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Using data from Spitzer and TESS, scientists discover exoplanet littered with volcanoes
Using data collected by NASA’s retired Spitzer Space Telescope and NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), a team of scientists has discovered an exoplanet that could potentially be covered with volcanoes. The exoplanet is Earth-sized, and the team’s results suggest that the gravitational pull of a neighboring exoplanet could be causing an increase in volcanic…
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Speedcast to Integrate Starlink for Lindblad Expeditions
Speedcast has secured a multi-year contract extension with Lindblad Expeditions, and will add SpaceX’s Starlink service to the adventure cruise company’s connectivity options. Speedcast is installing two maritime, flat-panel, high-performance antennas on many of Lindblad’s ships, which is expected to be completed by the end of the year. Speedcast will integrate Starlink services into its…
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SpaceX delivers 52 more Starlink satellites into orbit
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 11:02 p.m. PDT Tuesday from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Credit: SpaceX Another batch of 52 Starlink satellites launched late Tuesday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on the way to join SpaceX’s fleet of more than 4,000 spacecraft beaming broadband signals around the world. Stacked one…
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BeetleSat Announces Successful Software-defined Radio Two-Way Data Communication Using Expandable Antenna
BeetleSat, formerly NSLComm, a fast-growing satellite technology company building the world’s first global low-Earth orbit (LEO) constellation optimized for premium point-to-point communications, announced the successful software-defined radio (SDR) two-way data communication using its lightweight, very high data rate, expandable antenna. “Successful data transmission between our satellite and ground segment is a significant step forward in…
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C3S Pioneers in Developing and Manufacturing Robust Platforms and Subsystems for Satellites
C3S is a determining player in the international nanosatellite industry whose products and solutions serve and support both scientific payloads and industrial demands throughout the missions. Their mission planning activity encompasses 3-16U, high-reliability platform, and subsystem design, as well as the prelaunch simulation software and hardware development and mission operation environment development. They develop and…
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Life and Materials Science Payloads, CubeSats Set to Fly on SpaceX’s Resupply Mission to the ISS
A student-led genetics investigation, six small satellites called CubeSats, a technology demonstration, and life and materials science payloads are set to fly on SpaceX’s 28th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) mission to the International Space Station (ISS) contracted by NASA. These investigations, sponsored by the ISS National Laboratory, will launch onboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft no…
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Viasat Closes Inmarsat Acquisition
Viasat closed its acquisition of Inmarsat late Tuesday, completing a merger of two of the largest satellite operators. The acquisition brings together 19 satellites in Ka-, L-, and S-bands, and Viasat is pitching the acquisition as a way to better compete in the changing satcom industry. Viasat founder Mark Dankberg will lead the combined company…
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Shenzhou-16 crew enter space station, complete handover in five days
The three astronauts aboard China’s Shenzhou-16 spaceship entered the country’s space station and met with another astronaut trio on Tuesday, starting a new round of in-orbit crew handover. The Shenzhou-15 crew opened the hatch at 6:22 p.m. (Beijing Time). The three space station occupants greeted the new arrivals, and they took group pictures. The space…
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Private astronauts splash down to close out 9-day commercial research mission
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION SpaceX’s Dragon Freedom spacecraft floats in the Gulf of Mexico after splashdown Tuesday night. Credit: SpaceX America’s most experienced space flier and her three private astronaut crewmates undocked from the International Space Station and plunged back to Earth late Tuesday, blazing through the night sky like a fiery…
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China discloses tasks of Shenzhou-16 manned space mission
The Shenzhou-16 astronauts will conduct large-scale in-orbit tests and experiments in various fields as planned, announced a senior official from the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) at a press conference on Monday. They are expected to make high-level scientific achievements in the study of novel quantum phenomena, high-precision space time-frequency systems, the verification of general…