Primary instrument for NASA's Roman completed, begins tests
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 19:37A team of engineers and technicians at Ball Aerospace, one of the industry partners for NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, has finished assembling the spacecraft's giant camera. Called the Wide Field Instrument (WFI), this state-of-the-art tool will enable astronomers to explore the cosmos from the outskirts of our solar system to the edge of the observable universe.
"The year-long integration effort culminates in the instrument's first baseline performance testing, where we turn on the instrument to ensure it's working as expected," said Mary Walker, Roman's WFI instrument manager at Goddard.
US astronaut sets record for stint in space
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 19:24The astronaut Frank Rubio broke the record for the longest in orbit mission by an American, spending more than 355 days aboard the International Space Station.
"In some ways, it's been an incredible challenge. But in other ways, it's been an incredible blessing," Rubio said Wednesday from the ISS during a chat with NASA that was broadcast live.
Having broken the old record Monday, Rubio said he was now looking forward to reaching 365 days.
Space Force to release guidelines for the use of commercial satellite services
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 18:57ULA has ‘no issues’ with Space Force plan to select three national security launch providers
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 17:04Mini space thruster that runs on water
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 12:18Microsoft and Esri to speed up access to Earth-observation data
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 11:30Intelsat and Aalyria aim for “subsea cables in space”
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 11:22Space Force tasks Ursa Space to provide Maritime Situational Awareness solution
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 10:13Ursa Space Systems, Inc., a leader in satellite insights, has completed a U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) task order in support of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM). This task order, requested by SSC's Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Tracking (SRT) Cell, provided situational awareness to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, a pervasive global maritime security
Scientists pursue drug to protect US troops from radiation sickness
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 10:13Researchers from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and University of Nebraska Medical Center, with guidance and administration from the National Strategic Research Institute, are advancing development of a first-of-its-kind prophylactic to help protect U.S. troops from the effects of acute radiation syndrome. ARS is caused by exposure to high levels of radiation, which could result from a dirty
Terran Orbital launches responsive space initiative
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 10:13Terran Orbital (NYSE: LLAP) has announced the launch of our Responsive Space Initiative. Under this initiative, we are committed to providing our customers with satellite buses within just 30 days and complete satellite systems with integrated payloads within 60 days. There are seven new satellite buses that will be participating in this program. Our advanced production capabilities throug
Accenture invests in Open Cosmos to expand access to satellite data
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 10:13At this year's World Satellite Business Week in Paris, Accenture (NYSE:ACN) announced an investment and collaboration with Open Cosmos, a space technology company that focuses on the design, manufacturing and integration of satellites. Open Cosmos builds and operates space missions, providing access to high quality satellite data and insights on a global scale via a data services platform.
Ball Aerospace completes testing on Space Systems Command weather monitoring satellite
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 10:13Ball Aerospace successfully concluded testing on the Weather System Follow-on - Microwave (WSF-M) satellite this week, representing the completion of the first of two satellites Ball is delivering for the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command next-generation operational environmental satellite system. Once on orbit, WSF-M will provide the Department of Defense with critical data meant t
EUMETSAT: A Forecasting Revolution on Its Way
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 10:13The preliminary data from the MTG-I1 satellite, the first of a new generation of meteorological satellites for the even better monitoring and forecasting of severe weather events, are breathtaking. They keep the promise of a revolution in weather forecasting and in nowcasting destructive extreme weather events. As the calibration and validation of the various elements of the spacecraft and
Lightning in a camera from above
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 10:13ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen will film thunderstorms and lightning shooting up towards space as part of the climate science of the Huginn mission. We all know the flash of lightning followed by the sound of thunder but the physics behind the phenomena is not fully understood. The lightning we see occurs when clouds become electrically charged and discharge with the ground. But most light
Umbra partners with EUSI to offer SAR imagery to European remote sensing projects
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 10:13Umbra, a leader in advanced space radar technology, is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with European Space Imaging (EUSI), a leading provider of Very High Resolution (VHR) optical satellite imagery. This partnership will allow customers to purchase Umbra's industry-leading Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data directly through EUSI. This collaboration offers a significant benefit