NASA encouraged by SLS countdown rehearsal
Original Publication Date: 2022-06-22 11:50:01+00:00
NASA officials say they met most, but not all, of the objectives in a countdown rehearsal. The test was cut short because of a leak in a bleed line that takes hydrogen away from the vehicle. “It was a very successful rehearsal,” said Tom Whitmeyer, deputy associate administrator for common exploration systems development.
SpaceX warns 5G plan would deny Starlink to most Americans
Original Publication Date: 2022-06-21 20:48:33+00:00
SpaceX warns its Starlink broadband network would become unusable for most Americans. U.S.-based satellite broadcaster Dish Network is seeking permission to operate a high-power mobile service. SpaceX says tests it conducted in Las Vegas shows how the proposed network would cause Starlink users to “experience harmful interference”
Kuaizhou-1A returns to flight with test satellite launch
Original Publication Date: 2022-06-22 09:14:24+00:00
Kuaizhou-1A rocket sent Tianxing-1 satellite into orbit late Tuesday. Launch marked a return to flight six months after the solid light-light launcher suffered failure. The satellite is set to be used for experiments including “space environment detection’
DoD’s buying habits a continuing source of frustration - SpaceNews
Original Publication Date: 2022-06-23 14:00:32+00:00
Three senior defense officials have stepped down in the past six months. They voiced disappointment in a culture they view as an impediment to innovation. The Atlantic Council delivered a pointed critique of space-related defense procurement culture. The report highlights the Space Development Agency as a bright spot in military space procurement.
Office of Space Commerce on a “listening tour” for civil space traffic management
Original Publication Date: 2022-06-23 12:00:45+00:00
Richard DalBello says he's been on a "listening tour" With satellite operators. DalBello is director of the Office of Space Commerce. His office is charged with implementing Space Policy Directive 3. That policy directs the Commerce Department to take over civil space traffic management.
X-ray binary GX 3+1 investigated with AstroSat
Indian astronomers have investigated a low-mass X-ray binary known as GX 3+1. The study detected a thermonuclear burst from this source. The burst turned out to be the brightest in the 5–8 keV energy band with a count rate higher than the softest band (3–5 keV)
Another few weeks of observations could tell us if the Wow! signal repeats
Wow! Signal was observed by the Big Ear radio telescope on August 15, 1977. It was a strong, continuous, narrow band radio signal lasting at least 72 seconds. Despite having just one observation, the Wow! Signal is considered the strongest candidate for an extraterrestrial signal. The authors argue that the source could be some kind of stochastic repeater.
Aerosol instrument SPEXone mounted on NASA's climate satellite
Dutch and American engineers install SPEXone on the PACE satellite. PACE will conduct measurements on oceans and aerosols to study the influence of particulates on the climate. On June 23, the last screw is tightened, which officially completes the integration. SPEXone will map out the properties of aerosols, such as size, shape, composition and absorbing/reflecting power.
Curiosity captures stunning views of a changing Mars landscape
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has been traveling through a transition zone from a clay-rich region to one filled with a salty mineral called sulfate. This transition may provide the record of a major shift in Mars' climate billions of years ago. Curiosity will soon drill the last rock sample it will take in this zone, providing a more detailed glimpse into the changing mineral composition of these rocks.
'No need to panic' as sunspot with potential for solar flares doubles in size overnight, scientists say
Active Region 3038, or AR3038, has been growing over the past week. The sunspot has doubled in size each day for the past three days. The larger and more complex a sunspot becomes, the higher the likelihood is for solar flares, experts say.
Ukraine invasion's impacts on space exploration: Live updates
Original Publication Date: 2022-06-03 10:23:21+00:00
Russia launched its first resupply mission to the International Space Station since the country invaded Ukraine. The uncrewed Progress 81 cargo ship lifted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan at 5:32 a.m. EDT (0932 GMT) It is delivering nearly 3 tons of supplies to the station.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope mission: Live updates
Original Publication Date: 2022-06-08 20:21:37+00:00
NASA will unveil the first science-quality images from the James Webb Space Telescope on July 12. The observatory has experienced four small impacts as well as one larger strike that hit one of the 18 primary mirror segments. The James Webb Space Telescope is entering its final commissioning phase before beginning science operations this summer. NASA personnel will update the public about the telescope's progress so far and what remains to be done.
Bizarre spiral object found swirling around Milky Way's center
Original Publication Date: 2022-06-23 14:00:26+00:00
Astronomers have found a miniature spiral galaxy in the center of the Milky Way. The galaxy appears to have been stirred up by a near-collision with another body. The center of the galaxy is millions of times denser with stars than our neck of the galaxy.
