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Marlink Works with PGS to Achieve High Speed Data Collection
Marlink, working alongside geophysical company PGS, has achieved an uplink speed of more than 250 Mbps as it helps the company collect offshore data. It has upgraded the smart hybrid VSAT installation on the seismic research vessel Ramform Hyperion to achieve this uplink speed using GEO VSAT. Marlink’s in-house team of engineers designed a technical…
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China prepares to launch Tianzhou-7 cargo spacecraft
The combination of the Tianzhou-7 cargo spacecraft and a Long March-7 Y8 carrier rocket was vertically transferred to the launching area on Monday. The cargo spacecraft will be launched in the near future at an appropriate time, according to the China Manned Space Agency. The facilities and equipment at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in…
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China’s Tianzhou-6 cargo craft separates from space station combination
The Tianzhou-6 cargo craft, tasked with carrying supplies for China’s space station, separated from the station combination at 4:02 p.m. Friday (Beijing Time) and switched to independent flight, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). The cargo craft will re-enter the atmosphere in a controlled manner in the future. Most of its components will…
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Boryung and Axiom Space Form a Joint Venture to Revolutionize Space Industry in Korea
Boryung Corporation, a pioneer in innovative solutions based in South Korea, and Axiom Space, one of the leaders in commercial human spaceflight and architect of the world’s first commercial space station, announced the formation of a joint venture aiming to leverage the unique strengths of both companies to advance the commercialization of low-Earth orbit (LEO)…
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Daily Telescope: Life on Earth, and maybe in the heavens above, in a single photo
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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Webb discovers potential aurorae on brown dwarf
Silently floating through the universe are cosmic objects that are both too large to be planets and too small to be stars. Called brown dwarfs, these substellar objects are among the most captivating objects in the universe, and their low surface temperatures mean that most of the light they emit is infrared and thus can…
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Astrobotic’s Peregrine Lunar Lander on Earth Re-Entry Trajectory Amid Propulsion Anomaly
For 16 years, Astrobotic has been dedicated to making the Moon accessible to the world. The responsible preservation of the cislunar space environment for all is top of mind as we complete this mission. Since the Peregrine lunar lander’s anomaly occurred 6 days ago, we have been evaluating how best to safely end the spacecraft’s…
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Jim Bridenstine, Former NASA Administrator Joins Starlab Space’s Board of Directors
Starlab Space, the transatlantic joint venture between Voyager Space and Airbus, announced Jim Bridenstine will join the company’s Board of Directors. The former NASA Administrator will help guide Starlab Space as the company continues toward its vision of building a continuously crewed, free-flying space station. “Airbus and Voyager are proud to welcome Jim Bridenstine to…
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PowerLight joins Blue Origin to study power beaming system for the moon
An artist’s conception shows a beamed-power system operating on the moon. (Illustration via PowerLight) Kent, Wash.-based PowerLight Technologies says it’s joined a team headed by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture to design a power beaming system that might someday charge up robots on the moon. The effort is being funded by the Pentagon’s Defense…
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NASA Awards $478 Million Contract to 12 Companies for Space Station Program Support
NASA has selected 12 companies to provide research, engineering, and mission integration services for the International Space Station Program. The $478 million Research, Engineering & Mission Integration Services-2 (REMIS-2) contract will support the International Space Station Program work based at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The companies will provide spaceflight, ground hardware and software,…