Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2024
The U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command has taken a significant step towards enhancing global military communications by contracting Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] for the early design of two additional satellites under the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) Service Life Extension (SLE) program. With a firm-fixed-price agreement valued at $66 million, this initiative focuses on risk reduction

Glasgow UK (SPX) Feb 06, 2024
If you happened to be looking at the sky in Europe on a cold night on February 5 1993, there is a chance you could have seen a dim flash of light. That flash came from a Russian space mirror experiment called Znamya-2. Znamya-2 was a 20-metre reflective structure much like aluminium foil (Znamya means "banner" in Russian), unfurled from a spacecraft which had just undocked from the Russian

Paris, France (SPX) Feb 06, 2024
The Korea Augmentation Satellite System (KASS), a pivotal development in satellite navigation technology, has officially commenced operations following certification by Korean authorities. This marks a significant achievement in the collaborative effort between Thales Alenia Space, acting as the prime contractor, and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) under the aegis of the Korean Min

Perth (SPX) Feb 06, 2024
Mars has been a source of myth, lore and inspiration since antiquity. It is also an interesting place to research - a legitimate candidate for us to find some form of alien life. Since the 1960s, Mars has been a popular destination for space missions. Now, for the first time, NASA has invited the private sector to submit proposals on commercial Mars missions. These missions would ran

Image: Cool upgrade for deep-space dish

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2024
Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIDU), a noted player in the space industry, has recently announced its inclusion in the Solis Applied Science, LLC team, selected by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for a pivotal research and development (R and D) contract. This collaboration is set to make significant contributions to the NGA's R and D directorate, furthering advancements in geospat

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 02, 2024
In a historic collaboration between the United States Space Force and NASA, Col. Nick Hague, a distinguished Guardian of the U.S. Space Force, is set to embark on a monumental journey to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 mission. This mission marks a significant milestone as it will be the first time a member of the U.S. Space Force participates in a NASA miss

Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 02, 2024
As the world looks for sustainable solutions, a system tapping into NASA satellite data for water management has passed a critical test. Called OpenET, the system uses an ensemble of six satellite-driven models that harness publicly available data from the Landsat program to calculate evapotranspiration (ET)-the movement of water vapor from soil and plant leaves into the atmosphere. OpenET

Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 05, 2024
Beyond Gravity, Europe's leading space supplier, has been selected by NASA to provide crucial navigation technology for a new climate satellite, the PACE mission, set to launch on February 6, 2024. This collaboration underscores the importance of precision in space missions, especially those monitoring the Earth's environmental health. The PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem) m

Beijing, China (SPX) Feb 05, 2024
We know that our climate is changing. Extreme weather events are becoming more common, sea levels are rising and overall, our planet is getting warmer. Monitoring these changes is critical. One of the best indicators of climate change is the Ocean Heat Content (OHC) estimate, a measurement of overall oceanic temperature calculated by gathering water temperature data in oceans around the world in