Ovzon gets deadline extension for debut satellite
Tuesday, 28 March 2023 22:43Mobile satcom services provider Ovzon said March 28 it has secured a deadline extension enabling it to keep priority spectrum rights for its first broadband satellite, as long as it launches early enough in a July-September window SpaceX has set for the mission.
U.S. Space Force ramps up cybersecurity spending
Tuesday, 28 March 2023 18:42Brightest gamma-ray burst illuminates our galaxy as never before
Tuesday, 28 March 2023 17:00ESA space telescopes have observed the brightest gamma-ray burst ever seen. Data from this rare event could become instrumental in understanding the details of the colossal explosions that create gamma-ray bursts (GRBs).
Air Force Secretary: ‘Haven’t made a decision on U.S. Space Command’
Tuesday, 28 March 2023 16:59China to begin constructing its own megaconstellation later this year
Tuesday, 28 March 2023 16:53Ariane 5 rocket for the Juice launch being transferred to final assembly
Tuesday, 28 March 2023 13:22Uncrewed Russian spacecraft that leaked coolant lands safely
Tuesday, 28 March 2023 13:05A Russian space capsule safely returned to Earth without a crew Tuesday, months after it suffered a coolant leak in orbit.
The Soyuz MS-22 leaked coolant in December while attached to the International Space Station. Russian space officials blamed the leak on a tiny meteoroid that punctured the craft's external radiator. They launched an empty replacement capsule last month to serve as a lifeboat for the crew.
The damaged capsule safely landed Tuesday under a striped parachute in the steppes of Kazakhstan, touching down as scheduled at 5:45 p.m.
Maxar unveils 30-centimeter global basemap
Tuesday, 28 March 2023 13:00Maxar Technologies unveiled an updated version March 28 of its popular global basemap.
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Flight simulations: putting Juice under pressure
Tuesday, 28 March 2023 12:31Sat in a windowless office beneath ESA’s Main Control Room in Darmstadt, Germany, two Simulations Officers have complete control over the Juice spacecraft and ESA’s deep space ground stations across the globe – and they take full advantage.
These aren’t the real 35-metre antennas or the actual spacecraft (currently in Kourou, French Guiana), but a complex simulator. For teams that will fly the mission for real, it all looks, feels and behaves just like the real thing. The ‘problem’ for them is, it keeps going wrong.
Down in the simulations bunker, the Officers are revelling in their dastardly plan
Proba-3 complete: Formation-flying satellites fully integrated and ready for testing
Tuesday, 28 March 2023 12:30The two spacecraft forming ESA's Proba-3 mission for precise formation flying in orbit are now complete. All the instruments and sensors allowing them to maneuver to millimeter scale precision relative to one another have been integrated aboard, and the pair are fully wrapped in multi-layer insulation—ready to be tested in simulated space conditions.
ESA–EGU 2023 Excellence Award winners
Tuesday, 28 March 2023 12:12Honouring individual scientists and teams of scientists that have contributed to the innovative use of Earth observation data, ESA and the European Geosciences Union (EGU) are happy to announce the winners of this year’s prestigious Excellence Award.
Isar Aerospace raises $165 million as it gears up for first launch
Tuesday, 28 March 2023 08:53German launch vehicle developer Isar Aerospace announced March 28 it raised $165 million to scale up production of its Spectrum rocket scheduled to make its first flight later this year.
The "Stonehenge calendar" shown to be a modern construct
Tuesday, 28 March 2023 08:28Stonehenge is an astonishingly complex monument, which attracts attention mostly for its spectacular megalithic circle and "horseshoe", built around 2600 BC. Over the years, several theories have been put forward about Stonehenge's meaning and function. Today, however, archaeologists have a rather clear picture of this monument as a "place for the ancestors", located within a complex ancie
Joint NASA, CNES water-tracking satellite reveals first stunning views
Tuesday, 28 March 2023 08:28The Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission offers the first taste of the detailed perspectives of Earth's surface water that its cutting-edge instruments will be able to capture. The international Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission - led by NASA and the French space agency Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) - has sent back some of its first glimpses of water on th