Space News from SpaceDaily.com
July 20, 2023
SPACEMART
Future of Satellite Internet: OneWeb vs Starlink



Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 20, 2023
Satellite constellations may well be the future of the Internet because they can ensure fibre-free coverage even in the most remote corners of the world. So, it should come as no surprise that many companies are already working in this direction. Elon Musk's Starlink and UK-based OneWeb were one of the first companies to have grasped the potential of satellite Internet, and it's more than probable that these two players will lead the upcoming market soon enough. So, we decided to take a better look at ... read more

MARSDAILY
Senate expresses 'significant concerns' over NASA's Mars sample-retrieval plan
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 20, 2023
NASA's plans to retrieve samples of soil from Mars and fly them back to Earth seemingly is in deep trouble with a Senate committee. On Wednesday, a Senate appropriations committee offered only ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
SpaceX aborts launch of Starlink satellites
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 20, 2023
With only seconds remaining in the countdown late Tuesday, SpaceX aborted the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket with a payload of Starlink satellites. The mission was to deploy 15 Starlink satellite ... more
MOON DAILY
NASA selects SwRI to lead DIMPLE lunar lander/rover instrument suite
San Antonio TX (SPX) Jul 20, 2023
NASA has selected Southwest Research Institute to lead a $50 million lunar lander/rover instrument suite, Dating an Irregular Mare Patch with a Lunar Explorer, or DIMPLE, designed to understand if t ... more
AEROSPACE
Stratospheric success for BAE Systems' PHASA-35 UAV drone
London, UK (SPX) Jul 14, 2023
In a groundbreaking development, British engineers have successfully piloted the High Altitude Pseudo Satellite (HAPS) Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) - PHASA-35 - to complete its first stratospheric f ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION


HawkEye 360 raises $58M for satellite architecture and data science acceleration

TIME AND SPACE
Has the standard cosmological model been broken or just cracked
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 20, 2023
A global consortium of astrophysicists spearheaded by teams from the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Germany, Harvard University in the United States, and Durham University in the United Ki ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
AROBS Engineering Takes Lead Role in Space Rider Project Software Verification and Validation
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 20, 2023
The Romanian software services company, AROBS Engineering, part of AROBS Group, has been announced as the primary industrial partner and consortium leader for the software verification and validatio ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
China unveils cutting-edge JF-22 Hypersonic Wind Tunnel facility
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 19, 2023
China Media Group's recent video coverage has brought into the limelight the revolutionary JF-22 hypersonic wind tunnel. This technologically advanced wind tunnel has successfully passed stringent q ... more
MARSDAILY
Ancient river is helping Perseverance Mars Rover do its work
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 20, 2023
The six-wheeled geologist is getting some assistance in its search for diverse rock samples that could be brought to Earth for deeper investigation. NASA's Perseverance Mars rover sealed the t ... more
MARSDAILY
CHAPEA Mars Simulation program a test bed for food systems and crop cultivation
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 20, 2023
The initial crew selected for NASA's Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA) mission 1, a ground-based Mars habitat simulation, is set to evaluate the efficacy of growing fresh produ ... more

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TECH SPACE


Boeing's Millennium Space Systems amplifies small satellite production

TECH SPACE
Flat sapphire windows for hypersonic aircraft and weapons
Providence RI (SPX) Jul 19, 2023
Custom fabricated sapphire windows that are ideally suited for protecting sensitive vision systems and sensors in hypersonic aircraft and weapon systems have been introduced by Meller Optics, Inc. o ... more
TECH SPACE
Wind River VxWorks software chosen for Astroscale's Space Debris Solution ELSA-M
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 20, 2023
Wind River, an industry leader in intelligent system software, has announced that its VxWorks software will be utilized in the command of the Astroscale ELSA-M Servicer spacecraft's On-Board Compute ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Shenzhou XVI crew set to conduct their first EVA
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 20, 2023
The Shenzhou 16 astronauts aboard China's Tiangong Sspace Station are set for their first-ever spacewalk, as confirmed by the China Manned Space Agency. In a recent press statement issued on W ... more
SPACEWAR
Why people tend to believe UFOs are extraterrestrial
Columbia SC (SPX) Jul 19, 2023
Most of us still call them UFOs - unidentified flying objects. NASA recently adopted the term "unidentified anomalous phenomena," or UAP. Either way, every few years popular claims resurface that th ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Satellite info available for cities to tap into
Beijing (XNA) Jul 14, 2023
As many metropolises in China such as Beijing and Shanghai have relied heavily on satellite data and images in the planning, construction and management of their cities, an increasing number of smal ... more
TECHNOLOGY NEWS


