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Copernical Team

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Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 27, 2024
Satellite-based Earth observation data is a key element in climate and environmental research. These data play a vital role in both monitoring the climate and enhancing climate and Earth system models, which are critical tools for projecting climate changes and assessing technology impacts in sectors like energy, aviation, and transport. A new approach, developed by a team led by Prof. Ver
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 27, 2024
Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global provider of satellite communications, announced its collaboration with CYSEC, a European cybersecurity company, under Viasat's ELEVATE program. The partnership aims to deliver advanced cybersecurity services for satellite communications. CYSEC, based in France and Switzerland, is a leader in cybersecurity for the space internet. The company offers robu
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Rochester NY (SPX) Sep 27, 2024
RIT has been selected to lead the United States Space Force University Consortium/Space Strategic Technology Institute 3 (SSTI) research regarding advanced space power and propulsion, which includes $9.9 million in funding. The research is in partnership with the Air Force Research Laboratory and will enable game-changing space power and propulsion technology that will transition to the U.
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 27, 2024
BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) has been awarded a U.S. Navy research contract to explore the use of advanced optical intersatellite link terminals on its Gen-3 imaging satellites. This project will help deliver real-time satellite imagery to military personnel during critical operations around the world. The contract supports the Navy's Project Overmatch and the Department of Defense's Jo
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 26, 2024
NASA has awarded Starfish Space a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to advance the Small Spacecraft Propulsion and Inspection Capability (SSPICY) mission. Based in Seattle, Washington, Starfish Space will receive $15 million over the next three years to complete the mission, which aims to enable commercial inspection of defunct satellites in low Earth orbit - a key ste
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Long, thin snow dunes

Sand dunes are a familiar sight along beaches and in deserts. While we know how regular sand dunes are formed, much less is known about dunes made of snow. In a new study, scientists have analysed the vast snow dunes across Antarctica – reshaping our understanding of the continent's surface dynamics.

This research sheds light on the unexplored world of Antarctic snow dunes, offering a fresh perspective on the complex interactions between wind, snow and climate in one of Earth's harshest environments.

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solar eclipse
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain

A UK team of researchers including UCL's Professor Lucie Green are working on the launch of a spacecraft mission that will allow us to view the sun's atmosphere in more detail than ever before.

The proposed MESOM mission will enable researchers to study the conditions that create , leading to improvements in forecasts of space weather on Earth.

The MESOM spacecraft will fly on a peculiar trajectory enabled by the gravitational attraction of the Earth, the sun and the moon, and will use the shadow of the moon to re-create a in space once every lunar month lasting almost 50 minutes.

Total solar eclipses seen from Earth are much shorter and only last between 10 seconds and 7.5 minutes, with the in the Southern Hemisphere this Wednesday 2 October expected to last around seven minutes.

Creating a longer eclipse in space will enable the MESOM team to take high-quality images and measurements of the sun's corona, filling gaps in existing understanding of the physical processes taking place in the solar atmosphere that lead to space weather.

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CubeSats, the tiniest of satellites, are changing the way we explore the solar system
NASA scientists prep the ASTERIA spacecraft for its April 2017 launch. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Most CubeSats weigh less than a bowling ball, and some are small enough to hold in your hand. But the impact these instruments are having on space exploration is gigantic. CubeSats—miniature, agile and cheap satellites—are revolutionizing how scientists study the cosmos.

A standard-size CubeSat is tiny, about 4 pounds (roughly 2 kilograms). Some are larger, maybe four times the standard size, but others are no more than a pound.

As a professor of electrical and computer engineering who works with new space technologies, I can tell you that CubeSats are a simpler and far less costly way to reach other worlds.

Rather than carry many instruments with a vast array of purposes, these Lilliputian-size satellites typically focus on a single, specific scientific goal—whether discovering exoplanets or measuring the size of an asteroid. They are affordable throughout the space community, even to small startup, private companies and university laboratories.

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Earth Observation Science Strategy

ESA has released its new Earth Observation Science Strategy, Earth Science in Action for Tomorrow’s World. Responding to the escalating threats from climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution and extreme weather and the need to take action to address these threats, this forward-looking strategy outlines a bold vision for Earth science through to 2040.

Monday, 30 September 2024 12:37

Hera asteroid mission

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Using its laser altimeter Hera scans Didymoon's surface

Hera asteroid mission

ESA's first planetary defence mission, headed to a binary asteroid

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