Raytheon Intelligence and Space completes Next Gen OPIR GEO Block 0 Milestone
Sunday, 13 February 2022 10:32
El Segundo CA (SPX) Feb 10, 2022
Raytheon Intelligence and Space has completed Thermal Vacuum Testing of its sensor payload for the U.S. Space Force's Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared, or Next-Gen OPIR GEO, Block 0 missile warning satellites designed and built by spacecraft prime contractor Lockheed Martin. Testing was completed on Jan. 27, 2022.
"Space is a dynamic environment. Ensuring our instruments are pr
Raytheon Intelligence and Space has completed Thermal Vacuum Testing of its sensor payload for the U.S. Space Force's Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared, or Next-Gen OPIR GEO, Block 0 missile warning satellites designed and built by spacecraft prime contractor Lockheed Martin. Testing was completed on Jan. 27, 2022.
"Space is a dynamic environment. Ensuring our instruments are pr Declining value of space SPACs could trigger mergers and acquisitions
Saturday, 12 February 2022 23:52
Space companies that went public in the last year only to see their valuation drop precipitously may soon become targets of acquisitions.
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U.S. intelligence wants to track currently undetectable orbital space debris
Saturday, 12 February 2022 19:04
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity in a request for information asks for 'innovative approaches to detect and track currently undetectable orbital space debris'
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Office of Space Commerce rolls out prototype space catalog for traffic management
Saturday, 12 February 2022 17:17
Commerce Department officials on Feb. 11 revealed a prototype for a space catalog and traffic software platform that would provide basic situational awareness and traffic management services.
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The devil's in the detail
Saturday, 12 February 2022 02:34
Paris (ESA) Feb 11, 2022
Chaotic mounds, wind-sculpted ripples and dust devil tracks: this image shows a fascinating and otherworldly landscape near Hooke Crater in Mars' southern highlands.
The image was taken by the CaSSIS camera onboard the ESA/Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) on 1 February 2021, and shows part of Argyre Planitia, centred at 46.2 S/318.3 E.
This type of scenery is similar to 'cha
Chaotic mounds, wind-sculpted ripples and dust devil tracks: this image shows a fascinating and otherworldly landscape near Hooke Crater in Mars' southern highlands.
The image was taken by the CaSSIS camera onboard the ESA/Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) on 1 February 2021, and shows part of Argyre Planitia, centred at 46.2 S/318.3 E.
This type of scenery is similar to 'cha Rocket ready for record-setting role
Saturday, 12 February 2022 02:34
Beijing (XNA) Feb 11, 2022
A modified version of China's Long March 8 carrier rocket is scheduled to make its debut flight in the coming weeks to transport 22 satellites into orbit, a designer said.
Chen Xiaofei, from the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology in Beijing, said on Wednesday that if the launch mission succeeds, it will set a record for the most spacecraft launched by a single Chinese rocket.
A modified version of China's Long March 8 carrier rocket is scheduled to make its debut flight in the coming weeks to transport 22 satellites into orbit, a designer said.
Chen Xiaofei, from the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology in Beijing, said on Wednesday that if the launch mission succeeds, it will set a record for the most spacecraft launched by a single Chinese rocket. Rocket Lab brings forward launch for earth imaging company Synspective
Saturday, 12 February 2022 02:34
Long Beach CA (SPX) Feb 11, 2022
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, has announced the launch window for a dedicated Electron mission for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective. The 14-day launch window opens February 28th UTC and will lift-off from Rocket Lab's Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand. Originally slated to launch after Rocket Lab's next mission for another cust
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, has announced the launch window for a dedicated Electron mission for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective. The 14-day launch window opens February 28th UTC and will lift-off from Rocket Lab's Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand. Originally slated to launch after Rocket Lab's next mission for another cust Sols 3383-3384: Picking Our Way to the Pediment
Saturday, 12 February 2022 02:34
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 11, 2022
We are continuing our traverse towards the "Greenheugh pediment." We passed along this area on our detour to The Prow, and our sedimentologists have a long list of imaging wishes, features which caught their eyes on the initial pass through and which we now get the chance to really examine in detail as we skirt along the base of the pediment.
From today's vantage point, Mastcam and ChemCam
We are continuing our traverse towards the "Greenheugh pediment." We passed along this area on our detour to The Prow, and our sedimentologists have a long list of imaging wishes, features which caught their eyes on the initial pass through and which we now get the chance to really examine in detail as we skirt along the base of the pediment.
From today's vantage point, Mastcam and ChemCam Advanced Space, USAF sign deal to collaborate on Cislunar Activities
Saturday, 12 February 2022 02:34
Westminster CO (SPX) Feb 11, 2022
Advanced Space LLC., a leading space solutions company, has entered into a Cooperative Research And Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Space Vehicles Directorate, and the Spacecraft Technology Division to share data collected from cislunar space through the CAPSTONE mission.
