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  Kennedy Space Center, United States (AFP) Nov 16, 2022 NASA launched the most powerful rocket ever built on a journey to the Moon on Wednesday, in a spectacular blaze of light and sound that marked the start of the space agency's new flagship program, Artemis. The 32-story tall Space Launch System (SLS) blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 01:47 am (0647 GMT), producing a record 8.8 million pounds (39 meganewtons) of thrust. "What you have done today will inspire generations to come, thank you!" Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, NASA's ... read more |
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SpaceRyde announces multiple launch agreements with ISILAUNCHConcord, Canada (SPX) Nov 16, 2022 SpaceRyde, the space transportation company building the interplanetary logistics infrastructure known as the Rocket Network, has has announced multiple launch agreements with ISILAUNCH, a launch se ... more 
Benchmark Space Systems expands global production to meet rising propulsion system demandBremen, Germany (SPX) Nov 16, 2022 With its Halcyon propulsion systems playingpivotal roles in key military and commercial space missions this year, Benchmark Space Systems has announced it has tripled its team from 30 to 83 and boos ... more  
PickNik Robotics and CisLunar Industries to Collaborate on In-Space Metal ProcessingBoulder CO (SPX) Nov 16, 2022 PickNik Robotics, a leader in robotics software and engineering services, has announced a collaboration with CisLunar Industries, a space technology company working on in-space metal processing. The ... more  
AE Industrial Partners completes investment in York Space SystemsBoca Raton FL (SPX) Nov 15, 2022 AE Industrial Partners, LP ("AEI"), a leader in space investing and a private equity firm specializing in aerospace, defense and government services, space, power and utility services, and specialty ... more |
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ATLAS wins data analytics SBIR to deliver resiliency and insightTraverse City MI (SPX) Nov 11, 2022 ATLAS Space Operations, the leading Ground Software as a Service (GSaaS) provider, has announced the award of a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to develop a data analytics platfor ... more  
Tenchijin develops a land surface temperature product with next level resolution and frequencyTokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 14, 2022 As the result of the NEDO SBIR acceleration program, Tenchijin, Inc, a JAXA accredited space venture successfully developed their Land Surface Temperature Product with high resolution and frequency. ... more 
Northrop Grumman-built NOAA satellite launches with enhanced data trackingDulles VA (SPX) Nov 14, 2022 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) spacecraft, built by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), successfully launched aboar ... more 
China sends multirole satellite into orbitBeijing (XNA) Nov 11, 2022 China launched a Long March 6A carrier rocket to send a multirole satellite into orbit on Saturday morning, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. The State-owned space cont ... more |
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Planet and Justdiggit enable nature-based solutions to regreen the landSan Francisco CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2022 Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, today shared that Justdiggit, a Dutch non-profit organization dedicated to supporting land restoration in sub-S ... more  
Space Technologies offer opportunity to achieve one-sixth of emissions cuts needed to reach net zero by 2050London, UK (SPX) Nov 14, 2022 Satellite technologies are already reducing carbon emissions by 1.5 billion tonnes (or 1.5 gigatons) every year, according to independent research commissioned by Inmarsat from leading consultants a ... more  
Calnetix Technologies' high-speed blower system delivered to ISSCerritos CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2022 Calnetix Technologies reports that NASA has completed ground testing of its new carbon dioxide (CO2) removal system and has successfully launched the high-speed blower system to the International Sp ... more  
Synthetic hibernation could provide protection from cosmic radiationDarmstadt, Germany (SPX) Nov 15, 2022 It is still a glimpse into the future: Astronauts could be put into artificial hibernation and in this state be better protected from cosmic radiation. At present, there are already promising approa ... more |
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L3Harris infrared weather forecasting technology launches on NOAA satelliteMelbourne FL (SPX) Nov 11, 2022 L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) reports that its Cross-Track Infrared Sounder (CrIS), designed to enhance severe weather detection capabilities, was successfully launched aboard NOAA's Joint Polar ... more  
NASA astronauts complete spacewalk to prep for upcoming solar array upgradesHouston TX (SPX) Nov 16, 2022 Expedition 68 Flight Engineers Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio of NASA concluded their spacewalk at 4:25 p.m. EST after 7 hours and 11 minutes in preparation for upcoming solar array installation. Cass ... more  
Tizeti and Eutelsat bridging the digital divide in South Africa and NigeriaCape Town, South Africa (SPX) Nov 10, 2022 Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL), the leading satellite operator has inked a deal with Tizeti, West Africa's pioneer solar-based internet service provider and a leading provider of comm ... more 
Saudi Arabia licenses E-Space to land IoT satellite across the KingdomRiyadh, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Nov 10, 2022 E-Space, a global space company focused on bridging Earth and space with the world's most sustainable low Earth orbit (LEO) network, today announced that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Communications ... more 
To orbit and back with Space RiderParis (ESA) Nov 16, 2022 Europe's bid to deliver a return-to-Earth service for in-orbit transportation and research projects is rapidly taking shape, with teams working on the Space Rider spacecraft gearing up for a series ... more |
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 Cerritos CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2022 
Calnetix Technologies reports that NASA has completed ground testing of its new carbon dioxide (CO2) removal system and has successfully launched the high-speed blower system to the International Space Station (ISS). The CO2 removal system includes Calnetix's magnetically levitated in-line blower and a dual controller.
