Tag: I Can’t Believe It’s Not Optical
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Radar imagery released from Capella’s Sequoia satellite
This image of Palm Jumeirah in Dubai was captured by Capella’s Sequoia radar satellite. Credit: Capella Space Capella Space has released the first images from its Sequoia radar remote sensing spacecraft, a commercial imaging platform that launched in August as the first of a constellation that could number 36 radar observation satellites. The roughly 220-pound…
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Rocket Lab returns to service with successful launch for Capella
Rocket Lab’s Electron launcher lifts off from New Zealand at 11:05 p.m. EDT Sunday (0305 GMT Monday). Credit: Rocket Lab Flying for the first time since a failure in early July, Rocket Lab’s Electron launcher delivered Capella Space’s first commercial radar remote sensing satellite to orbit after lifting off from New Zealand Sunday. The successful…
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Amid shuffling schedules, Capella to fly its first commercial satellite with Rocket Lab
Artist’s concept of a Capella synthetic aperture radar satellite. Credit: Capella Space After switching rockets two times due to launch delays, Capella Space is set to launch the first spacecraft in a constellation of commercial radar reconnaissance satellites from New Zealand Sunday on a Rocket Lab Electron booster. The small radar satellite, named Sequoia, is…
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Live coverage: Rocket Lab launches Capella’s first commercial radar satellite
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 on Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand carrying Capella Space’s Sequoia radar remote sensing satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Rocket Lab’s live video webcast begins approximately 15 minutes prior to launch, and will be available on…