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- NASA Administrator to Visit, Engage Officials in Romania, Bulgaria NASA · 15 Oct 2024 Continuing his efforts to deepen international collaboration and promote the peaceful use of space, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will travel to Romania and Bulgaria, beginning Thursday, Oct. 17. Both countries have sig...
- Starship IFT-5 Launches With a Catch Space Scout · 15 Oct 2024 At 7:25 AM CDT on October 13th, 2024, the fifth Integrated Flight Test (IFT-5) of SpaceX’s Starship-Super Heavy launch vehicle lifted itself from its Orbital Launch Mount at Starbase, Texas.
- OroraTech Secures €25M Series B to Expand Wildfire Monitoring Service European Spaceflight · 15 Oct 2024 Munich-based startup OroraTech has closed a €25 million Series B funding round that it will utilize to expand its wildfire monitoring service into new markets. OroraTech was founded in 2018 with the aim of developing an...
- Lunar Pathfinder for lunar connection ESA · 15 Oct 2024 Artist's impression of Lunar Pathfinder
- Eclipse Megamovie Coding Competition NASA · 15 Oct 2024 Making the most of a solar eclipse demands attention to detail. Do you have what it takes? NASA’s Eclipse Megamovie project launched a new coding competition, and they need your help to organize images from the April 8,...
- IAC 2024 - Day 2 ESA · 15 Oct 2024
- Revealing the Hidden Universe with Full-shell X-ray Optics at NASA MSFC NASA · 15 Oct 2024 The study of X-ray emission from astronomical objects reveals secrets about the Universe at the largest and smallest spatial scales. Celestial X-rays are produced by black holes consuming nearby stars, emitted by the mil...
- How countries can increase their participation in the global space economy SpaceNews · 15 Oct 2024 The question we’re most often asked by government and industry executives in our overseas travels is “How do we increase our participation in space activities?” With over 100 countries already
- Ciseres: AI-powered satellites for rapid disaster response ESA · 15 Oct 2024 This week, at the International Aeronautics Congress in Milan, ESA officially kicked off a new project called Ciseres, a small satellite mission designed to significantly improve crisis response times using artificial in...
- Building Vega-C flight VV25 on its launch pad ESA · 15 Oct 2024 Lowering Zefiro-40 stage for Vega-C flight VV25 in the launch tower
- ESA's Moonlight programme: Pioneering the path for lunar exploration ESA · 15 Oct 2024 Imagine a near future where services such as satellite navigation, video conferencing, and file sharing are as seamless on the Moon as they are on Earth.
- Revolutionising crisis response in Europe with Safeplace ESA · 15 Oct 2024 In an era where natural disasters and emergencies are becoming increasingly frequent and severe, ESA is taking a significant step forward in enhancing Europe's crisis management capabilities.
- Contract secures build for ESA’s Harmony mission ESA · 15 Oct 2024 ESA has awarded a contract valued at over €280 million to OHB in Germany to build ESA’s two Harmony Earth Explorer satellites.
- EarthDaily buys analytics specialist amid imagery constellation deployment delay SpaceNews · 15 Oct 2024 Antarctica Capital has sold geospatial analytics provider Descartes Labs to EarthDaily Analytics, a company the private equity firm also owns, which has delayed its optical imagery constellation by two years to improve a...
- OroraTech raises 25 million euros for satellite wildfire detection system SpaceNews · 15 Oct 2024 OroraTech has raised 25 million euros ($27.3 million) to build the next phase of a satellite constellation for monitoring wildfires and to expand its business.
- Comet C/2023 A3 brightens SOHO’s week ESA · 15 Oct 2024 From 7 until 13 October 2024, ESA/NASA’s SOHO spacecraft recorded Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS), the second brightest comet it has ever seen. Meanwhile, large amounts of material were being spewed out by the Sun (c...
- Vulcan SRB anomaly still under investigation SpaceNews · 15 Oct 2024 The loss of a solid rocket booster nozzle on the second flight of the Vulcan Centaur had very little effect on the launch itself, but the impact of the incident on the vehicle’s certification by the Space Force remains u...
- Thales to Supersize Europe’s Gateway Contribution with €164M Contract European Spaceflight · 15 Oct 2024 Thales Alenia Space has been awarded a €164 million ESA contract amendment to build a larger than originally planned ESPRIT module for NASA’s lunar Gateway space station. Europe’s contributions to Gateway were formalized...
- SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB Spaceflight Now · 15 Oct 2024 The mission was the second Falcon 9 launch of the day for SpaceX. Liftoff occurred at 1:21 a.m. PDT (4:21 a.m. EDT, 0821 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
- SpaceX notches 100th launch of 2024 with Starlink mission on Falcon 9 rocket Spaceflight Now · 15 Oct 2024 The mission also broke SpaceX's record number of orbital launches achieved in 2023. Liftoff happened at 2:10 a.m. EDT (0610 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
- OpenET: Balancing Water Supply and Demand in the West NASA · 14 Oct 2024 At the end of 2022, 65 percent of the Western United States was in severe drought, the result of a two decades long mega drought in the Colorado River Basin that had captured headlines around the world. However, it was f...