Fundamentals of Space Missions

SOLAR SCIENCE
Studying solar flares and sunspots can help protect Earth
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 19, 2023
In 1859, the Carrington Event, the most intense geomagnetic storm in recorded history, created spectacular auroral displays around the globe, illuminating the night skies so brightly that birds bega ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
NASA's Starling CubeSats set in motion: an innovative swarm in LEO
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 19, 2023
NASA's quartet of Starling CubeSats has successfully deployed from Rocket Lab's Electron kick stage, marking a significant step forward in the field of satellite swarm technologies. These cutting-ed ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
UAH researchers find brightest gamma-ray burst ever detected
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 19, 2023
The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has announced that three researchers associated with the UAH Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) have discovered a gamma-ray burst (G ... more
MARSDAILY
The clays of Mawrth Vallis
Paris (ESA) Jul 20, 2023
ESA's Mars Express has revisited an old favourite: the distinctive and fascinating Mawrth Vallis, one of the most promising locations on Mars in our search for signs of life. Mars Express has ... more
EXO WORLDS
Does this exoplanet have a sibling sharing the same orbit
Munich, Germany (SPX) Jul 20, 2023
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have found the possible 'sibling' of a planet orbiting a distant star. The team has detected a cloud of debris that might b ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Despite doubts from quantum physicists: Einstein's theory of relativity reaffirmed
Hannover, Germany (SPX) Jul 14, 2023
One of the most basic assumptions of fundamental physics is that the different properties of mass - weight, inertia and gravitation - always remain the same in relation to each other. Without this e ... more
EXO WORLDS
New study reveals Roman Telescope could find 400 Earth-mass rogue planets
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 20, 2023
New research by scientists from NASA and Japan's Osaka University suggests that rogue planets - worlds that drift through space untethered to a star - far outnumber planets that orbit stars. The res ... more
EXO WORLDS
MSU studies nutrients that may have fertilized ancient photosynthesis in Earth's oceans
East Lansing MI (SPX) Jul 14, 2023
The Earth is 4.5 billion years old, and, during that time, it has seen some things. Life has been a part of most of that history, but what life has looked like has changed dramatically over the eons ... more
EXO WORLDS
Life on Earth didn't arise as described in textbooks
Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Jul 19, 2023
No, oxygen didn't catalyze the swift blossoming of Earth's first multicellular organisms. The result defies a 70-year-old assumption about what caused an explosion of oceanic fauna hundreds of milli ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Euclid calling: downloading the Universe
Paris (ESA) Jul 20, 2023
Just as one hand alone can't clap, a mission in space can't be heard without a complex combination of physical infrastructure and data systems on Earth; for monitoring and control of the spacecraft, ... more
AEROSPACE
On the wing-lets of innovation with NASA Armstrong
Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Jul 19, 2023
Forty-four years ago this July, NASA began testing a technology that would become one of the agency's most visible and beneficial contributions to commercial aviation - winglets, the upturned ends o ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Spire using ever more satellite data to enhance global weather forecasts
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 14, 2023
The upcoming Electron mission of Rocket Lab, dubbed 'Baby Come Back', will be carrying two 3U satellites from Spire Global to space. These satellites are armed with the latest Global Navigation Sate ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Climate and land use shifts alter Africa's Sudano-Sahelian dryland regions
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 19, 2023
A comprehensive understanding of the long-term vegetation dynamics and their potential influences in the Sudano-Sahelian region of Africa is pivotal in progressing sustainable management of these de ... more
CLIMATE SCIENCE
New strategy to keep pace with our changing world
Paris (ESA) Jul 19, 2023
Fuelled largely by climate change, our planet is being subjected to environmental changes that are having an unprecedented global impact on humans, animals and plants. Shockingly, in certain locatio ... more
TECTONICS
Scientists discover 36-million-year geological cycle that drives biodiversity
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 12, 2023
Movement in the Earth's tectonic plates indirectly triggers bursts of biodiversity in 36-million-year cycles by forcing sea levels to rise and fall, new researc ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Commercial space projects expected to provide more services in China
Wuhan, China (XNA) Jul 19, 2023
China unveiled a series of commercial space projects at the recent 9th China (International) Commercial Aerospace Forum held in Wuhan. The programs are expected to provide more service in sectors su ... more
IRON AND ICE
Psyche enters home stretch before launch
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 19, 2023
Engineers and technicians at Cape Canaveral are preparing the Psyche spacecraft for liftoff, which is slated for Oct. 5. With less than 100 days to go before its Oct. 5 launch, NASA's Psyche s ... more
MARSDAILY
The Lion's Mane: Sols 3892-3893
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 17, 2023
Earth planning date: Monday, July 17, 2023. Today we planned a two sol "Touch and Go" plan. Our weekend drive successfully brought us about 28 metres, bringing us closer to the "crater cluster," a s ... more
MERCURY RISING
First BepiColombo flyby of Mercury finds electron rain triggers x-ray auroras
London, UK (SPX) Jul 19, 2023
BepiColombo, the joint European Space Agency (ESA) and Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) mission, has revealed how electrons raining down onto the surface of Mercury can trigger high-ener ... more
TIME AND SPACE
NASA's IXPE fires up astronomers with new blazar findings
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 19, 2023
The universe is full of powerful supermassive black holes that create powerful jets of high-energy particles, creating sources of extreme brightness in the vastness of space. When one of those jets ... more
EXO WORLDS
PSI's David Grinspoon Appointed to New NASA Post
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 19, 2023
David Grinspoon, a Senior Scientist at Planetary Science Institute has been appointed by NASA to be the new Senior Scientist for Astrobiology Strategy. Astrobiology is the study of the origin, evolu ... more
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