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Monday, 27 May 2024 16:50

Last look at EarthCARE

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Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF)on Monday launched the Neo Space Group to work on the kingdom's nascent satellite and space industry, its first investment in the sector.

One of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds, the PIF has already invested heavily in sports, gaming and so-called Saudi giga-projects including Neom, a $500-billion futuristic megacity under construction in the desert.

The Neo Space Group or NSG is the "PIF's first investment focused on the ", the said in a statement.

It "aims to develop and enhance commercial space operations in Saudi Arabia, providing innovative satellite and space solutions locally and globally", the PIF said.

It will also "invest in , technology, , and knowledge in the space and satellite sector in Saudi Arabia" in the latest bid to boost economic diversification.

Under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto ruler, Saudi Arabia has sought both to open up and diversify its oil-reliant economy.

From world-class footballers to a new national airline and even a speciality shop serving camel milk gelato, the PIF has splashed billions on acquisitions intended to support diversification.

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NASA's Europa Clipper makes cross-country flight to Florida
Technicians offload NASA’s largest planetary mission spacecraft, Europa Clipper, from a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 23. Credit: NASA/Isaac Watson

Assembled at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, the spacecraft arrived at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 23 for launch preparations.

NASA's Europa Clipper, a spacecraft designed to investigate Jupiter's icy moon Europa and its potential to support life, arrived in Florida on Thursday, May 23. The spacecraft, assembled at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, landed aboard a United States Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

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Berlin, Germany (SPX) May 23, 2024
A study now published in Nature Communications provides new insights into the behavior of supercritical fluids, a state of matter between liquids and gases, with applications ranging from the pharmaceutical industry to planetary science. The findings, achieved at the Institut Laue Langevin (ILL), were at the limits of current experimental possibilities. A supercritical fluid is a substance
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Berlin, Germany (SPX) May 21, 2024
Marble Imaging, supported by Reflex Aerospace, aims to transform the Earth Observation (EO) industry with a constellation of up to 200 small satellites. This initiative seeks to position Marble Imaging as Europe's leading EO company, offering very-high resolution (VHR) images of the entire planet daily. Reflex Aerospace, a German satellite manufacturer, provides satellite platforms known for the
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 26, 2024
The Space Test Program (STP) office has released the Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Space Test Experiments Platform (STEP) 2.0 contract. This move enables STP to secure complete solutions for the U.S. Space Force's Science and Technology (S and T) experiments. "The DoD Space Test Program is looking to leverage all the successes from industry to provide proven spacecraft to host the DoD
Sunday, 26 May 2024 21:07

Meteor captured by weather satellite

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Paris, France (SPX) May 23, 2024
A meteor recently lit up the skies over Spain and Portugal, and was also captured by the Meteosat Third Generation Imager weather satellite hovering 36,000 km away in geostationary orbit. "While a meteor lit up the skies over Spain and Portugal recently, it was also captured by the Meteosat Third Generation Imager weather satellite hovering 36,000 km away in geostationary orbit." On
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Washington (AFP) May 25, 2024
A tiny NASA satellite was launched Saturday from New Zealand with the mission of improving climate change prediction by measuring heat escaping from Earth's poles for the first time. "This new information - and we've never had it before - will improve our ability to model what's happening in the poles, what's happening in climate," NASA's earth sciences research director Karen St. Germain
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 26, 2024
Intelsat, operator of a large integrated satellite and terrestrial network and provider of inflight connectivity, will extend broadband, video distribution, and mobile satellite service to customers across three continents using Northrop Grumman's Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV). This technology will add nine years to the Intelsat 10-02 (IS-10-02) satellite. Geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO
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