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June 19, 2024
ROCKET SCIENCE
Boeing Starliner return to Earth set for June 26



Washington (AFP) June 18, 2024
NASA and Boeing are targeting a June 26 return to Earth of the Boeing Starliner from the International Space Station, officials said Tuesday. Starliner's first crewed mission to the ISS, which had been scheduled to last about eight days, has been extended due to thruster malfunctions and helium leaks. The spaceship blasted off from Florida atop a United Launch Alliance Altas V rocket on June 5 following years of delays and safety scares - as well as two aborted launch attempts that came as astr ... read more

SPACEWAR
Redwire to Lead DARPA SabreSat VLEO Mission
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 18, 2024
Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW) announced it has secured a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to act as the prime mission integrator for an air-breathing satellite. ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
Frontier Technology Chosen for $1B Military Satellite Software Contract
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 17, 2024
Frontier Technology Inc. (FTI) has been selected by the Space Rapid Capabilities Office (Space RCO) as one of twenty companies to compete for the Rapid Resilient Command and Control (R2C2) indefinit ... more
SPACEWAR
US Space Force Awards Contracts to Blue Origin, SpaceX, and ULA for National Security Space Launch Phase 3
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 17, 2024
The U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 1 contracts to Blue Origin, SpaceX, and ULA. The base Indefinite Delivery Indefinite ... more
SPACEWAR
Vyoma Awards Aerospacelab Contract for Second Space Surveillance Satellite
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 17, 2024
Vyoma has awarded Aerospacelab a contract to build a microsatellite that will carry Vyoma's second Space Situational Awareness (SSA) optical payload, set for launch by the end of 2025. This mission ... more
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Space Systems Command Grants Contracts for Space Laser Communication Prototypes
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 18, 2024
The United States Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded four contracts to Blue Origin, CACI International Inc., General Atomics, and Viasat to develop space laser communication termi ... more
AEROSPACE
Thales, Spire Global, and ESSP Collaborate on Space-Based Air Traffic Surveillance Service
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 17, 2024
Thales (Euronext Paris: HO), Spire Global (NYSE: SPIR), and European Satellite Services Provider (ESSP) have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to introduce global satellite-based surveillance servi ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Space Force Assigns Ursa Space to Deliver Analytics to USINDOPACOM Post-Japanese Disaster
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 17, 2024
Ursa Space Systems, Inc., a leader in satellite insights, has completed a U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) task order supporting the US Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) in response to ... more
WATER WORLD
NASA Satellites Find Snow Didn't Offset Southwest US Groundwater Loss
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 18, 2024
Record snowfall in recent years has not been enough to offset long-term drying conditions and increasing groundwater demands in the U.S. Southwest, according to a new analysis of NASA satellite data ... more

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EARTH OBSERVATION


Preparing ESA's Arctic Weather Satellite for Liftoff

TIME AND SPACE
Black hole observed 'awakening' for the first time
Paris (AFP) June 18, 2024
Astronomers have been able to observe a supermassive black hole waking up and setting the heart of its host galaxy alight for the first time, the European Southern Observatory said on Tuesday. ... more
MARSDAILY
NASA's Perseverance Reaches Key Scientific Target in Ancient Riverbed
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 17, 2024
Initially considered a simple route free of obstructions, Neretva Vallis has presented numerous geological opportunities for the science team. After navigating through a dune field to avoid ch ... more
MOON DAILY
China's Chang'e 6 Spacecraft Spotted by NASA's LRO on Lunar Far Side
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 18, 2024
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured an image of China's Chang'e 6 sample return spacecraft on the Moon's far side on June 7. Chang'e 6 had landed on June 1, and LRO imaged the lander ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Rocket Lab Signs Largest Electron Launch Deal with Synspective
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 18, 2024
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) announced a ten-launch agreement with Japanese Earth observation company Synspective. The deal, the largest in Rocket Lab's history for its Electron launch vehicl ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
China' conducts ignition test conducted on new rocket
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 18, 2024
Chinese rocket scientists and engineers conducted a critical test of a propulsion system for a new carrier rocket, essential for China's future manned moon landings. "During the ignition test ... more
SPACEMART


