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In this first episode of our docu-series, we embark on the exciting journey of the YPSat (Young Professional Satellite), a satellite flying on-board the inaugural flight of Ariane 6, Europe’s new heavy launcher. Two years ago, a team of Young Professionals at ESA, with diverse backgrounds, nationalities and expertise, have come together around one passion and with one ambition; design, manufacture and send their own satellite to space.

Starting with some trivial ideas, the team matured their mission objectives and won the approval and support of ESA management to kick start the project. YPSat will be ‘the witness’

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The last of a series of hurricane-hunting satellites got its most powerful ride ever to space June 25 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy.

The rocket that is essentially three Falcon 9's strapped together blasted off from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-A at 5:26 p.m. Eastern time carrying the 11,000-pound GOES-U satellite for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, partnered with NASA.

Weather worries proved unfounded for the launch site as teams threaded the needle of afternoon thunderstorms to take flight amid blue skies to the cheers of gathered crowds.

About eight minutes after liftoff—with a kettle of vultures taking flight to get out of the way—two of the three boosters for Falcon Heavy made a recovery touchdown back at nearby Cape Canaveral Space Force Station's Landing Zones 1 and 2. Their supersonic return knocked out a pair of double sonic booms that set off car alarms and struck a unique whistling reverb sound off the massive Vehicle Assembly Building.

The center core booster will crash into the Atlantic with no recovery planned.

Expending the center core is needed to send GOES-U to a transfer orbit that will take it to an ultimate destination 22,000 miles away from Earth.

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Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 25, 2024
The maritime sector accounts for about 80 percent of international freight transport, emitting approximately 1.1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide annually. The Institute of Maritime Energy Systems at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) aims to change this by developing systems for emission-free ship operations. This includes alternative fuel transport concepts, harbor infrastructure requirements,
Wednesday, 26 June 2024 07:28

Controlling magnetite with light

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by Robert Schreiber
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 25, 2024 "Some time ago, we showed that it is possible to induce an inverse phase transition in magnetite," says physicist Fabrizio Carbone at EPFL. "It's as if you took water and you could turn it into ice by putting energy into it with a laser. This is counterintuitive as normally to freeze water you cool it down, i.e. remove energy from it." Carbone has led a
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Paris (AFP) June 25, 2024
The world is unprepared for the increasing ferocity of wildfires turbocharged by climate change, scientists say, as blazes from North America to Europe greet the northern hemisphere summer in the hottest year on record. Wildfires have already burned swathes through Turkey, Canada, Greece and the United States early this season as extreme heatwaves push temperatures to scorching highs. Wh
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Cape Canaveral (AFP) June 25, 2024
The United States on Tuesday launched a new satellite expected to significantly improve forecasts of solar flares and coronal mass ejections - huge plasma bubbles that can crash into Earth, disrupting power grids and communications. A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying the satellite into orbit took off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 5:26 pm (2126 GMT), the US space agency a
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Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 26, 2024
Russia's resurgence on the global stage is a complex interplay of strategic policy decisions, geopolitical maneuvers, and the exploitation of international political dynamics. This resurgence, particularly since the beginning of the Ukraine conflict, has reshaped global power structures and has the potential to redefine the 21st century's geopolitical landscape. Central to this development are t
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Seoul (AFP) June 26, 2024
North Korea test-fired what appeared to be a hypersonic missile on Wednesday, but the launch ended in a mid-air explosion, an official from Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said. The early morning launch came just hours after Pyongyang sent another flurry of trash-bearing balloons southward, this time forcing a three-hour halt to flights in and out of South Korea's Incheon airport. The miss
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Washington DC (UPI) Jun 25, 2024
The final GOES-U satellite successfully launched Tuesday from Cape Canaveral in Florida to aid efforts to track and forecast weather amid changing climate conditions across the globe. Launch time was at 5:26 p.m. EDT with 2.8 million pounds of propellent fueling all 27 Merlin engines at 5.1 million pounds of thrust. The mission launched on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch
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