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 Concord, Canada (SPX) Nov 16, 2022 
SpaceRyde, the space transportation company building the interplanetary logistics infrastructure known as the Rocket Network, has has announced multiple launch agreements with ISILAUNCH, a launch services subsidiary of Netherlands based ISIS - Innovative Solutions in Space B.V. (ISISPACE) - with over 570 customer satellites, including Planet, brought to orbit.
The MLA is an agreement for f ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Nov 16, 2022 
ESA's Mars Express has revealed that Mars churns up surprisingly Earth-like cloud patterns that are reminiscent of those in our planet's tropical regions.
Earth and Mars have vastly different atmospheres. The dry, cold atmosphere of Mars is composed almost entirely of carbon dioxide while Earth's is rich in nitrogen and oxygen. Its atmospheric density is less than one fiftieth of Earth's a ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 11, 2022 
China launched the Tianzhou-5 cargo spacecraft on Saturday morning to transport fuel and supplies to the country's orbiting Tiangong space station, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
The agency said in a news release that a Long March 7 rocket carrying the robotic cargo ship blasted off at 10:03 am at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province.
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 Paris (AFP) Nov 15, 2022 
A French and British firm joined forces in the fast-growing satellite broadband market on Tuesday.
French operator Eutelsat said it had signed a merger with British group OneWeb to seal its plan to create a new "champion" in the market.
The pair first announced plans to merge in July when they signed a memorandum of understanding to unite and become "a leading global player in connectivi ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 16, 2022 
Over 50 years ago, NASA captured the world's imagination and inspired generations with the Apollo 11 Moon landing. NASA's then-young Deep Space Network (DSN) was crucial to tracking and communicating with that mission, as it will also be essential to NASA's next push to the Moon: Artemis. In the half-century between those two lunar efforts, the network has expanded to support dozens of robotic s ... more |
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 Groningen, Netherlands (SPX) Nov 15, 2022 
Observations and simulations of 237 white dwarfs strengthen the evidence that planets and stars rapidly form together and become planetary systems. An international team of astronomers and planetary scientists, including Tim Lichtenberg of the University of Groningen's Kapteyn Institute, published their findings on Monday in Nature Astronomy.
Planets form in a disk of hydrogen, helium and ... 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) Nov 16, 2022 
New results show average sea level rise approaching the 1-foot mark for most coastlines of the contiguous U.S. by 2050. The Gulf Coast and Southeast will see the most change.
By 2050, sea level along contiguous U.S. coastlines could rise as much as 12 inches (30 centimeters) above today's waterline, according to researchers who analyzed nearly three decades of satellite observations. The r ... more |
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 Logan UT (SPX) Nov 16, 2022 
In certain regions of Brazil, don't be surprised if your GPS device behaves erratically. For years, researchers have been scratching their heads, looking for a solution to the unreliable GPS signals in regions near the Amazon. The cause? Plasma bubbles in space.
Next week, NASA will launch a joint U.S.-Brazil satellite that will be deployed from the International Space Station, with scient ... more |
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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 16, 2022 
The return to the Moon is just around the corner with the launch of NASA's Artemis I mission early this morning. After several postponements, Artemis I is taking humankind back to the Moon almost exactly 50 years after the last Apollo flight in December 1972.
On board are the #LunaTwins of the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR). The two astronaut phant ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Oct 21, 2022 
Two tails of dust ejected from the Didymos-Dimorphos asteroid system are seen in new images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, documenting the lingering aftermath of the NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impact on 27 September 2022 at 01:14 CEST. Current data show that DART shortened Dimorphos' original 11 hour and 55 minute orbit around Didymos by about 32 minutes.
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 11, 2022  China launched a Long March 6A carrier rocket to send a multirole satellite into orbit on Saturday morning, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp.
The State-owned space contractor said in a news release that the rocket blasted off at 6:52 am at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi province and transported the Yunhai 3 satellite into its preset orbit.
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 Paris (ESA) Nov 15, 2022 
Solar Orbiter has spotted a 'tube' of cooler atmospheric gases snaking its way through the Sun's magnetic field. The observation provides an intriguing new addition to the zoo of features revealed by the ESA-led Solar Orbiter mission, especially since the snake was a precursor to a much larger eruption. The snake was seen on 5 September 2022, as Solar Orbiter was approaching the Sun for a close ... more |
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 Bath UK (SPX) Nov 11, 2022 
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been detected by satellites orbiting Earth as luminous flashes of the most energetic gamma-ray radiation lasting milliseconds to hundreds of seconds. These catastrophic blasts occur in distant galaxies, billions of light years from Earth.
A sub-type of GRB known as a short-duration GRB starts life when two neutron stars collide. These ultra-dense stars have the ... more |
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 Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Nov 11, 2022 
Black holes are the most extreme objects in the universe, packing so much mass into so little space that nothing - not even light - can escape their gravitational pull once it gets close enough. Understanding black holes is key to unravelling the most fundamental laws governing the cosmos, because they represent the limits of two of the best-tested theories of physics: the theory of general rela ... more |
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