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September 19, 2023
SPACEWAR
Firefly Aerospace launches US Space Force VICTUS NOX Responsive Space Mission with 24-hours notice



Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Sep 18, 2023
Firefly Aerospace, an end-to-end space transportation company, today announced the company successfully launched its Alpha rocket and deployed the VICTUS NOX spacecraft following a 24-hour notice to complete final payload operations and mission preparations. Led by U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command's (SSC) Space Safari Program Office and in close partnership with the Rocket Systems Launch Program, the mission advances the nation's capability to rapidly respond to on-orbit needs during a confl ... read more

MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
PLD SPACE signs a MOU with WISeKey to launch ultra-secure satellites with MIURA 5
Elche, Spain (SPX) Sep 15, 2023
PLD Space, the company that designs, develops, manufactures and operates Europe's first private launcher, signs an agreement with WISeSat.Space, a subsidiary of WISeKey International Holding Ltd., t ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
Picogrid releases smallest AI-Enabled Command Station deployable in minutes
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 15, 2023
Picogrid has taken the wraps off its latest innovation: Helios. This state-of-the-art hardware will be in the spotlight at the U.S. Army Military Police Regimental Association Conference at Fort Leo ... more
SPACEWAR
Will Sino-US space competition stop at Mars
Beijing (XNA) Sep 15, 2023
While attending a conference in the United States recently, I overheard an American expert discussing the space competition between China and the US. After the event, I approached the expert to inqu ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Bayanat teams with HySpecIQ and AzurX for enable hyperspectral imaging for UAE
Abu Dhabi, UAE (SPX) Sep 15, 2023
HySpecIQ, a global leader in hyperspectral imaging and data analytics, hsa announced a partnership with Bayanat, an ADX-listed public company and leading provider of AI-powered geospatial solutions. ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION


GOES-U completes environmental testing

EARTH OBSERVATION
Satellogic and SkyWatch increase access to timely earth observation data
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 15, 2023
Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL), has announced at World Satellite Business Week, their partnership to bring the highest resolution commercially available EO data to EarthCache customers. Satell ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Showcase your climate data visualisation talent with ESA
Paris (ESA) Sep 15, 2023
Are you a creative visionary with a passion for climate action? Enter ESA's latest competition to showcase your talent by transforming decades of satellite climate data into impactful visuals to hel ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Spire Global selected by Estuaire to monitor and reduce aviation emissions
Vienna VA (SPX) Sep 18, 2023
Spire Global was selected by Estuaire, a data firm empowering the aviation industry to reduce its environmental impact, to supply global aviation insights. Spire will provide its detailed aircraft p ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
SynMax announces acquisition of Gas Vista in energy and maritime intelligence push
Houston TX (SPX) Sep 18, 2023
SynMax, a pioneering geospatial intelligence company, announced the successful acquisition of Gas Vista, a premier maritime energy trade flow analytics and visualization company renowned for its inn ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
Fitness tracker beyond Earth
Paris (ESA) Sep 18, 2023
One of the experiments during ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen's mission will track his health and body vital signs during his daily exercise in space. Understanding how the human body copes wit ... more

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SPACEMART


Intelsat delivers new reliable broadcast connectivity service

VSAT NEWS
Eutelsat and NationalChip deliver ground-breaking Sat.tv features on Popular Set-Top Box Chipset
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 18, 2023
Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) and silicon chip maker NationalChip are bringing an enhanced Free-To-Air satellite TV viewing experience to millions of homes around the world, thanks t ... more
EXO WORLDS
Exoplanet with a large iron core adds to puzzle of how planets form
Turin, Italy (SPX) Sep 18, 2023
Over the past decades, astronomers have found several thousand extrasolar planets. Extrasolar planets orbit stars outside our solar system. The next frontier in this research field is to learn more ... more
TECH SPACE
China builds new radio telescope to support lunar, deep-space missions
Lhasa, China (XNA) Sep 18, 2023
China launched the construction of a 40-meter-aperture radio telescope in Shigatse, Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, on Friday, to offer technical support for the country's lunar and deep- ... more
SPACEMART
10 satellites with Terran Orbital Buses now on orbit for Tranche 0
Boca Raton FL (SPX) Sep 19, 2023
Terran Orbital reports that 10 satellites incorporating Terran Orbital buses have been deployed in low Earth orbit following a Sept. 2, 2023 launch, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. ... more
MOON DAILY
Exploring the lunar south pole: lessons from Chandrayaan-3
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 18, 2023
On August 23 the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully landed a spacecraft on the Moon's south pole, a location that has always been of particular interest to scientists due to the ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE


