Day: May 31, 2024

Yahsat and SATCOM Technologies Partner to Enhance Satellite Communications in Zimbabwe.

Key Highlights Yahsat has partnered with SATCOM Technologies to explore satellite communications opportunities in Zimbabwe. The launch of the Thuraya 4 satellite later this year will further expand Yahsat’s coverage and allow it to offer advanced services across the African continent. Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) has announced a new partnership with SATCOM Technologies …

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James Webb Space Telescope Spots The 2 Earliest Galaxies Ever Seen.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered not one but two of the earliest and most distant galaxies ever seen, continuing to break the records it previously set. The furthest galaxy, JADES-GS-z14-0, is seen as it was around 300 million years after the Big Bang, existing at least 100 million years earlier than the …

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Boeing’s Starliner Rolls Out To Pad For June 1 Astronaut Launch.

Boeing’s Starliner capsule is back at the launch pad. Starliner and its rocket ride, a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V, rolled out to the pad at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today (May 30) ahead of a planned Saturday (June 1) liftoff. That launch, at 12:25 p.m. EDT (1625 GMT), will kick off …

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Space Debris From SpaceX Dragon Capsule Crashed In The North Carolina Mountains.

Spaceflight doesn’t typically come to mind when one thinks of North Carolina’s serene, verdant mountains. It’s true that, in the early 1960s, NASA built the (now-defunct) Rosman Satellite Tracking and Data Acquisition Facility among the rolling hills of Appalachia to track Soviet satellites and relay communications for the Gemini and Apollo programs. And, of course, …

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James Webb Space Telescope Finds A Dusty Skeleton In This Starburst Galaxy’s Closet.

The dwarf galaxy NGC 4449 is the star of the show in the James Webb Space Telescope‘s latest cosmic portrait. Located 12.5 million light-years away in the constellation of Canes Venatici, the Hunting Dogs, NGC 4449 has much in common with our very own Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), the satellite galaxy orbiting the Milky Way. …

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