The University of Manchester is leading a multi-million pound project to launch a satellite as part of a forthcoming SpaceX mission this coming summer.
The DISCOVERER project is a €5.7 million project led by The University of Manchester. It aims to revolutionise Earth observation satellites, developing technologies to enable them to operate in very low Earth orbits, under 450km altitude, with the aim of making the satellites smaller, lighter & more economical. Orbiting much closer to the Earth helps them to avoid space debris and improves the quality of images they can send back.
SpaceX 22nd cargo resupply mission launching from Florida June 3 | wtsp.com
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — It's that time again. The International Space Station is in need of a delivery, and SpaceX is ready to lend a hand with its 22nd cargo resupply mission.
A collection of scientific research and technology demonstrations will fly to the orbiting laboratory on SpaceX's upgraded Dragon spacecraft on June 3.
The commercial space company is targeting a 1:29 p.m. liftoff from Kennedy Space Center's historic Launch Complex 39A.
Space debris endangers GPS - GPS World : GPS World
19% of tracked space objects threaten GPS and other GNSS satellites. While there are much fewer objects in MEO than in LEO, the risk in the former is arguably greater because GPS is so critical to almost all of our technology.
GNSS satellites, especially GPS satellites, are critical to the well-being and smooth functioning of economies and national security. This is especially true in Europe and the United States, which do not have complementary terrestrial systems able to provide vital positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) services when signals from space are not available.
Who's an astronaut as private spaceflight picks up speed?
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — As more companies start selling tickets to space, a question looms: Who gets to call themselves an astronaut?
It’s already a complicated issue and about to get more so as the wealthy snap up spacecraft seats and even entire flights for themselves and their entourages.
Astronauts? Amateur astronauts? Space tourists? Space sightseers? Rocket riders? Or as the Russians have said for decades, spaceflight participants?
Exclusive – Astronaut Ed Gibson On How Skylab Change Space Exploration | IFLScience
When thinking back about the early days of NASA's crewed space exploration we too often jump from the Apollo program to the Space Shuttle, skipping a very important mission: Skylab. Skylab was the first American space station, an orbiting workshop, and over the 6 months it was occupied, it vastly expanded human understanding of space exploration, from what space does to the human body to carrying out incredible scientific observations from orbit.
The pivotal mission featured in the 2019 documentary, Searching for Skylab , and included interviews with some of the surviving astronauts of the three crews that inhabited the orbiting space station between May 1973 and February 1974, Skylab 2, 3, and 4. Among them was astronaut Ed Gibson, the last person to leave Skylab, closing its hatch forever as he and fellow astronauts Gerald Carr and William Pogue came back down to Earth.
SpaceX CRS-22 to Launch Numerous Investigations Supported by Private-Sector Partners
Press Release From: Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS)
Posted: Tuesday, May 25, 2021
SpaceX plans to launch its 22nd Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) mission to the International Space Station (ISS) no earlier than June 3 at 1:29 p.m. EDT. This launch, contracted through NASA, will resupply the orbiting laboratory with critical research and supplies for the Expedition 65 crew that is presently in orbit. On this mission, the ISS U.S.
A race against time to replace aging military weather satellites - SpaceNews
The U.S. Defense Department may finally be on track to replace its aging polar-orbiting weather satellites more than a decade after pulling the plug on an ill-fated effort to cram civil and military requirements into a single system.
Work is underway on two new military satellite systems designed to replace the most critical capabilities of the venerable Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP). But the new satellites aren't slated to begin operations until 2024 and 2026, a timeline just barely in sync with how much longer the U.S. Space Force thinks it can keep DMSP going.
Pleasant weather for another SpaceX Starlink launch
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The private company plans to launch about 60 internet-beaming satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Launch Complex 40. The Falcon 9 liftoff is scheduled for 2:59 p.m. Wednesday.
Weather across Florida has been extremely dry for the wet season, continuing to be ideal for rocket launching. Wednesday's forecast is no different, according to the 45th Weather Squadron. Conditions are expected to be 90% favorable for the launch window.
"A slight chance for showers is also possible over the Spaceport each day, mostly in the mornings as the sea breeze pushes inland. On Wednesday, similar conditions are expected with only a very slight chance of a cumulus cloud moving into the flight path at launch time," the 45th Weather Squadron forecast reads.
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