Edinburgh, Scotland (SPX) Jan 31, 2023
A consortium including AAC Clyde Space's subsidiary AAC Hyperion has been selected by European Defence Fund to develop a less than 100 kg satellite to be placed in geostationary orbit (GEO) for space situational awareness. The satellite, named Naucrates, is not to be trackable from ground radar, optical telescope or radio telescope. It is set to be the first European GEO satellite for Space Situ

Toronto, Canada (SPX) Jan 31, 2023
Breakthrough Listen has reported the results from a new method of searching data driven by artificial intelligence. In a paper published in the journal Nature Astronomy, the team analyze 480 hours of data from the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in West Virginia, and report eight previously undetected signals of interest that have certain characteristics expected of genuine technosignatures. Th

Palmdale CA (SPX) Jan 31, 2023
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD) team accomplished their primary objectives during its second Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) flight test doubling the amount of scramjet powered vehicle data. Launching from a B-52, the HAWC system's first stage boosted it to t

Toulouse, France (SPX) Jan 31, 2023
The second Airbus-built Inmarsat-6 geostationary telecommunications satellite (I-6 F2) has arrived on board an Airbus Beluga at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida ready for its launch in February. The second satellite of the Inmarsat-6 generation is based on Airbus' ultra-reliable Eurostar E3000 spacecraft and will be the 58th Eurostar E3000 built by Airbus. It will be the ninth Eurostar

London, UK (SPX) Jan 31, 2023
In-Space Missions Ltd is partnering with Singapore Space Technologies Ltd (SSTL) to initiate Faraday Dragon, an Asia-Pacific regional satellite rideshare mission targeted for launch in 2025. Faraday Dragon will fly multiple payloads for regional space players including government, commercial, financial, research and educational organisations. In-Space M

Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Jan 31, 2023
Ovzon has received its first order for Ovzon's SATCOM-as-a-Service from Spanish partner Aicox Solutions. The order is for Ovzon's SATCOM-as-a-Service Plus solution, a fully integrated solution that includes satellite bandwidth, Ovzon T6 mobile satellite terminals, commercial internet, gateway access, terrestrial backbone connectivity, and 24/7 customer service and support. The order is for

Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jan 31, 2023
The aerospace sector at an international level will meet again in Spain with the celebration of the international forum "Small Satellites and Services International Forum" (SSSIF), which will take place in Malaga from February 21 to 23. The meeting, which this year will celebrate its fourth edition, will serve to analyze the main technical characteristics of current small satellites, the challen

Boston MA (SPX) Jan 31, 2023
Astronomers have captured a spectacular, ongoing collision between at least three galaxy clusters. Data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, ESA's (European Space Agency's) XMM-Newton, and a trio of radio telescopes is helping astronomers sort out what is happening in this jumbled scene. Collisions and mergers like this are the main way that galaxy clusters can grow into the gigantic cosmic ed

Evanston IL (SPX) Jan 31, 2023
In 2008, HR8799 was the first extrasolar planetary system ever directly imaged. Now, the famed system stars in its very own video. Using observations collected over the past 12 years, Northwestern University astrophysicist Jason Wang has assembled a stunning time lapse video of the family of four planets - each more massive than Jupiter - orbiting their star. The video gives viewers an unp

Mountain View CA (SPX) Jan 31, 2023
When pondering the probability of discovering technologically advanced extraterrestrial life, the question that often arises is, "if they're out there, why haven't we found them yet?" And often, the response is that we have only searched a tiny portion of the galaxy. Further, algorithms developed decades ago for the earliest digital computers can be outdated and inefficient when applied to moder