Advanced Space owns and operates the CAPSTONE mission going to the Mo
Advanced Space LLC., a leading space solutions company, has entered into a Cooperative Research And Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Space Vehicles Directorate, and the Spacecraft Technology Division to share data collected from cislunar space through the CAPSTONE mission.
Advanced Space owns and operates the CAPSTONE mission going to the Mo In Place at Rimplas
Saturday, 12 February 2022 02:34
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 11, 2022
Three abrasions and four sample cores later, the rover has finally departed the Seitah area and is embarking on the return leg of the crater floor campaign. One major difference between the "out" trip and this return trip is the pace of Perseverance's driving.
As we drove towards Seitah earlier in the mission, our average daily drive distance was shorter, in part because we were doing scie
Three abrasions and four sample cores later, the rover has finally departed the Seitah area and is embarking on the return leg of the crater floor campaign. One major difference between the "out" trip and this return trip is the pace of Perseverance's driving.
As we drove towards Seitah earlier in the mission, our average daily drive distance was shorter, in part because we were doing scie NASA Telescope Spots Highest-Energy Light Ever Detected From Jupiter
Saturday, 12 February 2022 02:34
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 11, 2022
The planet's auroras are known to produce low-energy X-ray light. A new study finally reveals higher-frequency X-rays and explains why they eluded another mission 30 years ago.
Scientists have been studying Jupiter up close since the 1970s, but the gas giant is still full of mysteries. New observations by NASA's NuSTAR space observatory have revealed the highest-energy light ever detected
The planet's auroras are known to produce low-energy X-ray light. A new study finally reveals higher-frequency X-rays and explains why they eluded another mission 30 years ago.
Scientists have been studying Jupiter up close since the 1970s, but the gas giant is still full of mysteries. New observations by NASA's NuSTAR space observatory have revealed the highest-energy light ever detected Early findings from HERA telescope promise deeper understanding of the cosmic dawn
Saturday, 12 February 2022 02:34
Boston MA (SPX) Feb 11, 2022
All through history, humans have created and shared stories that ponder the creation of stars - what they are and how the first stars came to be. Now, with new results from the Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array (HERA), a radio telescope located at the South Africa Karoo Astronomy Reserve, MIT scientists are one small, but significant, step closer to understanding that history.
HERA rese
All through history, humans have created and shared stories that ponder the creation of stars - what they are and how the first stars came to be. Now, with new results from the Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array (HERA), a radio telescope located at the South Africa Karoo Astronomy Reserve, MIT scientists are one small, but significant, step closer to understanding that history.
HERA rese Scientists unveil most accurate virtual representation of the Universe
Saturday, 12 February 2022 02:34
Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Feb 11, 2022
Scientists have produced the largest and most accurate virtual representation of the Universe to date. An international team of researchers, led by the University of Helsinki, and including members from Durham University in the UK, used supercomputer simulations to recreate the entire evolution of the cosmos, from the Big Bang to the present. The findings are published in the Monthly Notices of
Scientists have produced the largest and most accurate virtual representation of the Universe to date. An international team of researchers, led by the University of Helsinki, and including members from Durham University in the UK, used supercomputer simulations to recreate the entire evolution of the cosmos, from the Big Bang to the present. The findings are published in the Monthly Notices of New planet detected around star closest to the Sun
Saturday, 12 February 2022 02:34
Munich, Germany (SPX) Feb 11, 2022
A team of astronomers using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) in Chile have found evidence of another planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our Solar System. This candidate planet is the third detected in the system and the lightest yet discovered orbiting this star. At just a quarter of Earth's mass, the planet is also one of the lightest exopl
A team of astronomers using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) in Chile have found evidence of another planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our Solar System. This candidate planet is the third detected in the system and the lightest yet discovered orbiting this star. At just a quarter of Earth's mass, the planet is also one of the lightest exopl Planetary bodies observed in habitable zone of dead star
Saturday, 12 February 2022 02:34
London, UK (SPX) Feb 11, 2022
A ring of planetary debris studded with moon-sized structures has been observed orbiting close to a white dwarf star, hinting at a nearby planet in the "habitable zone" where water and thus life could exist, according to a new study led by UCL researchers. The research is published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
For the new study, researchers observed WD1054-226, a w
A ring of planetary debris studded with moon-sized structures has been observed orbiting close to a white dwarf star, hinting at a nearby planet in the "habitable zone" where water and thus life could exist, according to a new study led by UCL researchers. The research is published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
For the new study, researchers observed WD1054-226, a w