Calibrating CubeSat constellations just got easier
CubeSats have a lot of advantages. They are small, inexpensive, and easily reproducible. But those advantages also come with ...
What’s Really Behind the Northern Lights? NASA Is About to Find Out
Riding with SpaceX’s Transporter-13 mission, NASA’s EZIE CubeSats will unlock the mysteries of auroral electrojets. These ...
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Aerospace Corp, Spire Each Demo Cubesats With Two-Way Laser Links
Aerospace Corp. and Spire Global have separately announced successful demonstrations of cubesats establishing two-way laser ...
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Research sheds light on using multiple CubeSats for in-space servicing and repair missions
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are developing a methodology that will allow multiple CubeSats to act as servicing agents to assemble or repair a space telescope. "We developed a scheme ...
The Northern Lights Hold a Shocking Secret and NASA’s EZIE Mission Will Reveal It
High above Earth's poles, powerful electrojets create mesmerizing auroras but also pose risks like power outages. NASA’s ...
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SpaceX, NASA to launch 1st mission to study aurora 'electrojets' in Earth's atmosphere
"EZIE is the first mission dedicated exclusively to studying the electrojets," Larry Kepko, an EZIE mission scientist at NASA ...
NASA’s new AI satellites could revolutionize disaster response
In partnership with startup Ubotica, NASA’s JPL is testing AI-powered satellites that analyze and act in real time—without ...
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Spire demonstrates optical links between cubesats
The cubesats, equipped with an optical communications ... could benefit a variety of space-based missions from weather forecasting and global communications to environmental monitoring and ...
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Hope is all but lost for private asteroid probe in deep space — 'the chance of talking with Odin is minimal'
AstroForge says there's no real hope of reestablishing contact with its Odin probe, the first private spacecraft ever to fly ...
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New research sheds light on using multiple CubeSats for in-space servicing and repair missions
Researchers are developing a methodology that will allow multiple CubeSats to act as servicing agents to assemble or repair a space telescope. Their method minimizes fuel consumption, guarantees ...