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Jan102025 by adminNo Comments

SpaceX to release 7th batch of next-gen spy satellites for United States federal government tonight

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket introduces the NROL-167 objective for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Oct. 24, 2024. (Image credit: SpaceX) SpaceX released another batch of U.S. spy satellites from California's main coast tonight (Jan. 9).A Falcon 9 rocket took off from Vandenberg Space Force Base tonight at 10:53 p.m. EST (7:53 p.m. regional California time; 0353 GMT on Jan. 10) on the NROL-153 objective for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).NROL-153 was the seventh launch servicing the NRO's "multiplied architecture," which the company has actually referred to as including "many, smaller sized satellites developed for ability and strength."We do not understand much beyond that, as the NRO tends to be tight-lipped abou...

Jan52025 by adminNo Comments

NASA will reveal upgrade to Mars sample return intend on Jan. 7. Here’s how to eavesdrop

Science and Nature

An artist's representation of a Mars sample return objective rocket introducing off the Red Planet. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) The year 2025 isn't even a week old and NASA is currently preparing for its very first huge statement, this one about the company's enthusiastic, yet beleaguered, Mars sample return objective.On Tuesday (Jan. 7), NASA's leading brass will hold an audio-only interview to upgrade the general public on its Mars sample return program. The media instruction will start at 1:00 p.m. EST (1800 GMT), and you'll have the ability to eavesdrop online by means of NASA's site.NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Nicky Fox, the firm's associate administrator for science objectives, will host the Mars expedition rundown. "The rundown will consist of NASA's efforts t...

Jan42025 by adminNo Comments

Sun appears with effective X1.2 solar flare, triggers radio blackouts (picture)

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An X1.2-class solar flare emerges from the sun on Jan. 3, 2025. (Image credit: NOAA/Helioviewer. org) The sun began 2025 with a bang as it fired off an effective solar flare today.The X-class solar flare peaked at an X. 12 at 6:40 a.m. EST (1140 GMT) on Friday (Jan. 3), launching a blast of energy from a sunspot area called AR 3947 and setting off a radio blackout occasion for parts of the Southern Atlantic, Africa and parts of eastern South America. When these blackouts take place, they can lead to a complete or partial loss of high frequency (HF) radio signals in areas that are sunlit at the time.Solar flares are categorized on a 4-class scale, and as the scale increases in class, each flare is 10 times more powerful than the class below it. X-class flares stay in the le...

Dec252024 by adminNo Comments

ULA wishes to update Vulcan Centaur rocket into a ‘area interceptor’ to safeguard satellites

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A making of a ULA Centaur upper phase in orbit above Earth. (Image credit: United Launch Alliance) United Launch Alliance (ULA) visualizes its brand-new, effective Vulcan Centaur rocket as playing a crucial function in safeguarding satellites from possible risks in area.Centaur, the upper phase of the Vulcan Centaur, is created for orbit. Throughout the current Spacepower Conference in Orlando, Florida, ULA CEO Tory Bruno stated that Centaur might be updated to operate in a protective capability in orbit.If an enemy were to threaten U.S. Space Force possessions, the Centaur might run as a "area interceptor" that might act quickly to offer defense. "What I've been dealing with is basically a rocket that runs in area," Bruno stated on Dec. 12, according to SpaceNews.Bruno laid out...