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February 04, 2022
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UK cutting-edge space defence backed by 1.4 billion pounds



London, UK (SPX) Feb 03, 2022
The UK will invest 1.4 billion pounds to bolster our national interests in space, as part of the first Defence Space Strategy published this week. Following publication of the National Space Strategy in September last year, the Defence Space Strategy (DSS) outlines how Defence will protect the UK's national interests in space in an era of ever-growing threats, stimulating growth across the sector and supporting highly skilled jobs across the UK. As part of the new 1.4 billion pound investmen ... read more

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Space Foundation Launches Space Commerce Institute
Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Feb 03, 2022
Space Foundation, a nonprofit advocate organization founded in 1983 for the global space ecosystem, has launched Space Commerce Institute, a program offered by Center for Innovation and Education to ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Webb team begins aligning the telescope
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 04, 2022
This week, the three-month process of aligning the telescope began - and over the last day, Webb team members saw the first photons of starlight that traveled through the entire telescope and were d ... more
INTERNET SPACE
Satellites Offer New Capabilities and Complexities for 5G Networks
Bellevue WA (SPX) Feb 02, 2022
New advances in 5G standards are creating opportunities to integrate non-terrestrial networks (NTN) into an interoperable, standardized wireless experience across the entire globe. Today, 5G America ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Satellogic Announces Strategic Partnership With Palantir Technologies
Charlotte NC (SPX) Feb 02, 2022
Satellogic Inc., a leader in sub-meter resolution satellite imagery collection, has announced a new partnership with Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE:PLTR), a leading builder of operating systems fo ... more
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Astronaut hits 300 days in space, on way to break NASA record
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 04, 2022
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei has lived in space continuously for 300 days since launching and docking to the orbiting lab on April 9, 2021. He is on his way to surpassing Christina Koch's 328-day m ... more
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Chandrayaan-3 scheduled for launch in August 2022, Lok Sabha told
New Delhi (IANS) Feb 04, 2022
The Department of Space has planned as many as 19 missions this year even as the Chandrayaan-3, the next phase of India's mission to the moon, is scheduled for August 2022, the government told the L ... more
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Intelsat/SKY Perfect JSAT Corp expand high-throughput inflight connectivity network over Asia
McLean VA (SPX) Feb 02, 2022
Intelsat, operator of the world's largest integrated satellite and terrestrial network and leading provider of inflight connectivity (IFC), has expanded its partnership with SKY Perfect JSAT Corpora ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from Florida
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 3, 2021
SpaceX launched 49 of its own Starlink broadband communications satellites from Florida on Thursday afternoon in a mission delayed by over a week. ... more
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Boost for space clusters across the UK
London, UK (SPX) Feb 03, 2022
These regional hubs, known as space clusters, will support new and growing companies, building on local expertise and catalysing investment into the space sector. Over 600,000 pounds will go t ... more
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ASTRA rebrands as Orion Space Solutions

