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SpaceX to launch SpaceLogistics Mission Extension Pod for Optus satellite![]() ![]() Dulles VA (SPX) Feb 23, 2022 Northrop Grumman Corporation's SpaceLogistics has announced a launch agreement for its Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) spacecraft, and the sale of its first Mission Extension Pod (MEP). Under the launch agreement, SpaceX will provide launch services for a planned spring 2024 launch of the MRV and several MEPs. Optus, Australia's largest satellite owner and operator, recently completed a purchase agreement with SpaceLogistics for installation of one of the MEPs on its D3 satellite in 2025. "Our cont ... read more |
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![]() Washington DC (UPI) Feb 21, 2021 A mixup among leading astronomers about a rocket that will crash into the moon on March 4 has led to calls for better debris tracking of Deep Space manufactured objects. ... more ![]() ![]() Edinburgh, Scotland (SPX) Feb 23, 2022 A specialist working group of the industry-led group Space Scotland is contributing to the development of a sustainable space sector by collaborating on a roadmap that will focus on environmental is ... more ![]() ![]() Austin TX (SPX) Feb 23, 2022 Permafrost - ground that has been permanently frozen for two or more years - makes up a large part of the Earth, around 15% of the Northern Hemisphere. Permafrost is important for our climate, conta ... more ![]() ![]() Quebec City, Canada (SPX) Feb 17, 2022 ABB has been awarded a contract worth around $30 million by the Canadian data and analytics company EarthDaily Analytics Corp. (EDA) to develop and manufacture next-generation multispectral imaging ... more |
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![]() Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Feb 21, 2022 Researchers led by Sergey Lobanov from the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences have developed a new method to measure the density of silicon dioxide (SiO2) glass, one of the most important ma ... more ![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 23, 2022 MSL planning was met with beautiful images of our path ahead, like this one. We ended up planning to look at many of these rocks with our science instruments before driving on. This is a busy plan, ... more ![]() ![]() Beijing (AFP) Feb 21, 2022 China on Monday denied responsibility for a rocket set to slam into the Moon, after experts said the piece of space junk likely came from Beijing's lunar exploration programme. ... more ![]() ![]() Lisbon, Portugal (SPX) Feb 23, 2022 Despite being close to Earth and having nearly the same size, Venus is another world. Underneath its thick mantle of acid sulfuric clouds, at the surface 460 degrees Celsius are the rule. This tempe ... more |
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![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 23, 2022 Newspapers around the world printed the discovery on their front pages: Astronomers had found that a red dwarf star called TRAPPIST-1 was home to a close-knit family of seven Earth-size planets. NAS ... more ![]() ![]() Canberra, Canada (SPX) Feb 23, 2022 Our galaxy is a giant 'smoothie' of blended stars and gas but a new study tells us where the components came from. In its early days, the Milky Way was like a giant smoothie, as if galaxies consisti ... more ![]() ![]() Washington DC (UPI) Feb 21, 2021 SpaceX successfully launched 46 of the company's own Starlink broadband Internet communications satellites from Florida on Monday. ... more ![]() ![]() Singapore (SPX) Feb 15, 2022 Kacific Broadband Satellites and Farmer Charlie will bring affordable satellite-powered agricultural information and expertise to farmers in remote and isolated places across South East Asia and the ... more |
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![]() Washington DC (SPX) Feb 21, 2022 NOAA's GOES-T, the third in the GOES-R Series of advanced weather observing and environmental monitoring satellites, arrived in Florida on November 10, 2021, to begin final preparations for launch. ... more ![]() ![]() Livermore CA (SPX) Feb 15, 2022 Earth's supply of water is incredibly important for its ability to sustain life, but where did that water come from? Was it present when Earth formed or was it delivered later by meteorites or comet ... more ![]() ![]() Raleigh NC (SPX) Feb 15, 2022 Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed an automated technique that uses satellite imagery to determine when swine waste lagoons were constructed, allowing researchers to deter ... more ![]() ![]() Beijing (XNA) Feb 15, 2022 A Chinese remote-sensing satellite started to take pictures in its orbit, scientists in charge of the satellite said Friday. China launched a Long March-4C rocket to place the L-SAR 01A satell ... more ![]() ![]() Antwerp, Belgium (SPX) Feb 21, 2022 A new study published in Frontiers in Neural Circuits is the first to analyze the structural connectivity changes that happen in the brain after long-duration spaceflight. The results show significa ... more |
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Coca-Cola launching new Starlight drink 'inspired by space' Washington DC (UPI) Feb 18, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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SpaceX successfully launches 46 Starlink satellites from Florida Washington DC (UPI) Feb 21, 2021 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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NASA's Perseverance celebrates first year on Mars by learning to run Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 20, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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China to make 6 human spaceflights, rocket's maiden flight in 2022: blue book Beijing (XNA) Feb 11, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Scottish Space Sector Charts Path to a Sustainable Future Edinburgh, Scotland (SPX) Feb 23, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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SpaceX to launch SpaceLogistics Mission Extension Pod for Optus satellite Dulles VA (SPX) Feb 23, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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'Tatooine-like' exoplanet spotted by ground-based telescope Birmingham UK (SPX) Feb 23, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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New Horizons team puts names to the places on Arrokoth Laurel MD (SPX) Feb 15, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Where on Earth did the water come from Livermore CA (SPX) Feb 15, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Northrop Grumman equips US Marines with Next Generation Handheld Targeting Device Apopka FL (SPX) Feb 23, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Getting ready for lunar orbit Turin, Italy (SPX) Feb 21, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Fingerprinting minerals to better understand how they are affected by meteorite collisions Menlo Park CA (SPX) Feb 21, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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China's land-observing satellite starts to take pictures Beijing (XNA) Feb 15, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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NASA rocket team to chase pulsating aurora Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 23, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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What ingredients went into the galactic blender to create the Milky Way Canberra, Canada (SPX) Feb 23, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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JILA atomic clocks measure Einstein's general relativity at millimeter scale Washington DC (SPX) Feb 17, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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