Helsinki (AFP) April 29, 2024
Finnair said Monday it was suspending flights to the Estonian city of Tartu for one month due to GPS interference that the Estonian foreign minister labelled a Russian "hybrid attack". All flights to Tartu were suspended between April 29 and May 31 while "an alternative approach solution that doesn't require a GPS signal can be put in place at Tartu Airport," the Finnish carrier said in a s

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 26, 2024
Space Systems Command (SSC) has made significant strides in space domain awareness (SDA) with its Tools Applications and Processing (TAP) Lab, recently achieving mission success in collaboration with both commercial and academic partners for the Apollo Accelerator Cohort 2 on March 4, 2024. The SDA TAP Lab orchestrates structured programs like the Apollo Accelerator, which foster collabora

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 29, 2024
Intelsat, a major provider in integrated satellite and terrestrial networks, alongside CNH (NYSE: CNHI), known for brands like Case IH, New Holland, and Steyr, have committed to implementing advanced satellite terminals on CNH farm equipment across Brazil's remote farmlands using Intelsat's extensive global network. "As the first satellite communications company to provide multi-orbit connectiv

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 26, 2024
NASA has spearheaded a significant study that recalibrates our understanding of global river water volumes, offering new estimates on river flow and storage vital for managing the Earth's freshwater resources. The research, detailed in Nature Geoscience, employs an innovative methodology merging traditional stream-gauge readings with advanced computer simulations across approximately 3 million r

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 30, 2024
Spire Global has finalized a significant agreement with a financial firm to deliver advanced weather forecasting solutions. The deal involves supplying a high-resolution weather forecast model with a six-day outlook, enhanced by unique data sourced from space, and the development of an AI-driven model for extended-range forecasts. The collaboration will extend Spire's recent partnership wi

Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 26, 2024
It took the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission just 13 minutes to reach low-Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in February 2024. It took a network of scientists at NASA and research institutions around the world more than 20 years to carefully craft and test the novel instruments that allow PACE to study the ocean and atmosphere with unprecedented clarity.

Cleveland OH (SPX) Apr 29, 2024
Located inside a high-tech NASA laboratory in Cleveland is something you could almost miss at first glance: a small-scale, fully operational jet engine to test new technology that could make aviation more sustainable. The engine's smaller size and modestly equipped test stand means researchers and engineers can try out newly designed engine components less expensively compared to using a m

Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 01, 2024
The crew of Shenzhou XVII has successfully returned to Earth after a six-month tenure aboard the Tiangong space station, marking the conclusion of their extensive orbital mission. The crew's spacecraft, Shenzhou XVII, landed its reentry capsule in the Gobi Desert at the Dongfeng Landing Site in Inner Mongolia at precisely 5:46 pm following a nine-hour return journey. Upon landing, th

Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 01, 2024
Slingshot Aerospace, Inc., a leader in AI-powered solutions for satellite tracking, space traffic coordination, and space modeling and simulation, has released its first State of Satellite Deployments and Orbital Operations report. The report draws on data from the Slingshot Seradata satellite and launch database and is the result of analyses by Slingshot Seradata analysts and the Slingshot Aero

Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 01, 2024
NASA encourages public participation in space technology development through its Cube Quest Challenge, launched in 2015 with a $5 million prize pool. This initiative aims to foster the creation of small satellites, or CubeSats, equipped for deep space missions by university and private groups. The competition unfolds in two phases: design and construction of CubeSats capable of orbit opera