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Daily Telescope: The Cygnus Wall lights up the night sky
Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light, a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We’ll let other publications offer you a daily horoscope. At Ars Technica, we’re going to take a different route, finding inspiration from very real images of a…
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Mynaric Selected for Phase 2 of DARPA Space-BACN Program
Mynaric will participate in Phase 2 of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Space-BACN program, the company announced Tuesday. Mynaric previously participated in Phase 0 and Phase 1 of the program. Space-BACN is a U.S. Department of Defense program to foster interoperable technologies that can enable seamless communication between government and commercial Low-Earth Orbit…
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John Deere Selects Starlink for Agriculture Connectivity Solution
John Deere selected SpaceX’s Starlink for its agricultural connectivity solution, the company announced Tuesday, after a long RFP process with the satellite industry. The satcom solution will connect both new and existing machines through satellite internet service and terminals. The company said Jan. 16 that John Deere dealers will install a ruggedized Starlink terminal on…
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Sateliot Secures €6M Funding from Banco Santander for NanoSat Constellation Expansion
Sateliot, the company launching the first constellation of low-earth orbit (LEO) nanosatellites providing 5G coverage for IoT (Internet of Things), has secured €6 million in funding from Banco Santander. This financial backing from Banco Santander will enable Sateliot to accelerate the development of its technology and the deployment of its satellite constellation. In 2024, the…
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Elon Musk’s recent all-hands meeting at SpaceX was full of interesting news
Last year was unquestionably the best year in SpaceX’s history, CEO Elon Musk told his employees during an all-hands meeting in South Texas last week. There were 96 flights of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets, plus the first two test flights of the enormous new Starship rocket. In 2024, SpaceX said it aims…
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ISRO Verifies XPoSat’s Payload Performance with Cassiopeia A Supernova Observation
The XSPECT payload on ISRO’s XPoSat, India’s first X-ray polarimetric mission launched on January 1, 2024, captured its first light from the Cassiopeia A (Cas A) supernova remnant. XPoSat carries two co-aligned instruments, POLarimeter Instrument in X-rays (POLIX) and X-ray SPECtroscopy and Timing (XSPECT), aimed at unraveling the mysteries of cosmic X-ray sources. While the…
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This Week in Launch: Axiom-3 launch week is upon us
This week’s launches: January 17 (Wednesday) CASC Long March 7 Tianzhou 7, 9:20 A.M. ET LC-201, Wenchang Space Launch Site, China SpaceX Falcon 9 Axiom-3, 5:11 P.M. ET LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink Group 7-11 SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California January 18 (Thursday) Rocket Lab Electron Four Of A Kind,…
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Lockheed Martin’s SmartSat Equipped Satellite Uploads New Mission While On-Orbit
Much like driving a new car out of the lot, satellites that are launched into space see their onboard systems begin aging once they are just three inches off the ground. Once a satellite is on-orbit, or reached its target position in space, its operators work within the mission-defined parameters incorporated during the spacecraft’s production…
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What is the difference between aerial and satellite imagery?
What is the difference between an aerial photo and a satellite image? Aerial photos and satellite imagery are two types of remote sensing data with different characteristics, advantages, and limitations. Aerial photos are captured at relatively low altitudes and offer higher spatial resolution than satellite imagery, which can provide global coverage and regular revisits to…
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JAXA Initiates Landing Preparation Phase for Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM)
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has confirmed that the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) is ready to begin preparations for landing descent, based on operational results since insertion into lunar orbit and future plans. It was therefore decided to move to the landing descent preparation phase on January 10, 2024, and the apolune…