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Rocket Lab to Launch NorthStar and Spire SSA Mission This Month
A group of four space situational awareness satellites for Spire Global and NorthStar Earth & Space will be Rocket Lab’s first launch of 2024. Rocket Lab announced Monday it plans to launch the mission no earlier than Jan. 18 from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand. These satellites will be the first of NorthStar’s space…
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Remote Sensing
Remote sensing, a powerful technology that allows us to gather information about the Earth’s surface or other objects from a distance, has revolutionized various fields, from environmental monitoring to urban planning. While it offers numerous advantages, it is crucial to acknowledge there are disadvantages of remote sensing that can feel like drawbacks. In this article,…
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Launch Roundup: Axiom-3 crew and Tianzhou 7 cargo space station missions this week
A pair of missions to space stations headline the launches for the week of Jan. 10 to Jan. 17. Axiom-3 will be flying four private astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), becoming the first crew launch of 2024. Crew Dragon Freedom will fly from Florida, with a multinational crew, for a mission to the…
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Launch Roundup: Axiom-3 crew and Tianzhou 7 cargo space station missions this week
A pair of missions to space stations headline the launches for the week of Jan. 10 to Jan. 17. Axiom-3 will be flying four private astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), becoming the first crew launch of 2024. Crew Dragon Freedom will fly from Florida, with a multinational crew, for a mission to the…
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NOAA Awards Spire Global $9.4 Million Contract for Satellite Weather Data
Spire Global, a global provider of space-based data, analytics, and space services, has been awarded $9.4 million by the National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration to provide radio occultation (RO) data for 8 months. The award is part of an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for NOAA’s Commercial Weather Data Program’s Radio Occultation Data Buy…
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Rivada Signs UAE Connectivity Deal
Rivada Space Networks has made further inroads into the Middle East connectivity market. It is teaming up with Wiseband, an Emirati satellite services company, to bring secure connectivity solutions to the Middle East region. Rivada announced the deal on Jan. 24. Wiseband provides customized private satellite networking solutions which are designed to meet high-performance and…
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Daily Telescope: The Milky Way above one of my favorite places on Earth
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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The situation with Astrobotic’s lunar lander appears to be quite dire
On Monday morning, the new Vulcan rocket made a smashing debut, launching from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida and performing flawlessly. After 50 minutes of flight, the rocket’s upper stage deployed its primary payload—the Peregrine lunar lander—into a Moon-bound trajectory. United Launch Alliance declared complete success with its new rocket. After the deployment…
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KVH Signs Distribution Partnership With Eutelsat OneWeb for LEO Connectivity
Maritime connectivity provider KVH Industries signed a distribution partnership with Eutelsat OneWeb for Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) connectivity, the company announced Tuesday. KVH plans to offer LEO connectivity for commercial and leisure vessels. KVH said the LEO service will be sold as a standalone offering and as an integrated companion to its TracNet and TracPhone terminals,…
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“We are worried,” says European rocket chief at prospect of launch competition
There is “no guarantee” France’s ArianeGroup will continue to be Europe’s rocket launch company of choice, according to the head of the European Space Agency, after ESA member states agreed to introduce more competition to the market. Josef Aschbacher, the agency’s director-general, told the Financial Times that the decision at its space summit in Seville…