Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2025
The US Space Force has placed the L3Harris-built Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) into orbit aboard a United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. NTS-3 is the Department of Defense's first experimental navigation satellite in almost five decades, and the first fully reprogrammable Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) spacecraft designed to operate i

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 15, 2025
China is accelerating investment in the emerging space information, or space computing, sector that it frames as a future trillion-yuan growth engine, with leading firms joining to process satellite and aerial data in orbit rather than entirely on the ground. Geovis Technology Co Ltd recently signed a framework agreement with supercomputer maker Sugon to co-develop an open and inclusive sp

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2025
The complex and turbulent Galactic Center has long challenged astronomers attempting to model its underlying physics. Now, new measurements of the magnetic field in Sagittarius C, a region within the Central Molecular Zone of the Milky Way, are offering unprecedented insight into the interplay between dense clouds, massive star formation, and magnetic structures. Sagittarius C is known for

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2025
Rising carbon dioxide levels in Earths upper atmosphere will alter how geomagnetic storms influence satellite operations, according to new research from the U.S. National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR), with implications for thousands of spacecraft that depend on stable orbital conditions. Geomagnetic storms, driven by coronal mass ejections that flo

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2025
NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers photographed a rare gigantic jet on July 3, 2025, while aboard the International Space Station. Initially thought to be a sprite, analysis confirmed it was an even rarer Transient Luminous Event (TLE). "Gigantic jets are a powerful type of electrical discharge that extends from the top of a thunderstorm into the upper atmosphere," explained Dr. Burcu Kosar, Pri

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 21, 2025
CAS Space successfully carried out the eighth flight of its Kinetica 1 rocket on Tuesday afternoon, sending seven satellites into orbit, including two designed and built in Mexico. The liftoff took place at 3:33 pm local time from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert. The payload package included a synthetic aperture radar satellite, an Earth observation satellite, and fi

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 21, 2025
A team from the Space-based Intelligence Laboratory at the Innovation Academy for Microsatellites of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has published a detailed review of orbital edge computing (OEC), examining system design, applications, algorithms, and supporting tools. Their survey highlights current capabilities, major challenges, and future research directions for this rapidly advancing techn

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 21, 2025
SiriusXM and Maxar Space Systems said the SXM-10 satellite has finished in-orbit testing and is now in full operational service with SiriusXM. The spacecraft launched on June 7, 2025 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 and advanced smoothly through checkout before handover. "The SXM-10 satellite strengthens the health of our fleet and the infrastructure that provides a critical foundation for our aud

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 21, 2025
IBM and NASA have introduced Surya, an open-source foundation model designed to interpret high resolution solar data and improve space weather forecasting. The system, trained on NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory images, offers a new capability for predicting how solar activity impacts satellites, power grids, communications, and navigation systems. The Sun, though 93 million miles away, h

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 21, 2025
A research team led by Kyoto University and the University of Tokyo has identified gas streamers as a key mechanism feeding high-mass young stars, challenging the long-held assumption that large accretion disks are the primary drivers of stellar growth. Massive stars, defined as those more than eight times the mass of our sun, form rapidly despite losing material through stellar winds and