The surfaces of Mars and the Moon are littered with the remains of ill-fated robotic explorers who missed the mark — or hit it a little too hard. Some, like the 1999 Mars Polar Lander, have never been found, despite years of searching. But satellites orbiting Mars and the Moon have found a few of
Month: November 2019
To receive FIRST UP Satcom, a weekly SpaceNews newsletter for satellite and telecom professionals, sign up here. TOP STORIES Globalstar is borrowing $199 million through a loan arranged by its controlling shareholder Thermo and fleet operator EchoStar. Globalstar said it will use the funds to pay off a $66 million loan arranged in June, and to make
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Pristine coral reef. mainly Acropora sp. with aggregation of blue-green chromis. Chromis viridis. … [+] Pohnpei. Federated States of Micronesia. (Photo by: Andre Seale/VW PICS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) VW PICS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Micronesia is a series of several islands northeast of
In December, Cloud Constellation was finalizing receipt of a $100 million investment that would help the startup deploy a ring of secure data-storage satellites in low Earth orbit. By spring, Cloud Constellation had walked away from the deal, citing a review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, or CFIUS, as one
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 23: Idris Elba attends the “Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw” Special Screening … [+] at The Curzon Mayfair on July 23, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage) WireImage Thor and Fast and Furious: Hobbs and Shaw star Idris Elba
SEVILLE, Spain — Italy, one of the largest contributors to the European Space Agency, is pleased with the outcome of the recent ministerial meeting that provided funding for a number of its priorities, including a reusable spacecraft. In a finally tally of contributions provided by ESA at the end of the Space19+ ministerial meeting here
Illustration of a black hole. A black hole is a region of spacetime where the gravity is so powerful … [+] that not even light can escape them. They are created when massive stars die. This one is surrounded by an accretion disc of material, the light from which is warped by the strong gravity.
RBC Signals sees ground infrastructure business following path forged by cellular network expansion Ron Faith is well acquainted with high-tech startups. Before becoming president and chief operating officer of RBC Signals in 2018, Faith co-founded and served as chief operating officer of Clonefone, a mobile web services company. He was also the CEO of enterprise
Satellite imagery of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming Getty Images Every spring, a green wave of sprouting plants washes up mountains and bathes the Northern Hemisphere in fresh greenery from south to north. Grazing animals “surf” the wave, following the start of springtime. This phenomenon, called the Green Wave Hypothesis, controls the speed of herbivore migrations
For Telespazio Vega Deutschland, a subsidiary of the spaceflight services company Telespazio of Rome, the challenges faced by a new generation of space companies present enticing opportunities. Based on its experience helping space agencies, institutions and commercial customers conduct space operations, Telespazio Vega has developed Enable, a cloud-based platform for space operations. At the 2019
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin The NKD is a small electric motorbike more powerful than a scooter. Roy Van De Vegt Photographer An Australian company has launched the country’s first electric motorbike, the NKD, with an entry level price point model to help meet the growing demand for EVs. The mini
SEVILLE, Spain — The European Space Agency’s member states agreed to provide nearly 12.5 billion euros ($13.8 billion) for the next three years, giving the agency nearly all that it requested. At the conclusion of a two-day ministerial meeting, called Space19+, here Nov. 28, ESA said it was able to get all the initiatives it
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Mountain plants with a very restricted habitat, like here Saxifraga facchinii, found only on debris … [+] in the Dolomites, face extinction due to climate change. David Bressan According to the State of the World’s Plants report published in 2016, almost 20 percent of all known
SEVILLE, Spain — NASA announced Nov. 26 that it is interested in buying a seat on a future commercial mission to the International Space Station, the latest move in the agency’s broader low Earth orbit commercialization efforts. In a procurement filing, NASA said it seeks to buy a seat on a short-duration commercial mission to
FILE – This Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019 image made available by NASA shows the Kuiper belt object … [+] originally called “Ultima Thule,” about 1 billion miles beyond Pluto, encountered by the New Horizons spacecraft. On Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019, NASA announced its official name “Arrokoth” which means “sky” in the language of the Native
SAN FRANCISCO – A decision made at the recent World Radiocommunication Conference could undermine the accuracy of weather forecasts by interfering with meteorological satellite observations, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). “The race to release 5G technology threatens to squeeze out other radio-frequency dependent technologies, including
An infrared satellite view of Hurricane Dorian on September 1, 2019. College of DuPage/NOAA We’re just a few days from the end of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season. This year will go down as one of the most active seasons on record, and a few of the storms we saw this year broke records in
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Fan corals and other soft corals are threatened by the intense stress caused by heat, disease and … [+] copper pollution. Getty Under climate change, coral reefs have been battling the effects of an increasingly acidified ocean, which eats away at their bodies. At the same time, rising temperatures cause corals to bleach, or lose
SEVILLE, Spain — Representatives of ESA’s member states gathered here Nov. 27 for the start of a two-day meeting that will end with decisions on what programs to fund, and at what levels, for the next three years. Ministers from ESA’s 22 member states, along with those of cooperating and observer states, provided an overview
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