Military space agency created to go fast is about to launch its first satellites
Wednesday, 29 March 2023 21:18
Strong solar flare erupts from the sun
Wednesday, 29 March 2023 20:16
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The sun has emitted a strong solar flare that peaked at 10:33 p.m. ET on March 28, 2023. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the sun constantly, captured an image of the event.
Solar flares are powerful bursts of energy. Flares and solar eruptions can impact radio communications, electric power grids, navigation signals, and pose risks to spacecraft and astronauts.
This flare is classified as an X1.2 flare. X-class denotes the most intense flares, while the number provides more information about its strength.
NASA works as a research arm of the nation's space weather effort. NASA observes the sun and our space environment constantly with a fleet of spacecraft that study everything from the sun's activity to the solar atmosphere, and to the particles and magnetic fields in the space surrounding Earth.
NASA, Boeing aiming for July launch of Starliner space capsule
Wednesday, 29 March 2023 19:21 Write a comment
The first crewed flight of Boeing's Starliner space capsule to the International Space Station (ISS) will take place in July, Boeing and NASA officials said Wednesday.
The CST-100 Starliner mission, which had previously been planned for April, will take place no earlier than July 21, the officials said.
"We've deliberated and decided that the best launch attempt is no earlier than July 21 for CFT," the crew flight test, Steve Stich, the manager of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, told reporters.
"We feel pretty confident with that date," added Mark Nappi, the Starliner program manager at Boeing.
Stich said more time was needed to certify the parachute system designed to bring the astronauts and the spacecraft safely back to Earth, and a ground test of the parachutes will be conducted in May.
Planet acquires Slovenian startup Sinergise
Wednesday, 29 March 2023 19:11 Write a comment
Planet announced plans March 29 to acquire Sinergise Labs, a Slovenian startup known for making Earth-observation data accessible through cloud-based APIs.
Don't take batteries to the moon or Mars, 3D print them when you get there
Wednesday, 29 March 2023 14:25 Write a comment
When the Artemis astronauts and future explorers go to the moon and Mars, they'll need power. Lots of it. Of course, they'll use solar panels to generate the juice they need for habitats, experiments, rovers, and so on.
SES confirms Intelsat merger talks
Wednesday, 29 March 2023 13:38 Write a comment
SES confirmed March 29 it is in talks about potentially merging with rival satellite operator Intelsat.
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Israel launches Ofek spy satellite
Wednesday, 29 March 2023 12:24 Write a comment
Israel launched the latest in a series of Ofek reconnaissance satellites March 28 on the country’s Shavit rocket.
Impact Observatory raises $5.9 million to apply AI to satellite imagery
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Impact Observatory, a company that pairs satellite imagery with artificial intelligence for mapping and monitoring, raised $5.9 million in seed funding.
The Making of Juice – Episode 10.2
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The Making of Juice series takes the viewer behind the scenes of the European space industry, space technology and planetary science communities around ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) mission.
Juice has a state-of-the-art science payload comprising remote sensing, geophysical and in situ instruments. This episode focuses on the remote sensing instruments, which will study the atmosphere of Jupiter and the surfaces and exospheres of the icy moons.
Juice’s camera (JANUS) will image Jupiter’s clouds and geological features on the moons in high resolution. The Moons and Jupiter Imaging Spectrometer (MAJIS) will observe cloud features and atmospheric constituents on
Leaky Russian space capsule lands safely in Kazakhstan
Wednesday, 29 March 2023 09:43 Write a comment
Russia's uncrewed Soyuz spacecraft landed in Kazakhstan Tuesday morning after suffering a major coolant leak in December.
The Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft landed in Kazakhstan at 7:46 a.m. EDT on Tuesday after leaving the docking port of the Russian-built Rassvet module of the International Space Station.
"It's de-orbiting and descent to Earth went smoothly," Roscosmos officials announ BlackSky's completes commissioning within 18 hours of orbital delivered on news satellites
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BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) successfully commissioned two new satellites that began revenue-generating commercial operations within 18 hours of "The Beat Goes On" launch mission.
"BlackSky has more than doubled our on-orbit capacity in the last 18 months, with enough capacity to support growth over the next two years," said Nick Merski, BlackSky chief operating officer. "Our flex Flight 49 Preview - By the Numbers
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NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is preparing for its 49th flight on Mars, with a flight date scheduled for March 29th, 2023. The helicopter's goal for this flight is to reposition itself and conduct imaging science targets. During the flight, Ingenuity will travel a horizontal distance of 893.9 feet (272.5 meters) and reach a maximum altitude of 40 feet (12 meters), with a pop-up to 52.5 feet ( Journey to Tenby!
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Over the past several weeks, Perseverance has traveled up Jezero's western fan and has begun exploring its upper surface, a potential treasure-trove of information about the river systems that flowed into the crater and the rocks they may have brought in from other areas!
After dropping off our first sample depot at Three Forks, we began to explore further up the fan then we had ever been H3 failure could delay Japanese science missions
Wednesday, 29 March 2023 08:53 Write a comment
The failure of Japan’s H3 rocket on its inaugural flight in March could delay several science missions, including two scheduled to launch on another rocket.
First Eurostar Neo satellite reaches operational orbit
Wednesday, 29 March 2023 07:32 Write a comment
The first Eurostar Neo satellite built under ESA’s Neosat Partnership Project has completed its electric orbit raising to reach its geostationary position some 36 000 kilometres above Earth.