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  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 17, 2022 Phase Four, the creator of the radio-frequency thruster for satellite propulsion, reports that it will expand its Maxwell turn-key plasma propulsion line and offer satellite manufacturers an industry-first high performance engine using an inexpensive, domestically sourced iodine-based propellant. Max-V leverages the Maxwell Block 2 engine's innovative architecture and builds on the radio-frequency thruster's propellant agnostic capabilities. "Legacy electric propulsion systems are tied to noble ga ... read more |
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DLR's new optical ground station inauguratedOberpfaffenhofen, Germany (SPX) Oct 17, 2022 Satellites are increasingly becoming network nodes of the internet. Terrestrial nodes are integrated via fibre optic networks, and satellites can only keep up with current developments on the ground ... more 
Eutelsat strategy update on the proposed combination with OneWebLondon, UK (SPX) Oct 13, 2022 Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) has hosted a Strategic Update on the proposed combination with OneWeb, announced in July 2022. Eutelsat and key OneWeb shareholders signed a Memor ... more 
NASA awards contracts to assess near-space communications capabilitiesWashington DC (SPX) Oct 13, 2022 NASA has selected two companies - Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) USA of Denver and SpaceLink Corporation of McLean, Virginia - to develop capability studies to explore and demonstrate communica ... more 
New Iridium Certus Service Providers to Support U.S. Government CustomersMcLean VA (SPX) Oct 13, 2022 Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM) has announced that Iridium partners MetOcean Telematics, NAL Research, and Trace Systems are now Iridium Certus service providers for U.S. government custo ... more |
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Orbex secures 40M pounds in Series C Funding roundForres UK (SPX) Oct 18, 2022 UK-based spaceflight company Orbex has secured 40.4 million pounds for its Series C funding round, led by a new investor, the Scottish National Investment Bank. The new round of funding will allow t ... more  
World's first space tourist plans new flight to Moon with SpaceXWashington (AFP) Oct 12, 2022 Dennis Tito, an American entrepreneur who in 2001 became the first person to pay for their own space voyage, said Wednesday he plans to fly with his wife Akiko on a future SpaceX mission around the Moon. ... more 
Electron Rocket arrives at Wallops for inaugural Rocket Lab mission from VirginiaWallops Island, VA (SPX) Oct 13, 2022 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) reports that the Electron rocket to be launched in the Company's first mission from U.S. soil has arrived at Launch Complex 2 in Virginia. The mission will ... more  
Webb reveals new surprises on galaxy organic molecules near black holesOxford UK (SPX) Oct 13, 2022 Tiny dust molecules known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are among the most widespread organic molecules in the universe and important astronomical tools. For instance, they are consider ... more |
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Revealing the mysteries of the universe under the skin of an atomic nucleusGothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Oct 13, 2022 Massive neutron stars colliding in space are thought to be able to create precious metals such as gold and platinum. The properties of these stars are still an enigma, but the answer may lie beneath ... more  
Astronomers are captivated by brightest flash ever seenWashington (AFP) Oct 14, 2022 Astronomers have observed the brightest flash of light ever seen, from an event that occurred 2.4 billion light years from Earth and was likely triggered by the formation of a black hole. ... more 
Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico will not be rebuiltWashington DC (UPI) Oct 14, 2021 The National Science Foundation said Friday that it won't rebuild the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, and instead pans to build a STEM-focused education center. ... more  
How scientist summarized the development of space robotic technologies for on-orbit assembly?Beijing, China (SPX) Oct 17, 2022 The construction of large structures is one of the main development trends of the space exploration in the future, such as large space stations, large space solar power stations, and large space tel ... more |
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Satellite Vu selected in inaugural Net Zero X cohortLondon, UK (SPX) Oct 10, 2022 Satellite Vu, the British Earth Observation company set to become the world's thermometer from space with its planned constellation of high-resolution thermal imaging satellites, has been selected i ... more 
China launches new environmental satelliteTaiyuan, China (XNA) Oct 13, 2022 China launched a new satellite for disaster reduction, emergency management, and environment monitoring from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi province early Thursday. A L ... more  
Measuring methane from the air and monitoring infrastructure from spaceBremerhaven, Germany (SPX) Oct 10, 2022 The leaks in the Nord Stream 1 and 2 natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea have dominated the Measuring methane from the air and monitoring infrastructure from spaces in the last week. According t ... more 
NASA, USGS map minerals to understand Earth makeup, climate changeGreenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 06, 2022 NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) will map portions of the southwest United States for critical minerals using advanced airborne imaging. Hyperspectral data from hundreds of wavelengths of ... more  
BeetleSat announces next steps for world's first LEO satellite network with expandable antennasMiami FL (SPX) Oct 04, 2022 BeetleSat, a global provider of telecommunications and satellite technology, unveiled the next phases of development for its much-anticipated LEO broadband satellite constellation. The announcement ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 17, 2022 
NASA's SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts aboard the Dragon spacecraft safely splashed down Friday off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida, completing the agency's fourth commercial crew mission to the International Space Station. The international crew of four spent 170 days in orbit.
