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SkyFi continues to evolve and expand their EO capabilities — the company is introducing Urban Sky’s stratospheric balloon imagery and that represents a significant enhancement to SkyFI’s data offerings and also has the distinction of being the firm’s first, integrated, aerial imaging provider. This new technology offers an impressive 10 cm resolution, offering finer details …

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SpaceX added yet more satellites to its ever-growing Starlink internet megaconstellation on Monday night (Nov. 27). A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Monday at 11:20 p.m. EST (0420 GMT on Nov. 28). A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket first stage lands on the …

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The moon has a date with the Seven Sisters, also known as the Pleiades stars cluster, on Sunday (Nov. 26). The nearly full moon will make a close approach to the star clusters, passing to within 1 degree of the Seven Sisters, officially known by astronomers as Messier 45 (M45). Both the moon and the …

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On This Day In Space: Nov. 26, 2011: NASA’s Curiosity rover launches to Mars. Curiosity was the biggest and most powerful rover anyone had ever sent to the Red Planet. The two-ton science laboratory is about the size of a small SUV. The mission’s goal was to search for habitable environments on Mars, or evidence …

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A fresh analysis of moon rocks brought home during the Apollo missions has, for the first time, revealed the presence of hydrogen. This finding suggests future astronauts could someday use water available right on the moon for life support and rocket fuel. Researchers with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), to whom NASA provided the …

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The African Telecommunications Union (ATU) and the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) have formally proposed new agenda items for the upcoming 2027 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-27) for improved protection of radio astronomy from the harmful effects of satellite constellations. “Securing an agenda item at the WRC is not easy, and this would …

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China is preparing to send fresh supplies and more propellant to its space station. The robotic Tianzhou 7 cargo spacecraft arrived recently at China’s coastal Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, according to Chinese state media. The spacecraft will undergo final assembly and testing ahead of a launch on a Long March 7 rocket in early 2024. …

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The new Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited, NigComSat, Mrs Nkechi Egerton-Idehen, has assured that the satellite company will help the Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, build necessary infrastructure that will fasten technological growth of the country. Egerton-Idehen said the first step towards doing that would be to reposition the satellite …

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The Department of Science and Innovation is seeking to boost socio-economic development in South Africa through its use of Intellectual Property and Technology empowers to African youth. In it’s latest release, the department is inviting university students and young professionals from different countries to gather at University of the North, Turfloop Campus to attend the 2-week …

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Space fans could be in for a holiday treat. SpaceX‘s third Starship vehicle “should be ready to fly in 3 to 4 weeks,” company founder and CEO Elon Musk said via X (formerly known as Twitter) on Sunday (Nov. 19). That would place technical readiness before Christmas — but there’s no guarantee Starship will be …

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