- Launch Roundup: Europa Clipper launches, Starlink launches return NASASpaceflight · 14 Oct 2024 The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) recent decision to clear SpaceX’s Falcon 9 for a return to all flights paved the way for a busy week of launches. Before Falcon 9 returned to flying regular Starlink missions,...
- U.S. Army wraps up commercial satcom pilot program SpaceNews · 14 Oct 2024 Intelsat executive says pilot program shows benefits of outsourcing satcom, but defense procurement may be slow to shift
- Europa Clipper On its Way SpacePolicyOnline.com · 14 Oct 2024 The Europa Clipper spacecraft is on its way to Jupiter. After an on-time liftoff, it separated from the rocket, began transmitting back to Earth, and unfolded its huge solar arrays. ...
- Falcon Heavy launches NASA’s Europa Clipper mission SpaceNews · 14 Oct 2024 A long-awaited mission to study if an icy moon of Jupiter could harbor life is on its way after a launch on a Falcon Heavy rocket Oct. 14.
- Who’s in charge of preventing and responding to cyberattacks? SpaceNews · 14 Oct 2024 MILAN – It’s not always clear which government agency is responsible for defending satellites against cyberattacks. Research focused on France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States revealed
- Liftoff! NASA’s Europa Clipper Sails Toward Ocean Moon of Jupiter NASA · 14 Oct 2024 NASA’s Europa Clipper has embarked on its long voyage to Jupiter, where it will investigate Europa, a moon with an enormous subsurface ocean that may have conditions to support life. The spacecraft launched at 12:06 p.m....
- Gateway refuelling module gets a boost ESA · 14 Oct 2024 ESA and Thales Alenia Space have signed a contract amendment today at the International Astronautical Congress in Milan to extend the Lunar View refuelling module for the lunar Gateway.
- Liftoff! NASA’s Europa Clipper Sails Toward Ocean Moon of Jupiter Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 14 Oct 2024 The massive spacecraft heads for Europa to search for signs of whether the ocean thought to exist beneath the moon’s icy shell could support life.
- Xichang to build commercial spaceport to boost China’s launch capacity SpaceNews · 14 Oct 2024 MILAN — China’s inland Xichang launch center is set to build a commercial spaceport, aiming to enhance the country’s access to space. Liangshan Prefecture, in which Xichang Satellite Launch Center
- The expanding battlefield: Army’s push into space warfare SpaceNews · 14 Oct 2024 As the boundaries of warfare continue to extend beyond traditional battlegrounds, the U.S. Army is making strides into the space domain. With satellite capabilities now vital to military operations, the
- France and Germany join U.S.-led space defense coalition SpaceNews · 14 Oct 2024 France and Germany are now official members of Operation Olympic Defender
- D-Orbit Wins €119M ESA Contract for Satellite Life Extension Mission European Spaceflight · 14 Oct 2024 The European Space Agency has awarded D-Orbit a €119.6 million contract to conduct the agency’s first satellite life extension mission. ESA and D-Orbit signed the contract on 14 October, during the first day of the Inter...
- Future-proof, reliable, and secure avionics for human space flight, space transportation, and related applications SpaceNews · 14 Oct 2024 Space exploration is no longer a prerogative of national space agencies, it is becoming more commercialized, with U.S. and international companies working together on key programs like NASA Artemis, commercial
- Zero Debris Charter goes intercontinental ESA · 14 Oct 2024 Zero Debris Charter goes intercontinental
- Navigation tech for the future of mobility ESA · 14 Oct 2024 Where would we be without our GNSS-enabled car navigation systems or navigation apps on our smartphone? Space technology, particularly global navigation satellite systems like the European Galileo, is the backbone of tod...
- How to prevent space collisions: the challenging journey of satellite deployments SpaceNews · 14 Oct 2024 The rapid expansion of satellite networks is one of the most exciting developments of our time, bringing high-speed internet and advanced communication capabilities to even the most remote corners of
- ESA to build first in-orbit servicing mission with D-Orbit ESA · 14 Oct 2024 ESA has taken another important step on the road towards sustainability in space with its first in-orbit servicing mission RISE. A €119 million contract was signed with D-Orbit as the co-funding prime contractor.
- NASA, SpaceX launch historic Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter NASASpaceflight · 14 Oct 2024 NASA and SpaceX have launched NASA’s Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. Falcon Heavy launched during an instantaneous launch window on Monday, Oct. 14, at 12:05 PM EDT...
- Europe lifts off from its launcher crisis SpaceNews · 14 Oct 2024 For the European space industry, the deafening rumble of the ascending rocket was a sigh of relief. On the afternoon of July 9, an Ariane 6 lifted off on a