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NASA ATMOSPHERIC SATELLITE ENDS RUN 16 YEARS AFTER LAUNCH NASA ATMOSPHERIC SATELLITE ENDS RUN 16 YEARS AFTER LAUNCH - In 2007, NASA launched a satellite with a very specific mission into orbit. The Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere project — otherwise known as AIM — was designed to monitor night shining clouds. This type of atmospheric phenomenon is of particular interest to scientists because it may not have existed before the 1883 explosion of the volcano Krakatoa. As the project’s official website declares, AIM’s “instruments monitor noctilucent clouds to better understand their variability and possible connection to climate change.” Unfortunately, that mission may be at an end after 16 years of operation due to the satellite involved developing power issues.   More
(Source: InsideHook - Mar 20)


CHINA TO LAUNCH LOBSTER EYE-LIKE X-RAY ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITE THIS YEAR CHINA TO LAUNCH LOBSTER EYE-LIKE X-RAY ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITE THIS YEAR - China has ambitious plans to launch a new X-ray astronomical satellite called the Einstein Probe (EP) at the end of this year. This is according to a report by the ChinaDaily published on Saturday and quoting Yuan Weimin, principal investigator of the satellite project.   More
(Source: Interesting Engineering - Mar 20)


AXIOM SPACE TO SEND THIRD PRIVATE MISSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AXIOM SPACE TO SEND THIRD PRIVATE MISSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION - Axiom Space will be sending a third private mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Announced this week by NASA, the Axiom-3 mission is scheduled for November of this year and will launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Axiom was responsible for the first tourist mission to the ISS last year, and has a second mission scheduled for the second quarter of this year.   More
(Source: Digital Trends - Mar 20)


FLAMING SPACE DEBRIS RE-ENTERING ATMOSPHERE LIGHTS UP CALIFORNIA SKY FLAMING SPACE DEBRIS RE-ENTERING ATMOSPHERE LIGHTS UP CALIFORNIA SKY - A mesmerizing display of lights streaking in the night sky over Northern California on Friday was caused by the re-entry of flaming space debris into Earth’s atmosphere, experts said. Specifically, flaming chunks of communications equipment, which were jettisoned from the International Space Station in February 2020, streaked across the sky at 17,000 miles per hour, said Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist at the Smithsonian and Harvard Center for Astrophysics.   More
(Source: The New York Time - Mar 20)


SATELLOGIC SELLS EARTH-IMAGERY SATELLITES SATELLOGIC SELLS EARTH-IMAGERY SATELLITES - Satellogic, the South American company known for high-resolution multispectral imagery, is selling Earth-observation satellites for $10 million or less. Satellogic’s new Space Systems product is designed to appeal to customers eager to establish or expand their space capabilities rather than simply buying imagery.   More
(Source: SpaceNews - Mar 19)


SPACEX CONDUCTS DOUBLEHEADER WITH STARLINK MISSION FOLLOWED BY LAUNCH FOR SES SPACEX CONDUCTS DOUBLEHEADER WITH STARLINK MISSION FOLLOWED BY LAUNCH FOR SES - Hot on the heels of Tuesday’s successful CRS-27 launch, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 was in action again for a pair of back-to-back missions from both coasts Friday, tasked with deploying communications satellites into orbit. The first of Friday’s two launches occurred at 12:26 PM PDT (19:26 UTC) from Vandenberg, California, with the 52 satellites of Starlink Group 2-8 aboard. Just over four hours later, the second lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 7:38 PM EDT (23:38 UTC) carrying a pair of satellites for commercial operator SES.   More
(Source: NASASpaceFlight.com - Mar 18)


ROCKET LAB DEPLOYS TWO CAPELLA RADAR SATELLITES AFTER LAUNCH FROM VIRGINIA ROCKET LAB DEPLOYS TWO CAPELLA RADAR SATELLITES AFTER LAUNCH FROM VIRGINIA - Rocket Lab’s Electron launcher delivered two all-weather radar Earth observation satellites into orbit for Capella Space Thursday night after liftoff from Wallops Island, Virginia, successfully completing the company’s second flight from the U.S. spaceport. Running five days late due to bad weather and unfavorable upper level winds, the 59-foot-tall (18-meter) Electron rocket fired its nine kerosene-fueled Rutherford main engines and climbed away from Launch Complex 2 at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, co-located with NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s Eastern Shore.   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Mar 18)


NASA USES 30-YEAR SATELLITE RECORD TO TRACK AND PROJECT RISING SEAS NASA USES 30-YEAR SATELLITE RECORD TO TRACK AND PROJECT RISING SEAS - Observations from space show that the rate of sea level rise is increasing. Knowing where and how much rise is happening can help coastal planners prepare for future hazards. The average global sea level rose by 0.11 inches (0.27 centimeters) from 2021 to 2022, according to a NASA analysis of satellite data. That’s the equivalent of adding water from a million Olympic-size swimming pools to the ocean every day for a year, and is part of a multidecade trend of rising seas.   More
(Source: NASA - Mar 18)


CHINA LAUNCHES 2ND HORUS REMOTE-SENSING SATELLITE FOR EGYPT CHINA LAUNCHES 2ND HORUS REMOTE-SENSING SATELLITE FOR EGYPT - China has launched a second remote-sensing satellite for Egypt, just weeks after lofting the first in the series to orbit. A Long March 2C rocket lifted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert at 12:02 a.m. EDT on March 13 (0402 GMT, or 12:02 p.m. Beijing time). Orange exhaust pushed the rocket off the pad, with insulation tiles falling away as the rocket climbed into the sky.   More
(Source: Space.com - Mar 17)


SPACEX SUPPLY SHIP DOCKS AT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION SPACEX SUPPLY SHIP DOCKS AT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION - A day-and-a-half after launching from Florida, SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon spacecraft is on course for docking at the International Space Station Thursday to deliver fresh food, experiments, CubeSats, and a suite of U.S. military tech demo payloads. The automated linkup between the Dragon supply ship and the Harmony module on the space station is scheduled for 7:28 a.m. EDT (1128 GMT) Thursday, following the mission’s launch Tuesday night from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a Falcon 9 rocket.   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Mar 16)

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