Another batch of Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband satellites has taken flight this morning (Sept. 25). A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket topped with 27 Project Kuiper craft lifted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today, at 8:09 a.m. EDT (1209 GMT). Image 1 of 2 A ULA Atlas V rocket launched another batch of Amazon’s Project …
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A cluster of space weather satellites blasted off Wednesday morning to cast fresh eyes on solar storms that can produce stunning auroras but also scramble communications and threaten astronauts in flight. The three satellites soared from Kennedy Space Center shortly after sunrise on the same SpaceX rocket. They aimed for a sun-orbiting lookout 1 million miles …
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File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update Sept. 25, 4 a.m. EDT (0800 UTC): SpaceX landed its booster on the droneship. SpaceX was back at the launch pad Thursday morning, launching its 86th Starlink mission of the year so far. The Starlink 10-15 …
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SpaceX launched another batch of spy satellites for the U.S. government today (Sept. 22). A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from California’s foggy Vandenberg Space Force Base today (Sept. 22) at 1:38 p.m. EDT (1738 GMT; 10:38 a.m. local California time), on a mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). That flight, called NROL-48, is the 11th dedicated to …
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NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Space Development Agency (SDA) is gearing up for its second launch of satellites for the Transport Layer Tranche 1 program. SDA is building out a low Earth orbit (LEO) mesh network for global military communications and missile defense. Gurpartap “GP” Sandhoo, acting director of SDA, confirmed Sept. 22 that 21 satellites built by Lockheed Martin …
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A massive earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula in late July triggered a tsunami that rippled across the Pacific — and NASA’s experimental detection system tracked the event in real-time by monitoring the atmosphere above. NASA’s GUARDIAN (GNSS Upper Atmospheric Real-time Disaster Information and Alert Network) taps into signals from global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), like GPS. When a tsunami forms, …
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SpaceX launched its 119th Falcon 9 mission of the year today (Sept. 21), sending another batch of its Starlink internet satellites aloft from Florida’s Space Coast. A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 28 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today at 6:53 a.m. EDT (1053 GMT). The Falcon 9’s first stage came back to Earth as …
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IN A NUTSHELL 🛰️ Researchers at Tohoku University reveal a revolutionary propulsion system to address the space debris problem. 💡 The system employs bidirectional plasma ejection to stabilize satellites while removing debris. 🔬 New technology can run on affordable argon, enhancing its practicality for widespread use. 🌌 This innovation aims to prevent the Kessler syndrome, ensuring the sustainability of space …
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