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  Lagos, Nigeria (SPX) Aug 25, 2020 Space in Africa, the authority on news, data, and market analysis for the African space industry has released the 2020 Edition of the African Space Industry Annual Report. The report builds on the 2019 industry report which reported the industry is over USD 7 billion of annual revenues and is projected to grow at a 7.3% compound annual growth rate to exceed USD 10 billion by 2024. 2019 was the best year in the history of the African space industry with over USD 717 million spent on satellite projects. U ... read more |
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NASA engineers checking InSight's weather sensorsPasadena CA (JPL) Aug 25, 2020 Weather sensors aboard NASA's InSight Mars lander stopped providing data on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020, a result of an issue affecting the sensor suite's electronics. Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion L ... more 
SES picks SpaceX to launch four additional O3b mPower satellitesLuxembourg (SPX) Aug 25, 2020 SES has selected SpaceX as a launch partner to deliver the four newly-ordered O3b mPOWER spacecraft of its next-generation Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) communications system. Just like the initial seven ... more  
China launches new optical remote-sensing satelliteChangsha, China (SPX) Aug 25, 2020 China has successfully launched a new optical remote-sensing satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 10:27 am (Beijing Time) Sunday Aug 23, 2020. The satellite ... more  
IBCS engages advanced tactical ballistic missile and cruise missile during rigorous testHuntsville AL (SPX) Aug 24, 2020 The U.S. Army successfully intercepted a high-performance, high-speed tactical ballistic missile (TBM) target and a cruise missile target during a flight test using the Northrop Grumman Corporation ... more |
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Safety of SpaceX suits an 'open question' says Russian designerMoscow (Sputnik) Aug 25, 2020 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft lifted off on 30 May 2020, marking the first US space launch in a decade since the suspension of the Space Shuttle Program. The ... more  
NASA takes delivery of GE jet engine for X-59Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Aug 24, 2020 Mark the big one-of-a-kind engine, designed and built just for NASA, as delivered. Nearly 13 feet long, three feet in diameter, and packing 22,000 pounds of afterburner enhanced jet propulsion ... more 
NOAA selects Orbit Logic for enterprise schedulingGreenbelt, MD (SPX) Aug 25, 2020 Under a recent contract award, Orbit Logic will provide the enterprise scheduling solution for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ground stations and satellites. NOAA has named t ... more  
Tianqin-2 to test key technologies for next-gen gravity satellitesGuangzhou, China (XNA) Aug 25, 2020 Scientists are currently working on the launch of the Tianqin-2 satellite to test key technologies for space-based gravitational wave detection. These include the main technologies for use in next-g ... more  
Study reveals the causes of sea level rise since 1900Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 24, 2020 To make better predictions about the future impacts of sea level rise, new techniques are being developed to fill gaps in the historic record of sea level measurements. We know the factors that play ... more |
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 New data product warns Alaska pilots of clouds, dangerously cold weather 
Observation satellite starts formal dutiesBeijing (XNA) Aug 25, 2020 China's best optical Earth-observation satellite for civil use has finished its in-orbit tests and started formal operation on Thursday. At a handover ceremony at the China National Space Admi ... more  |
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Rogue planets could outnumber the starsColumbus OH (SPX) Aug 24, 2020 An upcoming NASA mission could find that there are more rogue planets - planets that float in space without orbiting a sun - than there are stars in the Milky Way, a new study theorizes. "This ... more  
Large shift on Europa was last event to fracture its surfaceHouston TX (SPX) Aug 24, 2020 Europa's outer icy shell has completely reoriented itself in one of the last geologic events recorded on its young surface. Europa's poles are not where they used to be. Cracks in the surface of Jup ... more  
NASA perseveres through pandemic, looks ahead in 2020, 2021Washington DC (SPX) Aug 24, 2020 With 2020 more than half way through, NASA is gearing up for a busy rest of the year and 2021. Following the recent successful launch of a Mars rover and safely bringing home astronauts from l ... more 
ISS crew moved to Russian segment for 3 days to search for air leakMoscow (Sputnik) Aug 24, 2020 The current 63rd ISS crew includes Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Wagner and US astronaut Christopher Cassidy. "Closing hatches on the American segment and closing the hatch bet ... more  
Follow Perseverance in real time on its way to MarsPasadena CA (JPL) Aug 24, 2020 The last time we saw NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission was on July 30, 2020, as it disappeared into the black of deep space on a trajectory for Mars. But with NASA's Eyes on the Solar Syst ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 25, 2020 
Russian cosmonaut Ivan Wagner recently noted that the crew has everything it needs and can engage in physical training and Earth observation experiments.
As the current crew of the International Space Station has been forced to isolate themselves in the Russian segment of the orbital facility due to a suspected air leak in one of the US modules, Russian cosmonaut Ivan Wagner has shared de ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 25, 2020 
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft lifted off on 30 May 2020, marking the first US space launch in a decade since the suspension of the Space Shuttle Program. The mission ferried NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley to the International Space Station (ISS).
