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Due to upper level winds SpaceX delayed the 6:57 PM EDT 22:58 UTC attempt for Starlink 4-26 to an evening launch at 10:14 PM EDT August 9th 2022 from LC-39A Cape Kennedy Florida.  On board were an additional 52 Starlink Internet satellites for the for the fourth shell in the Starlink constellation. This now makes Read More

by ESA In brief A fireball spotted over Madrid has had its astronomical ancestry unearthed. While it ended its days burning up in Earth’s atmosphere on 31 July this year, the fragment began its life as part of Comet 169P/NEAT, responsible for the annual Alpha Capricornids meteor shower. In-depth Meteor showers occur as Earth passes Read More

Every 60 seconds the equivalent of a lorry-load of plastic enters the global ocean. Where does it end up? Right now, researchers simply don’t know. But in a bid to help find out, an ESA-led project developed floating transmitters whose passage can be tracked over time, helping in turn to guide a sophisticated software model Read More

Not since November 11th 1966 Project Gemini 12 & Agena practice docking stage have there been two orbital class rocket launches in the same day until today! 55.10 years later Cape Canaveral has repeated this moment with SpaceX KPLO Korea's Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter at 7:08 PM from SLC-40 and earlier in the morning ULA United Read More

Missile Warning Satellite for U.S. Space Force Atlas V precisely delivered the last of six SBIRS missions to orbit completing the constellation in support of the warfighter A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit-6 (SBIRS GEO 6) mission for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Read More

…military satelite for the United States Space Force on morning of August 4th 2022! United Launch Alliance Atlas V to Launch Missile Warning Satellite for the U.S. Space Force What: A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket is in final preparations to launch the Space Based Infrared System-6 (SBIRS GEO 6) mission for the Read More

On 23 December 2021, Copernicus Sentinel-1B experienced an anomaly related to the instrument electronics power supply provided by the satellite platform, leaving it unable to deliver radar data. Since then spacecraft operators and engineers have been working tirelessly to rectify the issue. Unfortunately, despite all concerted efforts, ESA and the European Commission announce that it Read More

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 421 rocket will launch the sixth and final Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SBIRS GEO 6) spacecraft for the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC). Launch Date and Time: Thurs., Aug. 4, 2022 at 6:29 a.m. EDT (1029 UTC). Go Atlas! Go Centaur! Go SBIRS! Read More

ESA’s EnVision mission to Venus will perform optical, spectral and radar mapping of Earth’s sister planet. But before getting down to work the van-sized spacecraft needs to ‘aerobrake’ – lowering its orbit with thousands of passages through the planet’s hot, thick atmosphere for up to two years. A unique ESA facility is currently testing candidate spacecraft Read More

The new VOR/DME installation provides guidance and distance information to aircraft on approach to the airport- It required an investment of 744,000 euros ENAIRE, Spain's national air navigation service provider, has placed into service a new VOR/DME system at the Ibiza Airport. This navaid, through its cutting-edge technology, provides guidance and distance information, offering support Read More