Ovzon 3 satellite reaches geostationary orbit

SPACE TRAVEL
Voyager 1 Resumes Full Science Operations
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 17, 2024
The spacecraft has resumed gathering information about interstellar space. NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is conducting normal science operations for the first time following a technical issue th ... more
TECH SPACE
Kyocera Installs Fine Cordierite Ceramic Mirror on ISS for Optical Communications
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 18, 2024
Kyocera Corporation (President: Hideo Tanimoto, hereinafter: Kyocera) announced that its "Fine Cordierite" ceramic mirror has been chosen for use in experimental equipment to conduct optical communi ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
NASA Transitions Hubble to One-Gyro Mode for Continued Science Operations
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 18, 2024
NASA successfully transitioned operations for the agency's Hubble Space Telescope to an alternate operating mode that uses one gyro, returning the spacecraft to daily science operations Friday. The ... more
TECH SPACE
LIST launches nanosatellite to demonstrate energy harvesting in space
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 18, 2024
The Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) has launched its CubeSat project, LIST-SAT-01, marking the first Luxembourgish nanosatellite initiative with an in-house scientific experime ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Kayhan Space Launches Comprehensive Spaceflight Intelligence Platform
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 17, 2024
Kayhan Space has launched Satcat.com, a spaceflight intelligence exchange that aggregates historical and real-time data for objects and events in Earth's orbit. Satcat is designed for a wide range o ... more
VSAT NEWS
Ovzon Introduces New Mobile Satellite Terminals
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 17, 2024
Ovzon has announced the launch of two new mobile satellite terminals, the Ovzon P20 and Ovzon P30. These ruggedized parabolic broadband terminals are designed for use in land, maritime, and airborne ... more
TECH SPACE
Mitsubishi Electric to Ship GaN MMIC Power Amplifier Samples for Ka-band SATCOM
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 17, 2024
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today that it will begin shipping samples of 8W and 14W gallium nitride (GaN) monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) power amplifiers ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Pair Plasmas Generated in Laboratory Setting
Rochester NY (SPX) Jun 17, 2024
Black holes and neutron stars are among the densest known objects in the universe. Within and around these environments exist plasmas, the fourth state of matter alongside solids, liquids, and gases ... more
EXO WORLDS
Watery Planets Orbiting Dead Stars Could Be Good Candidates for Life Study
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 17, 2024
The small footprint and dim light of white dwarfs, remnants of stars that have burned through their fuel, may make excellent backdrops for studying planets with enough water to harbor life. Th ... more
EXO WORLDS
Discovery of Four Mini-Neptunes Around Red Dwarfs
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 17, 2024
A study has identified mini-Neptunes orbiting four red dwarfs using data from a global network of ground-based telescopes and the TESS space telescope. These four mini-Neptunes are close to their pa ... more
TECH SPACE
7 Essential Tools for Diagnosing and Resolving Dirty Power Issues
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 17, 2024
Many people and businesses encounter challenges related to power. These include disturbances such as sudden voltage changes, surges, dips, fluctuations, and unwanted harmonics that can disrupt equip ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
NASA delays return of Starliner astronauts from space station
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 14, 2024
Starliner's return to Earth is now delayed to June 22 or later, NASA announced Friday. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
NASA cancels ISS spacewalk after 'spacesuit discomfort'
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 13, 2024
NASA called off a spacewalk Thursday morning at the International Space Station because of an issue with one of the space suits, officials said. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
NASA says 'emergency' audio from ISS was simulation exercise
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 13, 2024
NASA said that audio indicating distress over a sick crew member on the International Space Station Wednesday was part of a simulation exercise. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Frenchman found dead at Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome
Almaty, Kazakhstan (AFP) June 13, 2024
A Frenchman has died apparently of dehydration after illegally entering the territory of Russia's Baikonur space base in Kazakhstan for "extreme" tourism, officials said this week. ... more
AEROSPACE
Montana ballooning project confirms hypothesis about eclipse effects on atmosphere
Bozeman MT (SPX) Jun 13, 2024
A Montana State University researcher has announced the first confirmed detection of eclipse-induced gravity waves in Earth's stratosphere in data collected by students participating in an MSU-led n ... more
EXO WORLDS
Laser tests reveal new insights into key mineral for super-Earths
Baltimore MD (SPX) Jun 13, 2024
Scientists have for the first time observed how atoms in magnesium oxide morph and melt under ultra-harsh conditions, providing new insights into this key mineral within Earth's mantle that is known ... more
ABOUT US
Just thinking about a location activates mental maps in the brain
Boston MA (SPX) Jun 13, 2024
As you travel your usual route to work or the grocery store, your brain engages cognitive maps stored in your hippocampus and entorhinal cortex. These maps store information about paths you have tak ... more
EXO WORLDS
NASA and ESA explore habitability of exoplanets with Chandra and XMM-Newton
Boston MA (SPX) Jun 13, 2024
Astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton are investigating nearby stars to determine if they could host habitable exoplanets. This research will aid future telescopes ... more
SPACEMART
Satellite megaconstellations could impact ozone hole recovery
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 13, 2024
When old satellites fall into Earth's atmosphere and burn up, they leave behind tiny particles of aluminum oxide, which eat away at Earth's protective ozone layer. A new study finds these oxides hav ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Ariane 6 to launch RAMI Deployer for interplanetary missions
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 13, 2024
Europe's newest rocket, Ariane 6, is set to launch soon, carrying multiple space missions. This flight will demonstrate the rocket's ability to launch various payloads, including new satellites for ... more
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