[ad_1] tech2 News StaffNovember 27, 2020 18:03:18 IST The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a € 86 million ($ 102 million) contract with ClearSpace SA to bring a large chunk of orbital junk back to Earth. ClearSpace is a Swiss startup that provides in-orbit assistance and space debris removal …
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[ad_1] A Swiss company is poised to launch our planet’s first space cleanup mission after the European Space Agency (ESA) said Thursday they were signing an 86 million ($ 102 million) agreement with representatives of the Swiss start-up. The company, ClearSpace, hopes to launch a special satellite by 2025 that …
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[ad_1] In June 1670 – almost exactly 350 years ago – the French astronomer Voituret Anthelme recorded a “new” star in the sky. In the northern constellation of Vulpecula, a point of light flared up in brightness before gradually fading from the naked eye over a year later. The event …
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[ad_1] By Joshua Stein ABB Ltd. said Wednesday that it was awarded a two-year contract by NASA to allow the U.S. government agency to take space photos of planets outside the solar system for the first time. The Swiss engineering firm said it will supply NASA with electronic cores for …
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[ad_1] (MENAFN) The China National Space Administration (CNSA) said in a statement that a Long March-5 rocket started being filled with liquid oxygen and cryogenic liquid hydrogen propellant at almost 6:30 PM (Beijing time) on Monday. The rocket, scheduled to be launched from the Wenchang spacecraft launch site in southern …
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[ad_1] tech2 News StaffNovember 23 2020 11:29:09 CEST A US-European satellite designed to extend a decade-long measurement of global sea surface heights was launched into Earth orbit from California on Saturday. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the satellite took off from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 10:47 pm IST …
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[ad_1] Joana Campos 1 hour ago 4 min Currently, it is scientifically accepted that the Universe is in a state of expansion. In the 1990s, astronomers admitted that, for four billion years, the pace of this expansion is accelerating. After studying the thermal history of the Universe over the past …
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[ad_1] League 1: Sibiu – Astra, Sunday, 5pm, Digi Sport 1 League 1: CFR Cluj – UTA Arad, Sunday, 8pm, Digi Sport 1 The sportswoman of Bulgaria was suspended for life after an investigation a THAT proved to have cheated several games in the 2015-2019 period. Aleksandrina Naydenova, suspended for …
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[ad_1] With the participation of the Portuguese company Critical Sofware, the Copernicus Sentinel-6 was today put into orbit by the SpaceX Falcon9 rocket, launched from the Vandenberg air base in the United States. The Copernicus Sentinel-6 satellite was put into orbit this Saturday by the SpaceX Falcon9 rocket, according to …
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[ad_1] On Saturday, under clear blue Southern California skies, the 229-foot (70-meter) SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket leapt off the platform from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 9:17 am PST (12:17 pm EST / 1717 GMT), Space.com reports. The rocket was carrying the world’s …
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