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Tuesday, 01 November 2022 14:35
SpaceX nails booster landings after foggy military launch
SpaceX launched its mega Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time in more than three years Tuesday, hoisting satellites for the military and then nailing side-by-side booster landings back near the pad.
Thick fog shrouded NASA's Kennedy Space Center as the rocket blasted off at midmorning. The crowd at the launch site couldn't even see the pad three miles (5 kilometers) away, but heard the roar of the 27 first-stage engines.
Both side boosters peeled away two minutes after liftoff, flew back to Cape Canaveral, and landed alongside one another, just a few seconds apart. The core stage was discarded at sea, its entire energy needed to get the Space Force's satellites to their intended extra-high orbit.
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Tuesday, 01 November 2022 10:38
BlackSky wins $10M follow-on contract for high-frequency imagery services with Asian government ally
Herndon VA (SPX) Oct 27, 2022
BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) was awarded a one-year $10 million contract to provide on-demand, real-time high-resolution imagery services to an international ministry of defense customer in Asia.
"BlackSky's growing traction in international markets reflects strong global demand for high-frequency, dawn-to-dusk imagery and analytics," said BlackSky Vice President of International
BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) was awarded a one-year $10 million contract to provide on-demand, real-time high-resolution imagery services to an international ministry of defense customer in Asia.
"BlackSky's growing traction in international markets reflects strong global demand for high-frequency, dawn-to-dusk imagery and analytics," said BlackSky Vice President of International
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Tuesday, 01 November 2022 10:38
USSPACECOM Deputy Commander discusses deep space exploration
Peterson SFB CO (SPX) Oct 28, 2022
U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. John Shaw, U.S. Space Command deputy commander, participated in the Accelerating Sustainable Deep Space Exploration panel, alongside Mr. Jim Free, NASA Exploration Development Systems Mission Directorate associate administrator at ASCEND's 2022 Conference in Las Vegas, Oct. 24, 2022.
The session aimed to "outline the challenges of deep space, review similar histor
U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. John Shaw, U.S. Space Command deputy commander, participated in the Accelerating Sustainable Deep Space Exploration panel, alongside Mr. Jim Free, NASA Exploration Development Systems Mission Directorate associate administrator at ASCEND's 2022 Conference in Las Vegas, Oct. 24, 2022.
The session aimed to "outline the challenges of deep space, review similar histor
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Tuesday, 01 November 2022 10:38
NASA laser project benefits animal researchers, UW scientists show
Laramie WY (SPX) Nov 01, 2022
Scientists researching forest carnivores such as martens, foxes and coyotes spend hours clambering through rugged terrain, sometimes in deep snow, placing and baiting camera traps to learn about animals' behavior in relation to their habitat.
In recent years, this on-the-ground work has received a big boost from what might seem to be an unlikely source: NASA.
In a new scholarly paper
Scientists researching forest carnivores such as martens, foxes and coyotes spend hours clambering through rugged terrain, sometimes in deep snow, placing and baiting camera traps to learn about animals' behavior in relation to their habitat.
In recent years, this on-the-ground work has received a big boost from what might seem to be an unlikely source: NASA.
In a new scholarly paper
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Tuesday, 01 November 2022 10:38
Let the Detour Begin - To Gediz Vallis Ridge We Go: Sols 3637-3638
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 31, 2022
This is a two sol weekend plan, as Saturday is a soliday. On the first sol, we characterize the workspace in front of us and then drive on the second sol to a new workspace. We are now officially on our detour, a short round trip to image and capture geochemistry of the "Gediz Vallis ridge" up on the pediment, before coming back down to the "Marker Band valley" and rejoining the MSAR (Mount Shar
This is a two sol weekend plan, as Saturday is a soliday. On the first sol, we characterize the workspace in front of us and then drive on the second sol to a new workspace. We are now officially on our detour, a short round trip to image and capture geochemistry of the "Gediz Vallis ridge" up on the pediment, before coming back down to the "Marker Band valley" and rejoining the MSAR (Mount Shar
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Tuesday, 01 November 2022 10:38
18 SDS, France's COSMOS integrate SDA knowledge during 'Operator Exchange'
Vandenberg SFB CA (SPX) Oct 27, 2022
The 18th Space Defense Squadron (18 SDS) hosted five French space operators from the Operational Center for Military Surveillance of Space Objects (COSMOS) to integrate Space Domain Awareness (SDA) expertise during an 'Operator Exchange' here Oct. 3-6, 2022.
