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October 03, 2023
TECH SPACE
US TV provider given first-ever space debris fine



Washington (AFP) Oct 3, 2023
US authorities have issued a "breakthrough" first-ever fine over space debris, officials said Monday, slapping a $150,000 penalty on a TV company that failed to properly dispose of a satellite. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) came down on Dish for "failure to properly deorbit" a satellite called EchoStar-7, in orbit since 2002. "This marks a first in space debris enforcement by the Commission, which has stepped up its satellite policy efforts," the FCC, which authorizes space-based t ... read more

TIME AND SPACE
Milestone for novel atomic clock
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 02, 2023
An international research team has taken a decisive step toward a new generation of atomic clocks. At the European XFEL X-ray laser, the researchers have created a much more precise pulse generator ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
NASA announces launch services for pair of space weather satellites
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 01, 2023
NASA has selected SpaceX of Hawthorne, California, and its Falcon 9 rocket to provide the launch service for the agency's TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satelli ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
China's solar telescope array officially completed
Beijing, China (SPX) Oct 01, 2023
The Daocheng Solar Radio Telescope, a solar telescope array in southwest China, passed key testing on Wednesday, marking the official completion of the world's largest synthesis aperture radio teles ... more
FARM NEWS
Trimble and AGCO form joint venture to better serve farmers worldwide
Westminster CO (SPX) Oct 02, 2023
Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) has announced a definitive agreement to form a joint venture (the "JV") with AGCO (NYSE: AGCO) to better serve farmers with factory fit and aftermarket applications in the mix ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL


Ethics rules needed for human research on commercial spaceflights, panel says

MARSDAILY
Double DRT for a Soliday: Sols 3964-3965:
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 29, 2023
Earth planning date: Friday, September 29, 2023: Welcome to another weekend in Gale crater, Mars! As Abigail Knight described in Wednesday's blog, we elected not to drive last plan while we waited f ... more
EXO WORLDS
James Webb telescope captures planet-like structures in Orion Nebula
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 2, 2023
New images from the James Webb Space Telescope released Monday revealed planet-like structures in the Orion Nebula. ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
NASA will fly into Oct. eclipse's shadow
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 01, 2023
A NASA sounding rocket mission will launch three rockets during the 2023 annular eclipse in October to study how the sudden drop in sunlight affects our upper atmosphere. On Oct. 14, 2023, vie ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
BlueHalo expands US satellite operation capacity under Space Force SCAR Program
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Sep 27, 2023
BlueHalo recently hosted U.S. Space Force officials and federal legislative leaders for a successful milestone demonstration of its BADGER system, a multi-band, deployable ground terminal that enabl ... more
NUKEWARS
Iran will launch two more satellites into space: IRGC cmdr
Tehran (IRNA) Oct 02, 2023
A senior commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has announced that Iran will launch two more satellites into space by the end of the calendar year ending March 19. Brigadier G ... more

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NUKEWARS


Raisi: Nour 3 satellite launch another sign of sanctions' failure

EXO WORLDS
A newly identified virus emerges from the deep
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 26, 2023
The Mariana Trench, the deepest place on Earth, plunges nearly 11,000 meters at its lowest point on the floor of the Pacific Ocean. Life persists in the deep and cold darkness, and "wherever there's ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
As Earth heats up, rain pours down
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 26, 2023
Earth's land masses have a higher chance of becoming wetter than drier as temperatures rise. In a new study, researchers found that co-occurring precipitation and heat extremes will become more freq ... more
ICE WORLD
Researchers illuminate "Snowball Earth" melting and early life evolution
Hefei, China (SPX) Sep 26, 2023
A research team led by Prof. SHEN Yan'an from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) conducted a systematic study of the interglacial strat ... more
ICE WORLD
WVU researcher to help send swarm of marine robots on climate change quest beneath ocean ice
Morgantown WV (SPX) Oct 02, 2023
Research from West Virginia University mechanical and aerospace engineer Xi Yu could help scientists reach ocean waters hidden away beneath ice shelves. The inaccessible waters under ocean ice conta ... more
TECH SPACE
Data storage of tomorrow
Tsinghua, China (SPX) Oct 02, 2023
In these times of big data and artificial intelligence, the usual data storage media are not sufficient. The next generation of data storage must meet the demand for high-density storage and energy ... more
ROBO SPACE


