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Amazon’s first internet satellite launch was a success
9Oct By adminNo Comments
Technology

Amazon’s first internet satellite launch was a success

Amazon's first satellite launch was a success, according to United Launch Alliance. The aerospace manufacturer's Atlas V rocket took the first two Project Kuiper satellites to low Earth orbit on Friday. The mission, which is named Protoflight, lifted off at 2:06PM ET from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.Amazon has been working on Project Kuiper, its Starlink-esque internet satellite initiative, for quite some time. It previously planned to launch the prototypes by the end of last year.The company sees Protoflight as a key learning opportunity, giving it the chance to record real-world (or, more accurately, offworld) data from space and add that to findings from lab and field testing. Amazon expects to gain more insight into how the network will perform across ground and spac...
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NASA’s Kathy Sullivan and advances in orbital personal hygiene
8Oct By adminNo Comments
Technology

NASA’s Kathy Sullivan and advances in orbital personal hygiene

For the first couple decades of its existence, NASA was the epitome of an Old Boys Club; its astronaut ranks pulled exclusively from the Armed Services' test pilot programs which, at that time, were exclusively staffed by men. Glass ceilings weren't the only things broken when Sally Ride, Judy Resnik, Kathy Sullivan, Anna Fisher, Margaret "Rhea" Seddon and Shannon Lucid were admitted to the program in 1978 — numerous spaceflight systems had to be reassessed to accommodate a more diverse workforce. In The Six: The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts, journalist Loren Grush chronicles the numerous trials and challenges these women faced — from institutional sexism to enduring survival training to navigating the personal pressures that the public life of an astronaut entails — i...
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NASA will reveal what OSIRIS-REx brought back from asteroid Bennu on Wednesday
7Oct By adminNo Comments
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NASA will reveal what OSIRIS-REx brought back from asteroid Bennu on Wednesday

NASA will give the public a look at the asteroid sample brought back to Earth by its OSIRIS-REx spacecraft next week. A of the reveal is set for 11 AM ET on Wednesday, October 11. The capsule containing rocks and dust taken from the surface of the near-Earth asteroid “Bennu” touched down at a Department of Defense training site in the Utah desert on September 24, and scientists have since been at work making their initial analyses.In four days, we will be revealing the sample from asteroid Bennu collected from the #OsirisRex mission. Tune in to our live broadcast starting at 11 am ET on Wednesday, Oct. 11. pic.twitter.com/pqZhDie3HK— NASA's Johnson Space Center (@NASA_Johnson) October 6, 2023OSIRIS-REx back in 2020 and spent the subsequent year-and-a-half observing the asteroid from abo...
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One of the brightest objects in the night sky is a human-made satellite
2Oct By adminNo Comments
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One of the brightest objects in the night sky is a human-made satellite

A prototype satellite has become one of the brightest objects in the night sky, and it may soon be accompanied by dozens more. An tracking the BlueWalker 3 satellite, launched in September 2022 by AST SpaceMobile, found that it is at times brighter than all but a handful of stars and planets that can be seen from Earth. The findings published in the journal Nature highlight a fast-escalating concern among astronomers, who have warned that the influx of private space ventures in low-Earth orbit could alter our view of the night sky and interfere with research.Researchers with the International Astronomical Union’s Center for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky from Satellite Constellation Interference (CPS) observed BlueWalker 3 over the course of 130 days. BlueWalker 3’s antenna arr...
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ideaForge, GalaxEye ink pact for foliage penetration radar tech
26Sep By adminNo Comments
Business

ideaForge, GalaxEye ink pact for foliage penetration radar tech

BENGALURU: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) manufacturing firm ideaForge and space tech startup GalaxEye have signed an MoU to jointly develop a pioneering UAV FOPEN (Foliage Penetration) radar customised for security forces for enhanced aerial surveillance and mapping capabilities. The proposed solution aims to address the unique demands of the operations that involve penetrating dense foliage, ensuring seamless monitoring while overcoming obstructions. This has been one of the requirements of the security forces to see under foliage and through fog.Under this collaboration, ideaForge will contribute its expertise in UAV technology, blending it with GalaxEye’s Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) technology. Additionally, GalaxEye will provide technical support in optimising the integrated soluti...
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