Europe approves multi-orbit connectivity constellation plan
Wednesday, 15 February 2023 21:48
Europe’s ambitions for a sovereign connectivity constellation are now in the hands of industry, the European Parliament said Feb.
Pentagon working with Congress on unclassified space strategy
Wednesday, 15 February 2023 20:46
The Defense Department’s space policy office is drafting a congressionally mandated report explaining how the U.S.
On National Security | A coming of age for commercial satellite imagery
Wednesday, 15 February 2023 19:00
“Someone’s on the move,” Jeffrey Lewis tweeted on Feb. 23, 2022, the day before Russian forces invaded Ukraine.
Maxar moves to close deal with Advent after receiving no competing offers
Wednesday, 15 February 2023 13:17
The $6.4 billion acquisition of Maxar Technologies by the private equity firm Advent International remains on track to close in mid-2023 following completion of a 60-day “go shop” period when other offers could have been considered.
NASA updates plans for use of commercial space stations
Wednesday, 15 February 2023 12:16
NASA has released additional details about how it plans to use commercial space stations after the retirement of the International Space Station as some in industry seek to accelerate NASA’s support for them.
Boosting market traction for agri-monitoring service
Wednesday, 15 February 2023 12:00
Support from ESA’s Earth observation InCubed commercialisation programme has enabled two companies, GeoVille and EOX, to secure a major contract to provide an Austrian Area Monitoring Service. The consortium’s EO-WIDGET software provides the farming sector with critical satellite-derived information and is a key tool in compliance monitoring for the European Common Agricultural Policy.
Ursa Space launches Python Toolbox API on Esri ArcGIS Pro Software
Wednesday, 15 February 2023 11:04
Ursa Space Systems, a leading satellite-analytics-as-a-service provider, has announced the release of a Python toolbox for satellite analytic and data ordering within Esri ArcGIS Pro, a full-featured professional desktop GIS application.
Ursa Space leverages the world's most comprehensive and progressive satellite data virtual constellation, comprising synthetic aperture radar (SAR), Optic How to Write a Discussion Post About Space Exploration
Wednesday, 15 February 2023 11:04
Space exploration is a topic that has captured the imagination of people for centuries. From ancient civilizations observing the stars to the moon landing in 1969, the pursuit of exploring the unknown has been a central theme in human history.
In this post, we'll guide you through the process of writing a discussion post about space exploration and its significance in our lives.
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Wednesday, 15 February 2023 08:12
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No one saw the Chelyabinsk meteor of 15 February 2013 coming – the largest asteroid to strike Earth in over a century. Just after sunrise on a sunny winter’s day, a 20-metre, 13 000 tonne asteroid struck the atmosphere over the Ural Mountains in Russia at a speed of more than 18 km/s.
The relatively small rock exploded in the atmosphere at an altitude of 30 km, releasing about half a megaton of energy (equivalent to 35 Hiroshima-sized bombs). Two minutes later, the shockwave reached the ground damaging thousands of buildings, breaking windows and
ESA signs Cooperation Agreement with Mexico
Wednesday, 15 February 2023 07:06
ESA and the Mexican space agency, Agencia Espacial Mexicana (AEM) signed a Cooperation Agreement on 14 February 2023. The objective of this agreement is to allow Mexico and ESA to create a framework for more-intensive cooperation in joint projects in the future.
Team Aims To Find Earth 2.0
Wednesday, 15 February 2023 05:22
Are there other Earth-like planets? Is there extraterrestrial life? In the quest to find planets that orbit stars other than the sun, "Earth 2.0" is the Holy Grail. Earth 2.0 is a planet similar enough to Earth to enable the existence of life as we know it. It would be the right temperature for liquid water, and it would orbit a star with a steady supply of light. Ideally, it would be close enou Four classes of planetary systems
Wednesday, 15 February 2023 05:22
Astronomers have long been aware that planetary systems are not necessarily structured like our solar system. Researchers from the Universities of Bern and Geneva, as well as from the National Centre of Competence in Research PlanetS, have now shown for the first time that there are in fact four types of planetary systems.
In our solar system, everything seems to be in order: The smaller r Blue Origin unveils "Blue Alchemist" a technology that turns Moon dust into solar cells
Wednesday, 15 February 2023 05:22
Jeff Bezos' spaceflight company Blue Origin revealed on February 10, 2023, in their blog that since 2021 they have been developing an in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) technology called "Blue Alchemist" a solar cell and electricity transmission wire prototype by using a material "chemically and mineralogically equivalent" to lunar regolith.
"We can make power systems on the moon directly Roscosmos is delaying the launch of the replacement Soyuz for crew return
Wednesday, 15 February 2023 05:22
The launch of the unmanned Soyuz MS-23, a replacement vehicle for the damaged Soyuz MS-22, was postponed until March 2023; it was originally planned to launch on February 19th, 2023, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
MS-23 will serve as a rescue spacecraft that will bring Cosmonauts Prokopyev, Dmitry Petelin, and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio back to Earth from the International Spa IMAP completes mission CDR on track for 2025 launch on interstellar mapping mission
Wednesday, 15 February 2023 05:22
NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) spacecraft has completed the Mission Critical Design Review and is on track to meet its scheduled 2025 launch. Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is managing the payload office, providing the scientific instrument Compact Dual Ion Composition Experiment (CoDICE) and is participating on other instrument teams for the mission, which will s