Spire Global awarded NOAA contract for satellite weather data
Friday, 31 March 2023 09:55
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) has been awarded an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to compete for orders under a $59 million ceiling. The award is part of NOAA's Commercial Weather Data Program's Radio Occultation Data Buy II. The contract commenced on March 27, 2023 and will run until March 26, 2028.
Sp China launches 4 InSAR satellites and new Yaogan reconnaissance sat
Friday, 31 March 2023 09:43
China conducted a pair of launches across Thursday and Friday, sending interferometric synthetic aperture radar and reconnaissance satellites in orbit.
Space official calls for China to seize crucial opportunity to establish lunar infrastructure
Friday, 31 March 2023 08:22
Is Europe already drying up?
Friday, 31 March 2023 07:55
Europe has just endured its second warmest winter on record. Much of southern and western Europe has been affected by substantial anomalies of soil moisture owing to this exceptionally dry and warm winter. Data from ESA’s Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity mission have been used to monitor the low levels of soil moisture across Europe.
NOAA's GOES-U satellite completes pre-launch acoustics tests
Friday, 31 March 2023 07:03
GOES-U, the fourth and final satellite in NOAA's GOES-R Series, recently completed acoustics testing as part of a rigorous testing program to ensure it can withstand the harsh conditions of launch and orbiting in space 22,236 miles above Earth.
During acoustic testing, GOES-U endured extremely high sound pressure of 138.4 decibels from high-intensity horns. This testing simulated the noises GOES-U will experience when it is launched.
The testing was conducted at Lockheed Martin Space's Littleton, Colorado, facility, where GOES-U was built. GOES-U is scheduled to launch in April 2024.
The GOES-R program is a collaborative effort between the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NASA builds and launches the satellites for NOAA, which operates them and distributes their data to users worldwide.
Earth from Space: Pollino National Park, Italy
Friday, 31 March 2023 07:00
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Part of southern Italy is featured in this wintery image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. ESA Impact 2023 – Quarter 1
Friday, 31 March 2023 06:00
ESA Impact 2023 – Quarter 1
Welcome to this edition of ESA Impact, an interactive publication covering stories and images from the first quarter of 2023.
Virgin Orbit lays off most employees
Thursday, 30 March 2023 21:48
Virgin Orbit announced late March 30 it was laying off the vast majority of its employees after failing to raise additional funding, putting the launch company’s future in jeopardy.
Maxar eyes military customers for satellite images of objects in space
Thursday, 30 March 2023 19:54
Maxar, an Earth imaging company, is looking to build a new business imaging objects in space.
Telesat still bullish on Lightspeed despite funding uncertainty
Thursday, 30 March 2023 19:23
Telesat remains committed to developing its Lightspeed low Earth orbit broadband constellation despite ongoing delays to cover the project’s rising costs, CEO Dan Goldberg said March 29.
Integral's 'new safe mode' activates for the first time
Thursday, 30 March 2023 12:00
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Integral's 'new safe mode' activates for the first time Chinese defense contractor to begin launching VLEO satellites
Thursday, 30 March 2023 11:23
NASA releases draft strategy for long-term robotic Mars exploration
Thursday, 30 March 2023 10:36
NASA has unveiled a draft strategy for long-term robotic exploration of Mars that emphasizes low-cost missions and potential commercial partnerships.
Integral team at ESOC during safe mode commissioning
Thursday, 30 March 2023 06:59
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Integral team at ESOC during safe mode commissioning