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An unidentified object called WE0913A, which collided with the back of the Moon in March 2022, turned out to be part of a Chinese Long March launch vehicle. At first, it was mistaken for a part of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Then the object attracted the attention of scientists from the University of Arizona, […]
Jupiter-3 EchoStar, the world’s heaviest commercial communications satellite, is operating as expected after placing solar panels and antennas in geostationary orbit. Maxar Technologies built a nine-ton Ka-band satellite and supplied solar panels for it. L3Harris Technologies has manufactured antennas for Jupiter 3. The satellite, which entered geostationary orbit on July 28 on a SpaceX Falcon […]
Researchers from the American Space Agency have achieved impressive success in optical communication, transmitting messages from the Psyche spacecraft to Earth from a distance of 16 million kilometers. The Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) system used a near-infrared laser encoded with test data to transmit a message from Psyche to a distance 40 times the […]
The third Starship may be ready to launch in 3-4 weeks, SpaceX founder Elon Musk said. However, it is not yet known whether the company will have time to obtain the necessary permit by then. Starship Flight 3 hardware should be ready to fly in 3 to 4 weeks. There are three ships in final […]
This is due to a scientific phenomenon known as solar conjunction: the period during which the Sun shields Mars and Earth from each other This was reported by Science Alert. “Like dancers on either side of a huge bonfire,” NASA says, “the two planets are temporarily invisible to each other. Earth and Mars experience a […]
The Hubble Space Telescope measured the mass and diameter of the exoplanet LTT 1445Ac during the transit of the parent star’s disk. The study was published in The Astronomical Journal. Hubble observations have shown that the diameter of LTT 1445Ac is 1.07 times larger than the diameter of the Earth. The planet’s mass is 1.3 […]
Ukrainian engineer Sergiy Yakymov heads the Mars Research Station in the San Rafael Desert in Utah, USA This was reported by the Voice of America. It is noted that the Martian Desert Research Station has been located in Utah, in the San Rafael Desert, since the early noughties, where geological and social research is being […]
Yesterday, November 18, the second test flight of SpaceX’s new Starship mega-spacecraft took place, which ended in an explosion after the first stage separated. Nevertheless, the company considers the trial a success. The rocket, which is the largest ever built by mankind, was launched from its launch site in Boca Chica, Texas. This flight was […]
Today, after many months of preparation and waiting for regulatory approval, SpaceX will once again launch its huge Starship rocket system into orbit. The window for launching the 120-meter rocket, the most powerful ever created by mankind, will open on November 18 at 15:00 Kyiv time – it will be 8 am at the SpaceX […]
Just 22 light-years away, orbiting a small red dwarf star, there is a tiny world that scientists from the United States have confirmed is the closest known Earth-sized world to our solar system. It is called LTT 1445 Ac, an exoplanet with a mass 1.37 times that of the Earth and 1.07 times the radius […]