Tag: European Space Agency

Elon Musk’s Starlink, Jeff Bezos’ Kuiper to get rival as EU seeks satellite offers in AI race
16Dec By adminNo Comments
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Elon Musk’s Starlink, Jeff Bezos’ Kuiper to get rival as EU seeks satellite offers in AI race

[ad_1]  Europe is seeking final offers for a 6 billion euro ($6.55 billion) EU satellite constellation which is designed to compete with Elon Musk's Starlink and Jeff Bezos' Kuiper.But authorities have been warned that the IRIS² system, initiated by the European Commission, risks missing out on the latest wave of artificial intelligence and becoming outdated before it is even launched due to bureaucracy. The European Space Agency said on Friday it would seek final offers to develop the secure communications system, a flagship project spurred in part by the role of Musk's Starlink as a backbone for Ukraine in the war with Russia. For now, the sole known bidder for the main IRIS² contract is a consortium of Airbus, Thales Alenia Space , Eutelsat, Hispasat and SES.The array of up to 170 sa...
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ESA’s Gaia Astronomical Observatory Mission Data Unveils Vital Astronomical Insights
28Nov By adminNo Comments
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ESA’s Gaia Astronomical Observatory Mission Data Unveils Vital Astronomical Insights

[ad_1] The European Space Agency's Gaia mission has released a new focused data release, marking a significant contribution to astronomy, Universe Today reports. Gaia's primary mission is to precisely measure the positions, motions, and distances of over a billion stars, while also studying exoplanets. NASA says, “Gaia will detect and very accurately measure the motion of each star in its orbit around the center of the galaxy.” While it may not generate the stunning images like the NASA/ESA-run Hubble Space Telescope or the James Webb Space Telescope, Gaia astronomical observatory mission's data has far-reaching implications across multiple fields of astronomy.In this release, Gaia mission addressed gaps in its previous coverage, particularly in regions with densely packed stars. It tur...
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Aditya- L1 mission: Not just India, Japan and China too have their solar missions
24Nov By adminNo Comments
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Aditya- L1 mission: Not just India, Japan and China too have their solar missions

[ad_1] In a significant stride towards unravelling the mysteries of our star, India recently marked its entry into solar exploration with the launch of Aditya-L1 mission on September 2. This spacecraft, having executed a Trajectory Correction Maneuver on October 6, is now en route to the Lagrange point L-1, situated 1.5 million kilometres away from the Earth and facing the Sun. Aditya-L1 mission aims to delve into the real-time effects of the Sun on space weather. India is not alone in venturing into the realm of solar missions; other countries have embarked on similar endeavours like Japan, China, Japan and more. JapanBack in 1981, Japan initiated its solar exploration journey with the launch of the Hinotori (ASTRO-A) satellite, focusing on studying solar flares. Since then, Japan's sp...
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Ever Wondered How Astronauts Drink Coffee In Space? Watch This Video To Find Out
3Oct By adminNo Comments
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Ever Wondered How Astronauts Drink Coffee In Space? Watch This Video To Find Out

[ad_1] Imagine you're trying to take a sip of your favourite beverage, and it decides to float away into the great unknown. Sounds frustrating, right? Well, astronauts face this challenge daily when they go into space. Thanks to the low gravity, every morsel and drop tends to defy gravity and head upwards, turning even the simplest tasks into zero-gravity challenges. Space agencies around the globe are constantly innovating to make life easier for astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The latest game-changer? A unique cup, creation of Portland State University. This ingenious cup defies the laws of physics, allowing astronauts to savour their drinks without them floating off into the cosmos. For a sneak peek, the European Space Agency has shared a video showcasing the cup's ...
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SpaceX’s Dragon craft docks with international space station
28Aug By adminNo Comments
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SpaceX’s Dragon craft docks with international space station

[ad_1] The Crew Dragon spacecraft launched by SpaceX yesterday successfully docked with the International Space Station as its crew of four astronauts began their six-month mission. The docking took place about 9:16 EST while the two spacecrafts were orbiting above Australia, SpaceX officials said in a streamed broadcast. Called Crew-7, this journey marks SpaceX's seventh operational human spaceflight mission to the space station under NASA's Commercial Crew Program. It's also the eleventh time SpaceX has launched humans into orbit. It comes as Boeing Co. — NASA's other Commercial Crew provider — works to get its long-delayed Starliner spacecraft ready to fly next year. Delays have raised concerns about NASA's goal of having multiple lifelines to the ISS. Led by NASA astronaut and com...
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Almost half of Moon missions fail. Why is space still so hard?
26Aug By adminNo Comments
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Almost half of Moon missions fail. Why is space still so hard?

[ad_1] In 2019, India attempted to land a spacecraft on the Moon – and ended up painting a kilometres-long streak of debris on its barren surface. Now the Indian Space Research Organisation has returned in triumph, with the Chandrayaan-3 lander successfully touching down near the south pole of Earth's rocky neighbour.India's success came just days after a spectacular Russian failure, when the Luna 25 mission tried to land nearby and “ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the lunar surface”. These twin missions remind us that, close to 60 years after the first successful “soft landing” on the Moon, spaceflight is still difficult and dangerous. Moon missions in particular are still a coin flip, and we have seen several high-profile failures in recent years. Why were these missio...
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Chandrayaan-3 lands on the dark side of the Moon! How NASA, other space agencies reacted
23Aug By adminNo Comments
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Chandrayaan-3 lands on the dark side of the Moon! How NASA, other space agencies reacted

[ad_1] In a groundbreaking achievement, India has secured its place in history as the first nation to successfully land a spacecraft near the Moon's South Pole. This remarkable feat not only marks a significant milestone for the world's most populous nation, but also highlights the prowess of its ambitious, cost-effective space program.The unmanned Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander named Vikram gracefully touched down at precisely 6:04 pm, sending mission control technicians into ecstatic cheers and embraces. This triumph, however, was not without its challenges. It came on the heels of a Russian probe's unfortunate crash in the same lunar region and followed a four-year interval since India's previous lunar landing attempt ended in disappointment at the eleventh hour. Global Space Agencies Ex...
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How satellites are helping farmers adapt to global warming
23Aug By adminNo Comments
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How satellites are helping farmers adapt to global warming

[ad_1] When to harvest is one of the most crucial decisions a winemaker can make. Too early, and the result is bitter. Too late, and it's overly sweet. It's a delicate balance—one that's increasingly being upended by the climate crisis.In France, global warming has been wreaking havoc on this ancient equation for some time. Wine-growing regions across the country have seen seasons truncated—the harvest date in the Châteauneuf-de-Pape appellation, one of the most prized, has moved up almost three weeks since 1960. Simultaneously, plant diseases are appearing in regions that have never seen them before, rain patterns are changing and the heat that helped speed the harvest in some places is now drying out vines in others. To acclimate, the old ways are increasingly being replaced by the ne...
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Dark energy hunter, Euclid Space Telescope’s first images have scientists over the moon!
1Aug By adminNo Comments
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Dark energy hunter, Euclid Space Telescope’s first images have scientists over the moon!

[ad_1] The development of the Euclid Space Telescope took years of research and collaboration across the globe to develop an instrument that can study dark energy. Euclid is a European mission, built and operated by European Space Agency, with contributions from the US space agency NASA. Recently, the first trial of Euclid Telescope was taken, in which it captured beautiful images that mark its capabilities of accomplishing the main objective of its development. With the trial run, scientists are confident about the telescope and its instruments. “After more than 11 years of designing and developing Euclid, it's exhilarating and enormously emotional to see these first images. It's even more incredible when we think that we see just a few galaxies here, produced with minimum system tuni...
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