the Orion spacecraft, which will carry astronauts around the Moon for the first time since the Apollo missions. On November 16, 2022, NASA launched the Artemis I mission, an uncrewed flight test that took the human-rated Orion spacecraft farther into space th
SpaceX Transporter-8 delivers 6 NanoAvionics satellites to orbit
Wednesday, 14 June 2023 09:33
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Vilnius, Lithuania (SPX) Jun 14, 2023
Kongsberg NanoAvionics recently announced a significant accomplishment in the field of space technology as SpaceX's Transporter-8 mission successfully placed six of its satellites into orbit. Among these, the Tiger-4 stands out, given its key role in bolstering the 5G Narrowband-IoT constellation in low Earth orbit (LEO). This constellation, overseen by telecoms operator OQ Technology, has expan
Kongsberg NanoAvionics recently announced a significant accomplishment in the field of space technology as SpaceX's Transporter-8 mission successfully placed six of its satellites into orbit. Among these, the Tiger-4 stands out, given its key role in bolstering the 5G Narrowband-IoT constellation in low Earth orbit (LEO). This constellation, overseen by telecoms operator OQ Technology, has expan
D-Orbit launches 11th orbital transportation mission in years
Wednesday, 14 June 2023 09:33
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Fino Mornasco, Italy (SPX) Jun 14, 2023
Space logistics and orbital transportation company D-Orbit launched "Above the Sky", the 11 th commercial mission of their proprietary orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) ION Satellite Carrier (ION). The OTV lifted off on June 12 th , 2023, at 2:19 p.m. PT (21:19 UTC) aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from the Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, and was successfu
Space logistics and orbital transportation company D-Orbit launched "Above the Sky", the 11 th commercial mission of their proprietary orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) ION Satellite Carrier (ION). The OTV lifted off on June 12 th , 2023, at 2:19 p.m. PT (21:19 UTC) aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from the Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, and was successfu
Satellogic earth observation constellation continues expansion with SpaceX Transporter-8 Mission
Wednesday, 14 June 2023 09:33
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New York NY (SPX) Jun 14, 2023
Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL), reports that four NewSats Mark-V spacecraft successfully reached low-Earth orbit following a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch on June 12th from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This marks Satellogic's 15th mission and its first payload comprised exclusively of its latest generation spacecraft with advanced Earth Observation ("EO") capabilities. Each spacecra
Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL), reports that four NewSats Mark-V spacecraft successfully reached low-Earth orbit following a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch on June 12th from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This marks Satellogic's 15th mission and its first payload comprised exclusively of its latest generation spacecraft with advanced Earth Observation ("EO") capabilities. Each spacecra
Deloitte calls on companies to draft long-term space strategies
Wednesday, 14 June 2023 09:00
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A Deloitte Space report released June 14 encourages companies in all industries to draft long-term space strategies.
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