NASA astronauts Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, and Jessica Watkins and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cr ... more |
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 Forres UK (SPX) Oct 18, 2022 
UK-based spaceflight company Orbex has secured 40.4 million pounds for its Series C funding round, led by a new investor, the Scottish National Investment Bank. The new round of funding will allow the company to scale up its resources as it counts down to the first vertical launch from UK soil, as well as unlocking additional funding to support future projects.
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 17, 2022 
You stand in Jezero crater, Mars, at a minute to midnight. By the light of the stars and Mars's two tiny moons, Phobos and Deimos, you can just make out the shape of the looming delta. Nothing moves; the wind tonight is too low to even push a sand grain over. All is peaceful and quiet. Then, out of nowhere, comes an alien, mechanical whirring noise... and a misshapen head rises up out of the dar ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Oct 11, 2022 
Propellant injection work on the Mengtian space lab, the second lab component of China's Tiangong space station, was conducted on Monday morning at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
The agency said in a news release that the lab module has undergone ground tests at the center and will undergo checks of its functions along with ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 17, 2022 
Phase Four, the creator of the radio-frequency thruster for satellite propulsion, reports that it will expand its Maxwell turn-key plasma propulsion line and offer satellite manufacturers an industry-first high performance engine using an inexpensive, domestically sourced iodine-based propellant. Max-V leverages the Maxwell Block 2 engine's innovative architecture and builds on the radio-frequen ... more |
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 Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany (SPX) Oct 17, 2022 
Satellites are increasingly becoming network nodes of the internet. Terrestrial nodes are integrated via fibre optic networks, and satellites can only keep up with current developments on the ground if they are also optically networked. European Commission programmes such as the 'Secure Connectivity Initiative' depend on this technology, as do many commercial networks such as Starlink or Oneweb, ... more |
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 Riverside CA (SPX) Oct 13, 2022 
Broccoli, along with many other plants and microorganisms, emit gases to help them expel toxins. Scientists believe these gases could provide compelling evidence of life on other planets.
These types of gases are made when organisms add a carbon and three hydrogen atoms to an undesirable chemical element. This process, called methylation, can turn potential toxins into gases that float saf ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Oct 17, 2022 
ESA's Mars Express has captured the rare moment of Mars' small moon Deimos passing in front of Jupiter and its four largest moons - the focus of ESA's upcoming Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer launching next year. Celestial alignments like these enable a more precise determination of the martian moons' orbits.
Since arriving in orbit at the Red Planet in 2003, Mars Express routinely observes the ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 17, 2022 
When the research vessel Bold Horizon sailed from Newport, Oregon, in early October, it joined a small armada of planes, drones, and other high-tech craft chasing the ocean's shapeshifting physics.
NASA's Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment (S-MODE) is converging on a patch of sea 110 nautical miles off the coast of San Francisco. Over the course of 28 days, the team will deploy a new ... more |
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 Mexico City (AFP) Oct 10, 2022 
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday denied that a space cooperation agreement signed with Russia last year would help Moscow spy on North America.
The pact was inked before Russia's invasion of Ukraine and "now a scandal is being made because there's talk that Mexico is allowing Russian satellites to be used to spy on Mexican and North American airspace," Lopez Obrador to ... more |
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 Utrecht, The Netherlands (SPX) Oct 13, 2022 
At a slow pace, the Moon is moving away from the Earth and the Earth is rotating more slowly around its axis. To say something about these changes in the distant past, geologists use information stored in rocks and fossils. But the further back in time they look, the more difficult it becomes to retrieve this information. An international team of earth scientists has now managed to accurately de ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Oct 13, 2022 
We have now discovered 30 039 near-Earth asteroids in the Solar System - rocky bodies orbiting the Sun on a path that brings them close to Earth's orbit. The majority of these were discovered in the last decade, showing how our ability to detect potentially risky asteroids is rapidly improving.
An asteroid is called a near-Earth asteroid (NEA) when its trajectory brings it within 1.3 Astro ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Oct 10, 2022 
Satellite Vu, the British Earth Observation company set to become the world's thermometer from space with its planned constellation of high-resolution thermal imaging satellites, has been selected in Tech Nation's inaugural Net Zero X cohort.
The Net Zero X programme focuses on scaling and growth of the later-stage climate technology scaleups within its cohort. The six-month programme, in ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 17, 2022 
The countdown has begun! Exactly one year from today, the first of two major solar eclipses just six months apart will occur over the Americas. On October 14, 2023, the Moon will pass directly between Earth and the Sun but will cover only 90% of the brilliant solar disk. The remaining 10% will appear as a blazing "ring of fire" around the Moon's dark silhouette.
This annular (Latin for rin ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Oct 14, 2022 
Astronomers have observed the brightest flash of light ever seen, from an event that occurred 2.4 billion light years from Earth and was likely triggered by the formation of a black hole.
The burst of gamma-rays - the most intense form of electromagnetic radiation - was first detected by orbiting telescopes on October 9, and its afterglow is still being watched by scientists across the wor ... more |
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 Gothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Oct 13, 2022 
Massive neutron stars colliding in space are thought to be able to create precious metals such as gold and platinum. The properties of these stars are still an enigma, but the answer may lie beneath the skin of one of the smallest building blocks on Earth - an atomic nucleus of lead. Getting the nucleus of the atom to reveal the secrets of the strong force that governs the interior of neutron st ... more |
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