SpaceX's Crew Dragon space suits are impressively designed, but their safety level re ... more |
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 Austin TX (SPX) Aug 20, 2020 
A new study from The University of Texas at Austin is helping scientists piece together the ancient climate of Mars by revealing how much rainfall and snowmelt filled its lake beds and river valleys 3.5 billion to 4 billion years ago.
The study, published in Geology, represents the first time that researchers have quantified the precipitation that must have been present across the planet, ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Aug 24, 2020 
China's Mars probe Tianwen-1 has traveled more than 8 million km away from Earth and is functioning normally, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administration Thursday.
As of 11:20 pm Wednesday, the Mars probe has traveled 8.23 million km away from Earth. Starting from 10:20 pm Wednesday, multiple payloads on the Mars probe, including M ... more |
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 Chennai, India (SPX) Aug 24, 2020 
The government's decision to ban import of communication satellites throws up huge opportunity for private players, said K. Sivan, Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Secretary, Department of Space.
Speaking at the webinar on 'Unlocking India's Potential in Space Sector' on Thursday, Sivan said the decision throws up a huge opportunity for private players, ISRO and Ne ... more |
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 Greenbelt, MD (SPX) Aug 25, 2020 
Under a recent contract award, Orbit Logic will provide the enterprise scheduling solution for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ground stations and satellites. NOAA has named the new system to be provided by Orbit Logic the Enterprise Automated Scheduling Implementation (EASI) planning system. The EASI system aims to be just that - easy.
The Office of Satellite and Pr ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 24, 2020 
During a 2012 expedition to Antarctica, a team of Japanese and Belgian researchers picked up a small rock that appeared coal black against the snow white. Now known as meteorite Asuka 12236, it was roughly the size of a golf ball.
Despite its modest size, this rock from space was a colossal find. As it turns out, Asuka 12236 is one of the best-preserved meteorites of its kind ever discover ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Aug 24, 2020 
Europa's outer icy shell has completely reoriented itself in one of the last geologic events recorded on its young surface. Europa's poles are not where they used to be. Cracks in the surface of Jupiter's icy moon indicate its shell of ice rotated by 70 degrees sometime in the last several million years. In addition to supporting prior evidence for the existence of a subsurface ocean, it also me ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 24, 2020 
To make better predictions about the future impacts of sea level rise, new techniques are being developed to fill gaps in the historic record of sea level measurements. We know the factors that play a role in sea level rise: Melting glaciers and ice sheets add water to the seas, and warmer temperatures cause water to expand. Other factors are known to slow the rise, such as dams impounding water ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Aug 18, 2020 
Global acceptance and application of China's Beidou Navigation Satellite System will gather momentum on the back of further integration with telecom technologies like 5G and the internet of things, company executives and experts said.
Their comments came after Beidou started offering full-scale global services on July 31. More importantly, navigation technologies are increasingly intertwin ... more |
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 20, 2020 
As NASA's Orion spacecraft approaches the Moon on the Artemis III mission to put the first woman and next man on the lunar surface, the crew will get a glimpse through the spacecraft's windows.
The first element machined for the Artemis III Orion crew module - a cone panel with openings for windows which will provide that spectacular view - was designed by Orion's lead contractor, Lockheed ... more |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Aug 24, 2020  NASA Hubble Space Telescope images of comet NEOWISE, taken on Aug. 8, zero in on the visitor's coma, the gossamer shell of gas and dust that surrounds its nucleus as it is heated by the Sun. This is the first time Hubble has photographed a comet of this brightness at such resolution after this close of a pass by the Sun.
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 Beijing (XNA) Aug 25, 2020 
China's best optical Earth-observation satellite for civil use has finished its in-orbit tests and started formal operation on Thursday.
At a handover ceremony at the China National Space Administration on Thursday morning, designers of the Gaofen 7 announced that the satellite had begun serving its major users-the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Deve ... more |
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 Nagoya, Japan (SPX) Aug 24, 2020 
Solar flares emit sudden, strong bursts of electromagnetic radiation from the Sun's surface and its atmosphere, and eject plasma and energetic particles into inter-planetary space. Since large solar flares can cause severe space weather disturbances affecting Earth, to mitigate their impact their occurrence needs to be predicted. However, as the onset mechanism of solar flares is unclear, most f ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 25, 2020 
Testing teams have successfully completed a critical milestone focused on demonstrating that NASA's James Webb Space Telescope will respond to commands once in space.
Known as a "Ground Segment Test," this is the first time commands to power on and test Webb's scientific instruments have been sent to the fully-assembled observatory from its Mission Operations Center at the Space Telescope ... more |
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 Wurzburg, Germany (SPX) Aug 24, 2020 
Black holes are at the center of almost all galaxies that have been studied so far. They have an unimaginably large mass and therefore attract matter, gas and even light. But they can also emit matter in the form of plasma jets - a kind of plasma beam that is ejected from the centre of the galaxy with tremendous energy. A plasma jet can extend several hundred thousand light years far into space. ... more |
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