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KSAT, Iceye Come Together For Accelerating SAR Delivery
Kongsberg Satellite Services or KSAT has announced that it is joining forces with Iceye which operates radar satellites to enhance delivery of SAR images which will allow government agencies to obtain data processed from satellite images…
Musk Says Starlink Won’t Spoil The Beauty Of Night Sky
Elon Musk’s SpaceX’s Starlink satellites have enamored sky watchers, but at the same time it has also triggered concerns among the astronomers as to what the visibility of these 60 satellites could do to satellite observing. The CEO of…
Problem Solving Of Mars InSight Instrument Persists
Engineers are persisting to work to release an instrument on NASA’s InSight Mars lander that stays trapped just under the surface. The HP3 (Heat Flow and Physical Properties Probe)—which is one of the two key instruments on the…
Scientists Explain How Martian Water Is Thrown Out To Outer Space
German and Russian physicists have explained new data collected by Martian satellites that capture escape of hydrogen atoms into outer space from upper Martian atmosphere. This solves much confusion related to Martian atmosphere that have…
Space X’s Falcon Heavy Set For 3rd Launch On Jun 22
Falcon Heavy of Space X is ready for its launch from the NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on June 22. 24 payloads will be carried by it for the US as well as some government clients. The Falcon Heavy configuration is made by strapping together…
DoD Says Creating Space Force Is A Small Investment To Ensure US’s Leadership In Space
Disputing a CBO analysis of the costs of Trump’s proposed space organizations, Tom Corsson, who is Pentagon’s spokesperson, said they were based on different assumptions and that the DoD was not consulted, which had planned to avoid excess…
ITU To Introduce Stringent Norms For Mega-Constellations
The ITU has determined to employ stricter rules to prevent radio spectrum hoarding by one satellite, usable by thousands of spacecraft.
The ITU will meet in Egypt in October to discuss and implement new satellite milestones for deployment,…
Going Back To Moon; The Question Is How And For How Much
Jim Bridenstine, the Administrator of NASA, has recently shown willingness to discuss with the US space agency about audience diversification. In April, he talked to students at a certain event, which included an ISS video link, to…
MDA To Design And Manufacture Search And Rescue Systems For GPS Satellites
MDA has been selected by Canadian government to build and deliver around 10 S&R repeaters for its Medium Earth Orbit Search and Rescue system (MEOSR) that will be hosted onboard the USAF’s GPS satellites. The MEOSAR system repeater…
Prices Of 2024 Moon Landing Played Down By Bridenstine
Jim Bridenstine, Administrator, NASA, told Senate appropriators this week that the administration is not still ready to publish a revised budget. Reportedly, this budget accommodates a hastened human lunar landing program. He added that…