Dhruva and Kineis to offer satellite-based services
Monday, 27 March 2023 07:39
Graz, Austria (SPX) Mar 24, 2023
India-based full-stack space-engineering solutions provider Dhruva Space and France-based satellite operator and global connectivity provider Kineis have inked a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA), marking a partnership where both companies will collaborate to establish space and ground infrastructure to scale the diversity and impact of satellite-based solutions.
With 9 satellites in orbit, Ki
India-based full-stack space-engineering solutions provider Dhruva Space and France-based satellite operator and global connectivity provider Kineis have inked a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA), marking a partnership where both companies will collaborate to establish space and ground infrastructure to scale the diversity and impact of satellite-based solutions.
With 9 satellites in orbit, Ki Comtech validates 5G connection over satellite
Monday, 27 March 2023 07:39
Melville NY (SPX) Mar 24, 2023
Comtech has announced in collaboration with three global technology leaders: Cloud Signals, Hellas Sat, and a leading Mobile Network Operator (MNO), that the companies successfully tested and validated 5G connectivity over a satellite network in Greece.
During the demonstration, a commercial 5G node was connected to the leading MNO's 5G testbed network and relayed over a satellite link pro
Comtech has announced in collaboration with three global technology leaders: Cloud Signals, Hellas Sat, and a leading Mobile Network Operator (MNO), that the companies successfully tested and validated 5G connectivity over a satellite network in Greece.
During the demonstration, a commercial 5G node was connected to the leading MNO's 5G testbed network and relayed over a satellite link pro ISRO's LVM3 launches 36 OneWeb satellites in sixth consecutive flight
Monday, 27 March 2023 04:06
Sriharikota, India (SPX) Mar 26, 2023
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched 36 satellites belonging to OneWeb Group Company into their intended 450 km circular orbit with an inclination of 87.4 degrees, using its LVM3 launch vehicle. This marked the sixth consecutive successful flight of the LVM3 and the successful execution of NSIL's contract to launch 72 OneWeb satellites to Low Earth Orbit.
The
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched 36 satellites belonging to OneWeb Group Company into their intended 450 km circular orbit with an inclination of 87.4 degrees, using its LVM3 launch vehicle. This marked the sixth consecutive successful flight of the LVM3 and the successful execution of NSIL's contract to launch 72 OneWeb satellites to Low Earth Orbit.
The Inflation, high demand driving up launch prices
Monday, 27 March 2023 00:50
A tight launch market, coupled with high inflation, has driven up launch prices in the last year, putting a squeeze on customers.
Remote sensing companies try to capture bigger piece of satellite imaging market
Sunday, 26 March 2023 18:59
Maxar, Planet and BlackSky are working to expand their offerings beyond optical imagery.
Rocket Lab launches 35th Electron 7 days after previous launch
Sunday, 26 March 2023 10:08
Long Beach CA (SPX) Mar 27, 2023
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has launched its 35th Electron rocket, deploying two multi-spectral Gen-2 satellites to low Earth orbit for BlackSky (NYSE: BKSY) through launch services provider Spaceflight, Inc. The mission took place just seven days following the Company's previous Electron mission from Launch Complex 2 in Virginia, setting a new company record for fastest turnaround betwe
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has launched its 35th Electron rocket, deploying two multi-spectral Gen-2 satellites to low Earth orbit for BlackSky (NYSE: BKSY) through launch services provider Spaceflight, Inc. The mission took place just seven days following the Company's previous Electron mission from Launch Complex 2 in Virginia, setting a new company record for fastest turnaround betwe NASA prepares for historic asteroid sample delivery on Sept 24
Sunday, 26 March 2023 10:08
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 27, 2023
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is cruising back to Earth with a sample it collected from the rocky surface of asteroid Bennu. When its sample capsule parachutes down into the Utah desert on Sept. 24, OSIRIS-REx will become the United States' first-ever mission to return an asteroid sample to Earth.
After seven years in space, including a nail-biting touchdown on Bennu to gather dust and rock
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is cruising back to Earth with a sample it collected from the rocky surface of asteroid Bennu. When its sample capsule parachutes down into the Utah desert on Sept. 24, OSIRIS-REx will become the United States' first-ever mission to return an asteroid sample to Earth.
After seven years in space, including a nail-biting touchdown on Bennu to gather dust and rock The race is on for Ingenuity and Perseverance to stay the distance
Sunday, 26 March 2023 10:08
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 27, 2023
The Perseverance rover spent the first two Earth years of its mission on Mars driving and sampling within Jezero crater. As anticipated, Jezero was found to be rich with interesting geological features, and the rover used 21 of its precious 43 sample tubes in the region. The rover wrapped up this science campaign by dropping 10 of these samples in a backup depot area for retrieval by a future mi
The Perseverance rover spent the first two Earth years of its mission on Mars driving and sampling within Jezero crater. As anticipated, Jezero was found to be rich with interesting geological features, and the rover used 21 of its precious 43 sample tubes in the region. The rover wrapped up this science campaign by dropping 10 of these samples in a backup depot area for retrieval by a future mi SpaceX launches 56 Starlink satellites from Florida
Sunday, 26 March 2023 10:08
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 24, 2021
SpaceX launched 56 Starlink satellites from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Friday.