MilliMobile is a tiny, self-driving robot powered only by light and radio waves

SPACEMART
India's private space sector skyrockets
Paris (AFP) Oct 1, 2023
When Indian entrepreneur Awais Ahmed founded his satellite startup in Bangalore in 2019, his country was still a year away from opening the space industry to the private sector. ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
Your Interactive Guide to the 2023 Annular Solar Eclipse
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 01, 2023
Have you ever wondered how to track an eclipse down to the exact second? NASA has you covered! As the countdown to the highly anticipated Oct. 14, 2023, annular solar eclipse continues, NASA is prou ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Ethical guidelines needed before human research in commercial spaceflight is ready for liftoff
Gainesville FL (SPX) Oct 01, 2023
A global, multidisciplinary team of bioethicists, health policy experts, commercial spaceflight professionals and space health researchers, including Rachael Seidler from the University of Florida, ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
NASA selects four small explorer mission concept studies
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 01, 2023
NASA has selected four small explorer missions to conduct concept studies. These studies aim to expand knowledge of the dynamics of the Sun and related phenomena, such as coronal mass ejections, aur ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Record-breaking launch of SpaceX's Starlink satellites
Space Coast FL (SPX) Sep 30, 2023
SpaceX pushed back the launch time from the original T-0 of 6:49 p.m. EDT (2249 UTC Sep. 30) more than three hours later due to the weather condition. At 10:00 p.m. EDT (0200 UTC Sep. 30), a Falcon ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Global team recommends ethical rules for human research in commercial spaceflight
Garrison NY (SPX) Oct 01, 2023
The first ethical framework for conducting human research on commercial spaceflight was proposed in an article in Science by an international team that included Hastings Center president Vardit Ravi ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Law professor calls for ethical approach to human experiments in space
Oxford MS (SPX) Oct 01, 2023
University of Mississippi law professor Michelle Hanlon co-authored an article published (Sept. 28) in the journal Science that offers best practices for human research in space. Each time ast ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Maritime Launch unveils commercial suborbital program at Spaceport Nova Scotia
Halifax, Canada (SPX) Oct 01, 2023
Maritime Launch Services Inc. (NEO: MAXQ; OTCQB: MAXQF) unveiled its suborbital launch program currently scheduled to begin during the second quarter of 2024. Maritime Launch's suborbital prog ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
GITAI passes all NASA safety reviews for ISS external demonstration
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 01, 2023
GITAI USA Inc. and GITAI Japan Inc. (GITAI), the world's leading space robotics startup, successfully completed all NASA safety reviews required for the ISS external demonstration. Furthermore, GITA ... more
IRON AND ICE
Initial curation of NASA's OSIRIS-REx sample delayed
Houston TX (SPX) Oct 01, 2023
The initial curation process for NASA's OSIRIS-REx sample of asteroid Bennu is moving slower than anticipated, but for the best reason: the sample runneth over. The abundance of material found when ... more
MARSDAILY
NASA's Perseverance captures dust-filled Martian whirlwind
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 01, 2023
The six-wheeled geologist spotted the twister as part of an atmospheric exploration of Jezero Crater. The lower portion of a Martian dust devil was captured moving along the western rim of Mar ... more
MARSDAILY
Dust removal delayed: Sols 3962-3963
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 27, 2023
Earth planning date: Wednesday, September 27, 2023: Our exploration of the light-and-dark-toned bands continues today as Curiosity has completed another successful drive and now has a promising bloc ... more
MOON DAILY
Chang'e 6 scheduled for lunar landing next year
Beijing (XNA) Oct 01, 2023
The Chang'e 6 mission, China's next robotic expedition to the moon, has been scheduled to land on the moon next year, tasked with bringing back samples from the little-known far side, according to t ... more
TECH SPACE
German tech factory reveals antenna prototype-ngVLA will open a new window into the Universe
Leipzig, Germany (SPX) Oct 01, 2023
Usually it's Octoberfest that draws a crowd to Germany this time of year. For hundreds of folks gathered at mtex antenna technology in Schkeuditz, it's a first look at a prototype radio telescope th ... more
ROBO SPACE
Moon and Mars test site for robotic missions
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 28, 2023
The Moon and Mars are stated targets of European and international space exploration. However, before humans embark on these journeys, robots will explore inhospitable areas, develop local resources ... more
MOON DAILY
Listening to the Radio on the Far Side of the Moon
Berkeley CA (SPX) Sep 28, 2023
There are unexplored regions of the universe - and there are also unexplored times. In fact, there's a nearly 400-million-year gap in our universe's history that we've never seen: a time before star ... more
MOON DAILY
Heating and cooling space habitats isn't easy
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Sep 27, 2023
China, India and the U.S. have all achieved landing on the Moon in the 2020s. Once there, their eventual goal is to set up a base. But a successful base - along with the spacecraft that will c ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
Vega's fuel-free CubeSats to keep formation with wings
Paris (ESA) Sep 28, 2023
Spain's trio of ANSER CubeSats, due to fly on Europe's next Vega launcher, will fly like a flock of birds in orbit - in more ways than one. Keeping in formation by following their leader, the three ... more
IRON AND ICE
Hera takes wing
Paris (ESA) Sep 28, 2023
ESA's Hera asteroid mission for planetary defence seen with one of its two solar wings added, during its continuing test campaign at the ESTEC Test Centre in the Netherlands. The van-sized spacecraf ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Monitoring of radio galaxy M87 confirms black hole spin
Shanghai, China (SPX) Sep 28, 2023
The nearby radio galaxy M87, located 55 million light-years from the Earth and harboring a black hole 6.5 billion times more massive than the Sun, exhibits an oscillating jet that swings up and down ... more
SATURN DAILY
New Simulations Shed Light on Origins of Saturn's Rings and Icy Moons
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 28, 2023
On a clear night, with a decent amateur telescope, Saturn and its series of remarkable rings can be seen from Earth's surface. But how did those rings come to be? And what can they tell us about Sat ... more
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