India plans to launch a powerful weather satellite to orbit on Saturday morning (Feb. 17), and you can watch the action live. The INSAT-3DS satellite is scheduled to lift off atop a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) on Saturday at 7:05 a.m. EST (1205 GMT; 5:35 p.m. local India time) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre …
ISRO launches INSAT-3DS, India’s weather eye, from Sriharikota. Read More »
Titan’s underground ocean, and similar oceans inside other icy moons in the outer solar system, may lack the organic chemistry necessary for life, according to new astrobiological research. Titan is Saturn‘s largest moon, and the second largest moon in the entire solar system. It’s famous for being shrouded in a smog of petrochemicals and for …
Saturn’s Ocean Moon Titan May Not Be Able To Support Life After All. Read More »
Dr Ayman Ashour, Egypt’s Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, has announced Egypt’s milestone in receiving the initial data image captured by the experimental satellite NExSat-1, a collaborative effort with the esteemed German company BST. This success aligns with the steadfast directives of our esteemed political leadership aimed at fortifying Egypt’s national space technology …
Egypt Receives Initial Data from its Experimental Satellite, NExSat-1. Read More »
Water molecules have been detected on the surface of an asteroid for the first time, revealing new clues about the distribution of water in our solar system. Scientists studied four silicate-rich asteroids using data gathered by the now-retired Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a telescope-outfitted plane operated by NASA and the German Aerospace Center. …
Water Found On The Surface Of An Asteroid For The 1st Time Ever. Read More »
CubeSpace ADCS, a South African spacecraft component manufacturer focusing on designing and manufacturing control systems and spacecraft attitude determination, has raised ZAR 47 million in venture capital funding to expand its operations into international markets, Engineering News reports. The funding round was led by the University Technology Fund, with co-investor Savant Venture Fund. “We have …
CubeSpace ADCS Secures ZAR 47 Million in VC Funding. Read More »
SpaceX postponed the launch of a private moon lander built by Intuitive Machines late Tuesday (Feb. 13) due to a temperature issue with the spacecraft’s liquid methane fuel. The Odysseus moon lander was originally scheduled to launch toward the moon on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in the early-morning hours Wednesday (Feb. 14) from Pad …
According to the French media, La Tribune, Morocco signed an agreement with an Israeli company to build the country’s new surveillance satellite in December 2023. Although the news has not been officially confirmed or denied, neither has the signing of the contract been ratified or refuted by the Moroccan government; it is speculated that the new …
For the first time, astronomers have detected dark matter hanging from massive filaments that stretch across the universe and form a “cosmic web” that trap galaxies like morning dew on a spiderweb. Researchers from Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, used the Subaru Telescope — an 8.2-meter optical-infrared telescope near the summit of Maunakea in …
Dark Matter Detected Dangling From The Cosmic Web For 1st Time. Read More »
A group of satellite operators have joined forces to push the fledgling direct-to-smartphone market to adopt services using their radiowaves, rather than spectrum derived from terrestrial mobile network operators. Viasat, Terrestar Solutions, Ligado Networks, Omnispace, and Yahsat announced the creation of the Mobile Satellite Services Association (MSSA) Feb. 9, a non-profit aiming to harmonize Mobile …
Satellite Operators Join Forces to Chase Direct-to-Smartphone Opportunity . Read More »
The Kenya Space Agency (KSA) recently convened a workshop focusing on data innovations and Earth Observation to bolster decision support and fortify urban resilience in Kenya. The event brought together many stakeholders, including representatives from key government agencies at national and county levels, the World Bank, international agencies, academia, and private enterprises engaged in spatial …