The satellites were carried into low-Earth orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket which lifted off at 11:43 a.m. EDT.
The reusable first stage booster separated shortly after liftoff and returned to Earth where it landed on the "Shortfall of Gravitas" drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean approxim
SpaceX launched 56 Starlink satellites from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Friday.
The satellites were carried into low-Earth orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket which lifted off at 11:43 a.m. EDT.
The reusable first stage booster separated shortly after liftoff and returned to Earth where it landed on the "Shortfall of Gravitas" drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean approxim UTEP joins project to 3D print batteries from lunar and Martian soil
Sunday, 26 March 2023 10:08
El Paso TX (SPX) Mar 27, 2023
The University of Texas at El Paso has joined a project led by NASA to leverage 3D-printing processes with the aim of manufacturing rechargeable batteries using lunar and Martian regolith, which is the top layer of materials that covers the surface of the moon and Mars.
"UTEP is a national leader in additive manufacturing for space applications," said Kenith Meissner, Ph.D., dean of the UT
The University of Texas at El Paso has joined a project led by NASA to leverage 3D-printing processes with the aim of manufacturing rechargeable batteries using lunar and Martian regolith, which is the top layer of materials that covers the surface of the moon and Mars.
"UTEP is a national leader in additive manufacturing for space applications," said Kenith Meissner, Ph.D., dean of the UT Hubble monitors changing weather and seasons at Jupiter and Uranus
Sunday, 26 March 2023 10:08
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 27, 2023
Ever since its launch in 1990, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has been an interplanetary weather observer, keeping an eye on the largely gaseous outer planets and their ever-changing atmospheres. NASA spacecraft missions to the outer planets have given us a close-up look at these atmospheres, but Hubble's sharpness and sensitivity keeps an unblinking eye on a kaleidoscope of complex activities ov
Ever since its launch in 1990, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has been an interplanetary weather observer, keeping an eye on the largely gaseous outer planets and their ever-changing atmospheres. NASA spacecraft missions to the outer planets have given us a close-up look at these atmospheres, but Hubble's sharpness and sensitivity keeps an unblinking eye on a kaleidoscope of complex activities ov An explaination for unusual radar signatures in the outer solar system
Sunday, 26 March 2023 10:08
San Antonio TX (SPX) Mar 27, 2023
A study co-authored by Southwest Research Institute Senior Research Scientist Dr. Jason Hofgartner explains the unusual radar signatures of icy satellites orbiting Jupiter and Saturn. Their radar signatures, which differ significantly from those of rocky worlds and most ice on Earth, have long been a vexing question for the scientific community.
"Six different models have been published in
A study co-authored by Southwest Research Institute Senior Research Scientist Dr. Jason Hofgartner explains the unusual radar signatures of icy satellites orbiting Jupiter and Saturn. Their radar signatures, which differ significantly from those of rocky worlds and most ice on Earth, have long been a vexing question for the scientific community.
"Six different models have been published in New study about the 'tsunami' in Venus's clouds
Sunday, 26 March 2023 10:08
Seville, Spain (SPX) Mar 27, 2023
A group of scientists from the University of Seville, in collaboration with experts from the University of the Basque Country, has led the first detailed study of the evolution of the discontinuity of Venus's clouds, a gigantic atmosphere wave with the appearance of a "tsunami" that is propagated in the planet's deepest clouds and which, it is believed, may be playing a very significant role in
A group of scientists from the University of Seville, in collaboration with experts from the University of the Basque Country, has led the first detailed study of the evolution of the discontinuity of Venus's clouds, a gigantic atmosphere wave with the appearance of a "tsunami" that is propagated in the planet's deepest clouds and which, it is believed, may be playing a very significant role in AI finds that first stars were clustered together
Sunday, 26 March 2023 10:08
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 27, 2023
An international team has used artificial intelligence to analyze the chemical abundances of old stars and found indications that the very first stars in the Universe were born in groups rather than as isolated single stars. Now the team hopes to apply this method to new data from on-going and planned observation surveys to better understand the early days of the Universe.
After the Big Ba
An international team has used artificial intelligence to analyze the chemical abundances of old stars and found indications that the very first stars in the Universe were born in groups rather than as isolated single stars. Now the team hopes to apply this method to new data from on-going and planned observation surveys to better understand the early days of the Universe.
After the Big Ba Small stars may host bigger planets than previously thought
Sunday, 26 March 2023 10:08
London, UK (SPX) Mar 27, 2023
Stars with less than half the mass of our Sun are able to host giant Jupiter-style planets, in conflict with the most widely accepted theory of how such planets form, according to a new study led by UCL and University of Warwick researchers.
Gas giants, like other planets, form from disks of material surrounding young stars. According to core accretion theory, they first form a core of roc
Stars with less than half the mass of our Sun are able to host giant Jupiter-style planets, in conflict with the most widely accepted theory of how such planets form, according to a new study led by UCL and University of Warwick researchers.
Gas giants, like other planets, form from disks of material surrounding young stars. According to core accretion theory, they first form a core of roc