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Soon after a pair of Chinese satellites reached geostationary orbit early this year, space surveillance satellite USA 270 maneuvered to get a closer look at its new neighbors. As USA 270 closed in on Shiyan-12-01 and Shiyan-12-02, the Chinese inspection satellites took off in opposite directions with Shiyan 12 02 moving into position to get
SAN FRANCISCO – Planet revealed the value of its largest contract to date, a $146 million award from the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imagery over two years, during the company’s June 14 earnings call. Rather than disclosing the maximum potential value of the contract with options over 10 years like BlackSky and Maxar Technologies,
(Courtesy: Shutterstock/ymgerman) Quantum effects play a hitherto unexpected role in creating instabilities in DNA – the so-called “molecule of life” that provides instructions for cellular processes in all living organisms. This conclusion, based on work by researchers at the University of Surrey in the UK, goes against long-held beliefs that quantum behaviour is not relevant
The companies conducted a ground demonstration of optical communications for the Space Development Agency’s low Earth orbit constellation WASHINGTON — Northrop Grumman, one of three companies selected to deliver 42 satellites for a U.S. military low Earth orbit constellation, announced June 14 it completed a ground demonstration of laser terminals that will be used to
SAN FRANCISCO — Germany startup Okapi:Orbits raised 5.5 million euros ($5.7 million) in a seed funding round led by Munich Re Ventures with participation from Dolby Family Ventures, Herius Capital and APEX Ventures. Okapi offers space traffic management software designed to help satellite operators reduce maneuvers, save fuel and limit downtime. More than 50 satellites
Cost-effective design: The microneedle sensor patch contains two primary components: the disposable sensor array (right) and reusable electronics. (Courtesy: Laboratory for Nanobioelectronics/UC San Diego) Wearable sensors that monitor biomarkers in biofluid just under the surface of the skin – wirelessly, painlessly and in real-time – could be of wide medical benefit. Such devices could measure
ARCADIA, Calif. — The nonprofit that runs the national laboratory portion of the International Space Station is not making full use of the advisory group established after an independent review of the organization. A report published by the Government Accountability Office June 7 said that the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS),
ARCADIA, Calif. — An Astra launch of two NASA cubesats to monitor tropical storms failed June 12 when the rocket’s upper stage shut down prematurely. Astra’s Rocket 3.3 vehicle, designated LV0010, lifted off from Space Launch Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 1:43 p.m. Eastern. The liftoff took place near
The key to achieving ‘quantum advantage’ lies in the co-design of algorithms and hardware for a new generation of superconducting quantum computers Full-stack quantum computing: Bleximo’s holistic approach to product development covers everything from the fundamental physics of superconductors to the software architecture of a deployed quantum computing system. (Courtesy: Bleximo) California-based start-up Bleximo is
This new procurement of satellites – known as the NExT experimental testbed – replaces a previous SDA program called T1DES WASHINGTON — The Space Development Agency is looking to acquire as many as 10 satellites to host military payloads for experiments in low Earth orbit. This new procurement of satellites – known as the NExT
WASHINGTON — A new mobile launch platform that Bechtel is building for NASA will cost up to four times as much as originally planned and could push back the first launch of an upgraded version of the Space Launch System to the late 2020s, a NASA audit concluded. The audit by NASA’s Office of Inspector
Hard at work: Dario Ballarini (left), Vincenzo Ardizzone (centre), and Daniele Sanvitto in their lab. (Courtesy: Daniele Sanvitto/CNR-Nanotec Lecce) A bound state in the continuum (BIC) is a symmetry-protected topological state that, despite lying in the continuum radiation spectrum of a system, is unable to radiate in the far field. When supported by a photonic
WASHINGTON — Leaders of NASA’s Lucy asteroid mission are increasingly confident that the mission can continue as planned even if ongoing efforts to fully deploy and latch a solar array don’t succeed. Engineers have been studying for months one of two circular solar arrays that did not fully deploy and latch into place after the
SAN FRANCISCO – Launch startup Evolution Space signed a memorandum of understanding to launch a small satellite constellation for optical communications startup Xenesis. Under the $120 million deal signed in May, Evolution will conduct five suborbital and 25 orbital launches for Xenesis beginning in 2025. Mojave, Calif.-based Evolution is taking an iterative approach to developing
Supersonic: gases escape very quickly from a champagne bottle. (Courtesy: Shutterstock/Lukas Gojda) Opening a bottle of good champagne is one of life’s great delights and it is a process that also involves a lot of physics — from the nucleation of tiny bubbles in the fluid to the formation of a cloud of gas at
WASHINGTON — NASA will commission a small independent study of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), a move the agency says is part of its desire to support risky research that has the potential for high payoffs. The agency announced June 9 it will set up an independent team of researchers who, starting in early fall, will
WASHINGTON — Astra Space is preparing to conduct the first of three launches of NASA cubesats to monitor tropical storms as soon as June 12, pending receipt of a launch license. The company announced June 8 that it was ready for the launch of two Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a