Coming Soon: A "Ring of Fire" in the Sky

STELLAR CHEMISTRY
RIT collaboration with global team confirms, disproves distant galaxies
Rochester NY (SPX) Sep 18, 2023
Rochester Institute of Technology scientists have once again used data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) as part of the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) Survey to change the w ... more
MOON DAILY
Electrons from Earth may be forming water on the Moon
Manoa HI (SPX) Sep 15, 2023
A team of researchers, led by a University of Hawai'i (UH) at Manoa planetary scientist, discovered that high energy electrons in Earth's plasma sheet are contributing to weathering processes on the ... more
IRON AND ICE
Purdue scientist among first to examine asteroid pieces from OSIRIS-REx mission
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Sep 19, 2023
To study the planets, someone has to go there: Either a human or a bot launches into space to physically explore other worlds. Scientists who study extraterrestrial materials can't usually bring the ... more
MOON DAILY
Germany signs the Artemis Accords
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 19, 2023
The Moon and Mars are the next big topics for exploration in the coming years. The USA is preparing the next steps towards the Moon and Mars with its Artemis programme. In order to become part of th ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
New clues to the nature of elusive dark matter
Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Sep 19, 2023
A team of international researchers, led by experts at the University of Adelaide, has uncovered further clues in the quest for insights into the nature of dark matter. "Dark matter makes up 8 ... more
SPACEMART
Terran Orbital announces Proposed Public Offering
Boca Raton FL (SPX) Sep 19, 2023
Terran Orbital has announced that it intends to offer and sell in a public offering, subject to market and other conditions, shares of its common stock (or common stock equivalents in lieu thereof) ... more
SPACEMART
Sidus Space secures position on upcoming Bandwagon Mission
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Sep 19, 2023
Sidus Space (NASDAQ: SIDU) a multi-faceted Space and Data-as-a-Service company confirms its plan to reallocate two LizzieSats to launch on an upcoming Bandwagon mission with SpaceX. The updated Lizz ... more
TECH SPACE
Every Gram Counts: SCHOTT Launches Lightweight Microelectronic Packages for Aerospace
Rye Brook NY (SPX) Sep 19, 2023
In today's fast-paced commercial aerospace market, companies need materials that are both lightweight and durable enough to withstand hostile, demanding environments. SCHOTT's new lightweight microe ... more
ROBO SPACE
AI models struggle to identify nonsense, says study
Paris (AFP) Sept 14, 2023
The AI models that power chatbots and other applications still have difficulty distinguishing between nonsense and natural language, according to a study released on Thursday. ... more
TECH SPACE
AWS ties up with ISRO and IN-SPACe to advance India's space capabilities with cloud technologies
Seattle WA (SPX) Sep 19, 2023
Amazon Web Services (AWS) India Private Limited has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and Indian National Space Promotion and Authoriz ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
Engineered compound shows promise in preventing bone loss in space
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 19, 2023
A new study published in a Nature Partner Journal, npj Microgravity, finds an engineered compound given to mice aboard the International Space Station (ISS) largely prevented the bone loss associate ... more
TECTONICS
Sentinel-1 reveals shifts from Morocco earthquake
Paris (ESA) Sep 18, 2023
Following the devastating earthquake that struck Morocco on 8 September, satellite data have been made available through the International Charter 'Space and Major Disasters' to help emergency respo ... more
SATURN DAILY
Saturn images show a change of seasons as polar vortex fades
Leicester UK (SPX) Sep 15, 2023
While the UK has been experiencing warm autumnal weather, a team of planetary scientists has found that Saturn's late northern summer is experiencing a cooling trend, as huge planetary-scale flows o ... more
MOON DAILY
NASA contract Firefly to provide radio frequency calibration services from lunar orbit
Cedar Park TX (SPX) Sep 15, 2023
Firefly Aerospace, Inc., an end-to-end space transportation company, was awarded an $18 million NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contract to provide radio frequency calibration services ... more
VSAT NEWS
CPI Vertex to provide KA-band antennas for SES'S O3B mPOWER
Duisburg, Germany (SPX) Sep 15, 2023
CPI Vertex Antennentechnik, a subsidiary of Communications and Power Industries (CPI), has been selected to provide high-performance Ka-band antenna systems to SES for its O3b mPOWER communications ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Soyuz hatch opens, Expedition 69 expands to 10 crewmates
Houston TX (SPX) Sep 18, 2023
The hatches between the International Space Station and the newly arrived Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft officially opened at 5:16 p.m. EDT. The arrival of three new crew members to the existing seven peopl ... more
MARSDAILY
Dusty Skies in the Cloudy Season: Sols 3950-3952
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 15, 2023
by Conor Hayes, Graduate Student at York University Earth planning date: Friday, September 15, 2023: Some days, the process of preparing a plan to be uplinked to our intrepid rover goes beautifully ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Two Russians, American reach space station
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) Sept 15, 2023
Two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut docked with the International Space Station on Friday after blasting off amid raging tensions between Moscow and Washington over Ukraine. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Rockets and Porsches: rich Russians flock to Baikonur spaceport
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) Sept 15, 2023
Everyone should witness a rocket launch in their lifetime, says Yevgeniya Degtyarnikova as she watches the rollout of a Soyuz from its hangar in the vast steppes of Kazakhstan. ... more
MOON DAILY
The young age of permanently shadowed areas on the Moon
Tucson AZ (SPX) Sep 15, 2023
Most of the Moon's permanently shadowed areas arose less than 2.2 billion years ago and some trapped ice during the recent past, research led by Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist Norbert ... more
MERCURY RISING
Mapping the Sun's Interaction with Mercury's Surface
Tucson AZ (SPX) Sep 15, 2023
A new study maps the infall of protons and electrons from the solar wind to geographical location on the surface of Mercury, giving scientists new insight into how interactions with the Sun alters t ... more
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