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SpaceX scrubbed a launch of its Starlink satellites this weekend due to an issue with one of its rockets. The company was scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 rocket containing 23 of its Starlink satellites on Sunday (Nov. 3) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, but SpaceX […]
Boost for Mars life? Red Planet’s magnetic field may have lasted longer than thought (Image Credit: Space.com) Mars’ magnetic field may have survived 200 million years longer than scientists had thought — crucially, long enough for it to overlap with the presence of liquid water on the surface of the Red Planet. That’s the conclusion […]
Jupiter’s moons hide giant subsurface oceans − Europa Clipper is one of 2 missions on their way to see if these moons could support life (Image Credit: Space.com) This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Mike Sori is an Assistant Professor of […]
Asteroid Apophis Will Endure Quakes and Surface Shifts During 2029 Earth Flyby (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) A team of astronomers believe that our planet’s gravitational pull could alter the surface of Apophis, a near-Earth asteroid (NEA) set to make a close approach to Earth in five years’ time. Apophis is currently 1.97 astronomical units from Earth—or […]
Japan launches military communications satellite on 4th flight of H3 rocket (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) [embedded content] Japan’s new H3 rocket flew for the fourth time ever on Monday morning (Nov. 4). The H3 launched Kirameki 3, a military communications satellite also known as DSN-3, from Tanegashima Space Center on Monday at […]
Astronomers urge FCC to halt satellite megaconstellation launches (Image Credit: Space.com) Over 100 astronomers from leading U.S. universities have signed an open letter calling for an assessment of potential impacts of satellite megaconstellations on Earth’s environment. The researchers urge the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which approves satellite deployments in the U.S., to halt megaconstellation […]
Japan launches military communications satellite on 4th flight of H3 rocket (Image Credit: Space.com) Japan’s new H3 rocket flew for the fourth time ever on Monday morning (Nov. 4). The H3 launched Kirameki 3, a military communications satellite also known as DSN-3, from Tanegashima Space Center on Monday at 1:48 a.m. EST (0548 GMT; 3:48 […]
Rocket Lab plans to launch a hush-hush mission early Tuesday morning (Nov. 5), and you can watch the action live. The mission, for a “confidential commercial customer,” is set to lift off atop an Electron vehicle from Rocket Lab‘s New Zealand site on Tuesday at 5:30 a.m. EST (0930 GMT). Rocket Lab will webcast the […]
Five years of the Space Force’s strategic progress (Image Credit: Space News) Join our newsletter to get the latest military space newsevery Tuesday by veteran defense journalist Sandra Erwin. This December, the Space Force celebrates its fifth birthday. For some, this will come as a surprise. Has it really been five years […]
Japan launches Kirameki 3 military communications satellite with H3 rocket (Image Credit: Space News) [embedded content] Join our newsletter to get the latest military space newsevery Tuesday by veteran defense journalist Sandra Erwin. HELSINKI — Japan launched the Kirameki 3 communications satellite for defense purposes early Monday with the fourth flight of […]