'Emerging super Crab' might be the most powerful pulsar ever discovered
Original Publication Date: 2022-06-23 11:22:43+00:00
Astronomers have discovered what might be the most powerful pulsar ever observed. They suspect the newfound object is a pulsar wind nebula, a neutron star that accelerates nearby charged particles at close to the speed of light. The astronomers spotted the pulsar in a series of images from the Very Large Array Sky Survey.
NASA not planning another Artemis 1 countdown dress rehearsal – Spaceflight Now
Original Publication Date: 2022-06-22 00:00:00
NASA plans to return the first Space Launch System rocket to its assembly hangar next week for a hydrogen leak repair. Ground crews at Kennedy are preparing to roll the 322-foot-tall (98-meter) Space Launch System moon rocket to the Vehicle Assembly Building. The Artemis 1 launch will kick off an unpiloted demonstration mission of the powerful SLS moon rocket and the Orion spacecraft.
Live coverage: Ariane 5 launches from French Guiana with two satellites – Spaceflight Now
Original Publication Date: 2022-06-22 00:00:00
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Arianespace preps for first Ariane 5 launch of the year – Spaceflight Now
Original Publication Date: 2022-06-21 00:00:00
Two geostationary communications satellites for India’s space agency and a Malaysian company will rocket into orbit from the jungle of South America on Wednesday. The launch window opens at 5:03 p.m. EDT (2103 GMT) and extends until 6:43 p.m. French Guiana time. The launch will be the first flight of an Ariane 5 rocket this year, and the first since the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope on Dec. 25. MEASAT 3d, built in Europe by Airbus, is beginning a mission designed to last at least 18 years for the Malaysian telecom company MEASAT.
South Korea’s all-domestic satellite launcher reaches orbit for first time – Spaceflight Now
Original Publication Date: 2022-06-21 00:00:00
South Korea's 15-story-tall Nuri launcher successfully reaches orbit for the first time. Launch gives the nation a fully domestic satellite launch capability after a $1.5 billion development program. President Yoon Seok-youl declares “the road to space from Korean land has been opened’ The first test flight of the Nuri rocket last October failed just before reaching orbit.
Watch live: SpaceX’s launch pad 39A (members only) – Spaceflight Now
Original Publication Date: 2022-06-16 00:00:00
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The Overview Effect, A Catalyst For Systems Change (Part III)
A complexity gap is a mismatch between the complexity of our problems and our ability to manage them effectively. Traditional institutions are overwhelmed by 21st-century adversities stemming from an exponential rise in interconnectivity. The default paradigms driving our behavior have not yet caught up with the complexity of our planetary challenges.
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Kuaizhou-1A successfully launched Tianxing-1 mission. The launch was conducted from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China. This mission comes after the GeeSAT-1A&1B mission, which launched in December 2021 on the same rocket configuration and failed.
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The Ariane 5 rocket lifted off from Kourou in French Guiana at 5:50 PM EDT (21:50 UTC) on June 22. The mission was partway into the 100-minute-long launch window. It was the first of its five final planned missions.
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Kuaizhou-1A successfully launches Tianxing-1 mission. The launch was conducted from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China. The payload went to a 275 x 292 km orbit, with an inclination of 96.8 degrees. This mission comes after the GeeSAT-1A&1B mission, which launched in December 2021 and failed.
Chinese Long March 3B Launches APStar-6C Communications Satellite – Spaceflight101
China conducted a rare commercial launch of a Long March 3B rocket with the APStar-6C communications satellite for APT Satellite Holdings. Long March 3B lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 16:06 UTC on a mission of under half an hour to lift the spacecraft into an elliptical Geostationary Transfer Orbit. Confirmation of launch success was provided by APT Satellite around 40 minutes after liftoff when the satellite had been separated into its target orbit.
Blue Origin’s New Shepard Reaches new Heights in latest Test Flight – Spaceflight101
Blue Origin's reusable New Shepard launch system reached new heights in a test designed to expand the vehicle’s operational envelope by sending it to a peak altitude of 107 Kilometers. Sunday’s flight marked the second for this particular set of hardware, following up on the successful December 2017 mission that debuted “Crew Capsule 2.0” The flight was host to “Mannequin Skywalker’ – an instrumented test dummy to collect data on the environment human crew members would experience.
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ISS Updates – Spaceflight101 – International Space Station
A veteran NASA spacewalker and an EVA rookie from Japan ended their week with nearly six hours of work outside the International Space Station. The restoration of the Station’s Mobile Servicing System started last year and continued in January to provide Canadarm2 with a new pair of grappling hands.