Aerospace

JAXA: Successful Deployment of DIWATA-1, First Microsatellite developed by the Republic of the Philippines, from ISS Kibo

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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Tohoku University, Hokkaido University, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) of the Republic of the Philippines, and the University of the Philippines Diliman, successfully deployed „DIWATA-1,” the first Philippines microsatellite. This was also the first success for JAXA to deploy a 50 kg-class microsatellite from the ISS Japanese … Dowiedz się więcej

ESA: Hubble’s birthday bubble

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No matter how many times we look at the Bubble Nebula, we do not tire of its beauty. It was discovered in 1787 by the great astronomer, William Herschel. Back then it would have appeared as nothing more than a faint black-and-white smudge in the eyepiece of his telescope. Here we see it in the … Dowiedz się więcej

Sentinel-1B launched to complete radar pair

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The second Sentinel-1 satellite – Sentinel-1B – was launched today to provide more ‘radar vision’ for Europe’s environmental Copernicus programme. Sentinel-1B lifted off on a Soyuz rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, at 21:02 GMT (23:02 CEST), separating from the rocket’s Fregat upper stage 23 min 35 sec later. Sentinel-1B joins its identical … Dowiedz się więcej

Thales Alenia Space plays pivotal role in European research program Horizon 2020

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Horizon 2020 is the European Union research and innovation funding program for the period 2014-2020. For the first time, it groups a number of European initiatives, including the R&D framework program PCRDT*, Euratom, the framework program for competitiveness and innovation, and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT ). Thales Alenia Space has made … Dowiedz się więcej

Inauguration of the new “Optics & Science” OHB Space Center in Oberpfaffenhofen

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The new OHB Space Center in Oberpfaffenhofen is one of the most modern centers for optical systems and science missions in the space industry. In an official inauguration ceremony held on April 18, 2016, the new OHB “Optics and Science” Space Center was officially opened in the presence of Horst Seehofer, Prime Minister of the … Dowiedz się więcej

NASA Astronaut to Call Columbia University Students from International Space Station

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Students from Columbia University in New York will have the opportunity to speak with a NASA astronaut currently living and working on the International Space Station at 1:10 p.m. EDT Thursday, April 21. The 20-minute, Earth-to-space call will air live on NASA Television and the agency’s website. Expedition 47 Commander Tim Kopra, who received his … Dowiedz się więcej