NOAA's GOES-U satellite completes pre-launch acoustics tests
Friday, 31 March 2023 07:03
GOES-U, the fourth and final satellite in NOAA's GOES-R Series, recently completed acoustics testing as part of a rigorous testing program to ensure it can withstand the harsh conditions of launch and orbiting in space 22,236 miles above Earth.
During acoustic testing, GOES-U endured extremely high sound pressure of 138.4 decibels from high-intensity horns. This testing simulated the noises GOES-U will experience when it is launched.
The testing was conducted at Lockheed Martin Space's Littleton, Colorado, facility, where GOES-U was built. GOES-U is scheduled to launch in April 2024.
The GOES-R program is a collaborative effort between the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NASA builds and launches the satellites for NOAA, which operates them and distributes their data to users worldwide.
Earth from Space: Pollino National Park, Italy
Friday, 31 March 2023 07:00
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Part of southern Italy is featured in this wintery image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. ESA Impact 2023 – Quarter 1
Friday, 31 March 2023 06:00
ESA Impact 2023 – Quarter 1
Welcome to this edition of ESA Impact, an interactive publication covering stories and images from the first quarter of 2023.
Virgin Orbit lays off most employees
Thursday, 30 March 2023 21:48
Virgin Orbit announced late March 30 it was laying off the vast majority of its employees after failing to raise additional funding, putting the launch company’s future in jeopardy.
Maxar eyes military customers for satellite images of objects in space
Thursday, 30 March 2023 19:54
Maxar, an Earth imaging company, is looking to build a new business imaging objects in space.
Telesat still bullish on Lightspeed despite funding uncertainty
Thursday, 30 March 2023 19:23
Telesat remains committed to developing its Lightspeed low Earth orbit broadband constellation despite ongoing delays to cover the project’s rising costs, CEO Dan Goldberg said March 29.
Integral's 'new safe mode' activates for the first time
Thursday, 30 March 2023 12:00
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Integral's 'new safe mode' activates for the first time Chinese defense contractor to begin launching VLEO satellites
Thursday, 30 March 2023 11:23
NASA releases draft strategy for long-term robotic Mars exploration
Thursday, 30 March 2023 10:36
NASA has unveiled a draft strategy for long-term robotic exploration of Mars that emphasizes low-cost missions and potential commercial partnerships.
Integral team at ESOC during safe mode commissioning
Thursday, 30 March 2023 06:59
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Integral team at ESOC during safe mode commissioning Scientists share 'comprehensive' map of volcanoes on Venus - all 85,000 of them
Thursday, 30 March 2023 06:29
Intrigued by reports of recent volcanic eruptions on Venus? WashU planetary scientists Paul Byrne and Rebecca Hahn want you to use their new map of 85,000 volcanoes on Venus to help locate the next active lava flow.
"This paper provides the most comprehensive map of all volcanic edifices on Venus ever compiled," said Byrne, an associate professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts and Redness of Neptunian asteroids sheds light on early Solar System
Thursday, 30 March 2023 06:29
Asteroids sharing their orbits with the planet Neptune have been observed to exist in a broad spectrum of red colour, implying the existence of two populations of asteroids in the region, according to a new study by an international team of researchers. The research is published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters.
The team of scientists from the USA, A Picture Perfect Day - Or To Be More Exact, a Day Perfect for Taking Pictures Sols 3783-3784
Thursday, 30 March 2023 06:29
Due to some delayed downlink of images, we didn't receive all the information we needed in time to do contact science today. Although the data did eventually arrive, it was too late to allow us to get the arm out for contact science.
Each planning day has a very strict timeline, in order to make our scheduled uplink time, which is MSL's allotted time for using the Deep Space Network to get SpaceX sends 56 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit
Thursday, 30 March 2023 06:29
SpaceX's 21st launch of the year sent 56 Starlink satellites into orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Wednesday afternoon.
A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at about 4 p.m., carrying 56 satellites into low-Earth orbit. The first stage booster successfully returned and landed on the "Just Read the Instructions" drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean about eight minutes after