Navigation at Ministerial Council 2022
Wednesday, 12 October 2022 07:56
The ESA Council at Ministerial level, CM22, is a time for critical decisions. In November 2022, ESA’s Member States, Associate States and Cooperating States will come together to strengthen Europe’s space sector and ensure it continues to serve European citizens.
Japanese rocket launch fails in blow for space agency
Wednesday, 12 October 2022 06:53
The launch of a Japanese rocket taking satellites into orbit to demonstrate new technologies failed after blast-off on Wednesday because of a positioning problem, the country's space agency said.
It was Japan's first failed launch in nearly two decades, and the only one for an Epsilon rocket, a solid-fuel model that has flown five successful missions since its 2013 debut.
The unmanned craft took off from Uchinoura Space Center in the southern Kagoshima region, with its lift-off livestreamed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
But a self-destruct signal was sent to the rocket less than 10 minutes later because of "positioning abnormalities", said Yasuhiro Funo of JAXA, who led the project.
The livestream was halted and presenters wearing hard-hats told viewers there had been a problem with the launch.
NASA kicked asteroid off course in test to save Earth
Wednesday, 12 October 2022 03:20
NASA on Tuesday celebrated exceeding expectations during a mission to deflect a distant asteroid, in a sci-fi like test of humanity's ability to stop an incoming cosmic object from devastating life on Earth.
The fridge-sized Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impactor deliberately smashed into the moonlet asteroid Dimorphos on September 26, pushing it into a smaller, faster orbit around Japan space rocket ordered to self-destruct after failed launch
Wednesday, 12 October 2022 03:20
Japan's space agency said it sent a self-destruct order to its Epsilon rocket after a failed launch on Wednesday because of a problem that meant the craft could not safely fly.
The unmanned rocket, on its sixth mission, was taking satellites into orbit to demonstrate "innovative" technologies.
"The rocket can't continue a safe flight, because of the danger it would create if it falls on Japan becomes first in Asia to get Starlink connection
Wednesday, 12 October 2022 03:20
Japan on Tuesday became the first country in Asia to receive Internet access from the Starlink satellite system from the SpaceX company controlled by Tesla founder Elon Musk.
Starlink is led by SpaceX, which envisions the system as part of a constellation of satellites that would deliver broadband Internet across the globe.
A service map from Starlink shows most of central and no Yahsat invests in direct-to-cell enabler eSAT Global
Tuesday, 11 October 2022 21:02
Emirati fleet operator Yahsat said Oct. 11 it has invested in Californian startup eSAT Global, which is developing a chip that would enable phones to connect to its satellites in geostationary orbit.
Jumping on the direct-to-cell bandwagon
Tuesday, 11 October 2022 20:59
More satellite operators are considering providing services directly to standard mobile phones following early product launches, big-name announcements, and progress startups are making for their dedicated constellations.
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NASA taps KSAT and SpaceLink for communications studies
Tuesday, 11 October 2022 20:10
NASA has awarded contracts to KSAT Inc. and SpaceLink as part the space agency’s campaign to begin investigating commercial sources for future space communications services.
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NASA’s DART spacecraft changes asteroid’s orbit
Tuesday, 11 October 2022 19:30
A NASA spacecraft that deliberately collided with a near Earth asteroid last month changed its orbital period by more than a half-hour, exceeding expectations for the planetary defense demonstration.
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NASA spaceship deflected asteroid in test to save Earth
Tuesday, 11 October 2022 18:38
NASA on Tuesday said it had succeeded in deflecting an asteroid in a historic test of humanity's ability to stop an incoming cosmic object from devastating life on Earth.
The fridge-sized Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impactor deliberately smashed into the moonlet asteroid Dimorphos on September 26, pushing it into a smaller, faster orbit around its big brother Didymos, said NASA c El impacto de DART cambió el movimiento de un asteroide en el espacio
Tuesday, 11 October 2022 16:28
El análisis de los datos obtenidos en las últimas dos semanas por el equipo de investigación de la Prueba de redireccionamiento del asteroide doble (DART, por sus siglas en inglés) de la NASA muestra que el impacto cinético de la nave espacial contra su asteroide objetivo, Dimorphos, alteró con éxito la órbita del asteroide. Esto marca la primera v NASA Confirms DART Mission Impact Changed Asteroid’s Motion in Space
Tuesday, 11 October 2022 16:12 Analysis of data obtained over the past two weeks by NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) investigation team shows the spacecraft's kinetic impact with its target asteroid, Dimorphos, successfully altered the asteroid’s orbit. This marks humanity’s first time purposely changing the motion of a celestial object and the first full-scale dem Inmarsat wins $980 million U.S. Navy contract for global communications services
Tuesday, 11 October 2022 15:57
Inmarsat Government won a 10-year contract valued at $980 million to provide broadband satellite and terrestrial communications services to the U.S. Navy.
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ExoTrail wins contract to demonstrate orbital transfer for French agencies
Tuesday, 11 October 2022 14:22
ExoTrail won a contract worth “several million euros” to perform an orbital logistics mission for French institutions.
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Op-ed | Preparing for NASA’s Satcom Future
Tuesday, 11 October 2022 13:24
With industry efforts now outpacing what government could ever do, we must look to leverage that investment for NASA’s and other customers’ purposes.
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