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Turion Space and NanoAvionics to build a satellite for orbital reconnaissance mission
Columbia IL (SPX) Feb 03, 2022
US company Turion Space, aiming to build spacecraft to remove orbital-debris, satellite servicing, and domain awareness, has selected NanoAvionics small satellite bus, the MP42, as the basis for its ... more
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Defence Procurement Minister launches Defence Space Strategy
London, UK (SPX) Feb 03, 2022
It's a huge pleasure to be here today on the next step in our execution of the Integrated Review, the Defence Command Paper and Defence and Security Industrial Strategy. A lot has happened in ... more
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SpaceX launches spy satellite from California
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 2, 2021
SpaceX launched a classified payload into orbit Wednesday from California for the National Reconnaissance Office, a U.S. intelligence agency that builds and operates spy satellites. ... more
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Incoming! Debris enroute to the Moon
Paris (ESA) Feb 03, 2022
The Moon is set to gain one more crater. A leftover SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage will impact the lunar surface in early March, marking the first time that a human-made debris item unintentionally rea ... more
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From Earth to Mars and Beyond
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 03, 2022
Raytheon Intelligence and Space provides end-to-end space solutions that span the space value stream. From Earth observation and more accurate weather predictions to satellite constellation manageme ... more
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Washington DC (UPI) Feb 1, 2021
NASA has released details of the International Space Station's transition plan, including destruction of the structure in 2031, and research goals for the interim and the future. The ISS will deorbit in January 2031 ahead of crashing it into an uninhabited area of the South Pacific Ocean near to Point Nemo, which has been called a "spacecraft cemetery," according to the updated plan tha ... more
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Search is on for young space entrepreneurs ahead of first UK rocket launches
London, UK (SPX) Feb 04, 2022
With Britain's first satellite launches set to take place this year, the SatelLife Competition is looking for the best new ideas for how to use data collected from space to benefit daily life, from supporting local communities and the NHS, to monitoring the environment and tackling climate change. The competition is now in its fifth year, with previous winning ideas including drones carryi ... more
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Shocked zircon find a 'one-off gift' from Mars
Perth, Australia (SPX) Feb 04, 2022
Curtin University researchers studying a Martian meteorite have found the first evidence of high-intensity damage caused by asteroid impact, in findings that have implications for understanding when conditions suitable for life may have existed on early Mars. Published in leading journal Science Advances, the research examined grains of the mineral zircon in Martian meteorite NWA 7034. The ... more
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China Focus: China to explore lunar polar regions, mulling human landing: white paper
Beijing (XNA) Jan 28, 2022
China will explore the moon's polar regions and is mulling over a manned lunar landing in the coming five years, according to a white paper released on Friday. The white paper, titled "China's Space Program: A 2021 Perspective," said China will continue its studies and research "on the plan for a human lunar landing." A new-generation manned spacecraft will be developed to support it ... more
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New Center for Satellite Constellation Interference
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 04, 2022
At a press conference today, NSF's NOIRLab announced that it has been selected, along with the SKA Observatory (SKAO), by the International Astronomical Union to host the new IAU Centre for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky from Satellite Constellation Interference. The center coordinates collaborative multidisciplinary international efforts with institutions and individuals and works acr ... more
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Incoming! Debris enroute to the Moon
Paris (ESA) Feb 03, 2022
The Moon is set to gain one more crater. A leftover SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage will impact the lunar surface in early March, marking the first time that a human-made debris item unintentionally reaches our natural satellite. In 2015 the Falcon 9 placed NOAA's DSCOVR climate observatory around the L1 Lagrange point, one of five such gravitationally-stable points between Earth and the Sun. ... more
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Exoplanet has Earth-like layered atmosphere made of titanium gas
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 31, 2021
Scientists have discovered that a planet outside of the solar system may have a complex atmosphere made of metal gases that operate like Earth's atmosphere. The research, published in the journal Nature Astronomy, found evidence that metals discovered in the atmosphere of WASP-189b are layered - the first time research has suggested that gas giant planets like Jupiter might have a comp ... more
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Oxygen ions in Jupiter's innermost radiation belts
Gottingen, Germany (SPX) Jan 13, 2022
Planets like Earth, Jupiter, and Saturn with global magnetic fields of their own are surrounded by so-called radiation belts: Trapped in the magnetic field, fast moving charged particles such as electrons, protons, and heavier ions whiz around thus forming the invisible, torus-shaped radiation belts. With their high velocities reaching almost the speed of light, the particles can ionize other mo ... more
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Police operation targets illegal water tapping in Spain
Madrid (AFP) Feb 2, 2022
More than 130 people were arrested or placed under investigation for illegal water tapping last year, Spain's Guardia Civil police said on Wednesday following a huge operation. During the year-long operation, "133 people were arrested or investigated for extracting water through more than 1,533 illegal infrastructure devices", the police's environmental unit said in a statement. A simi ... more
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China completes health check on BDS satellite constellation
Xian (XNA) Jan 26, 2022
A health check on all 52 in-orbit satellites of China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) has been completed, according to the Xi'an Satellite Control Center. The center said the satellites met all key indicators, meaning the constellation can provide services without issue. The evaluation was conducted without interrupting the satellites' usual navigation services, and develo ... more
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Uncrewed Artemis I mission to Moon pushed back
Washington (AFP) Feb 2, 2022
The first mission in NASA's program to take humans back to the Moon has been delayed until spring at the earliest, the US space agency said Wednesday, saying it needed more time to complete safety checks. The Artemis I launch, initially scheduled for late 2021 and then postponed twice more, will now happen no earlier than April. "Teams are taking operations a step at a time to ensure the ... more
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Satellogic Announces Strategic Partnership With Palantir Technologies
Charlotte NC (SPX) Feb 02, 2022
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Washington DC (UPI) Feb 2, 2021
A solar flare, ejected from our sun towards the end of January, will start hitting earth Wednesday, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center. The flare is the result of a coronal mass ejection, a large expulsion of plasma and magnetic field from the Sun's corona, which can travel from the Sun to Earth at speeds as fast as 1,800 m ... more
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Webb team begins aligning the telescope
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 04, 2022
This week, the three-month process of aligning the telescope began - and over the last day, Webb team members saw the first photons of starlight that traveled through the entire telescope and were detected by the Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) instrument. This milestone marks the first of many steps to capture images that are at first unfocused and use them to slowly fine-tune the telescope. This ... more
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The universe much sharper in the picture with new algorithms and supercomputers
Leiden, Netherlands (SPX) Feb 02, 2022
With new algorithms and supercomputers, an incredibly detailed radio map of the universe was created. Now astronomers can look at radio data of galaxies with much more precision. This was published in Nature Astronomy by Leiden PhD student Frits Sweijen and colleagues. 'This single map has almost as many pixels as previous maps of the entire sky had,' says Frits Sweijen, PhD student at Lei ... more
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+ Shining a light on synthetic dimensions
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