The 4-day event, facilitated by the 18 SDS's Space Situational Awareness Partnership and Coalition Engagement (SPACE) office, aimed t
The 18th Space Defense Squadron (18 SDS) hosted five French space operators from the Operational Center for Military Surveillance of Space Objects (COSMOS) to integrate Space Domain Awareness (SDA) expertise during an 'Operator Exchange' here Oct. 3-6, 2022.
The 4-day event, facilitated by the 18 SDS's Space Situational Awareness Partnership and Coalition Engagement (SPACE) office, aimed t
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Tuesday, 01 November 2022 10:38
AFWERX AFVentures enhances SBIR/STTR program to increase tech transition
Wright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Oct 28, 2022
AFWERX AFVentures began the new fiscal year with multiple enhancements to the Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer, or SBIR/STTR, Program after Congress reauthorized the program, Sept. 30, 2022. These improvements aim to further encourage domestic small businesses to engage in Air Force and Space Force research and development with potential for commercialization
AFWERX AFVentures began the new fiscal year with multiple enhancements to the Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer, or SBIR/STTR, Program after Congress reauthorized the program, Sept. 30, 2022. These improvements aim to further encourage domestic small businesses to engage in Air Force and Space Force research and development with potential for commercialization
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Tuesday, 01 November 2022 10:38
CAPSTONE 2 weeks from lunar arrival
Westminster,CO (SPX) Nov 01, 2022
Advanced Space LLC., a leading space tech solutions company with breakthrough navigation technology, completed its fourth trajectory correction maneuver (TCM) for CAPSTONE on Thursday. TCM-4 was the fourth of six planned maneuvers en route to the Moon, targeting the precise orbit for the CAPSTONE demonstration. This follows the restoration of the spacecraft's capabilities as it has recovered fro
Advanced Space LLC., a leading space tech solutions company with breakthrough navigation technology, completed its fourth trajectory correction maneuver (TCM) for CAPSTONE on Thursday. TCM-4 was the fourth of six planned maneuvers en route to the Moon, targeting the precise orbit for the CAPSTONE demonstration. This follows the restoration of the spacecraft's capabilities as it has recovered fro
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Tuesday, 01 November 2022 10:38
Largest potentially hazardous asteroid detected in eight years
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 01, 2022
Twilight observations with the US Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, a Program of NSF's NOIRLab, have enabled astronomers to spot three near-Earth asteroids (NEA) hiding in the glare of the Sun. These NEAs are part of an elusive population that lurks inside the orbits of Earth and Venus. One of the asteroids is the largest obje
Twilight observations with the US Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, a Program of NSF's NOIRLab, have enabled astronomers to spot three near-Earth asteroids (NEA) hiding in the glare of the Sun. These NEAs are part of an elusive population that lurks inside the orbits of Earth and Venus. One of the asteroids is the largest obje
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Tuesday, 01 November 2022 10:38
Arianespace and Space Machines sign MOU to study last-mile services
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 01, 2022
Last week, during the French Space Tour organized by Business France in Australia, Arianespace and Space Machines Company announced the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to define the terms and conditions of possible future cooperation.
Arianespace works on several opportunities with customers looking for direct GEO injection or specific LEO/MEO orbits. In order to provide t
Last week, during the French Space Tour organized by Business France in Australia, Arianespace and Space Machines Company announced the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to define the terms and conditions of possible future cooperation.
Arianespace works on several opportunities with customers looking for direct GEO injection or specific LEO/MEO orbits. In order to provide t
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