NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, farther away than the Sun, has sent data through a laser over a record-breaking distance, and done so even faster than expected.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: NASA, Communications, Communicate, Laser, Light, Data, Transmission, Psyche, Spacecraft, Optical
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Deep-space lasers smash data speed records over interplanetary distances
Posted by ArielTechGeek 311 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
AUKUS partners to build global deep-space defense tracking network
Posted by ArielTechGeek 464 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
The US, UK, and Australia AUKUS agreement is about more than nuclear subs, as evidenced by the three nations announcing the building of an international Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) network intended to monitor space out to geosynchronous orbit.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: Department of Defense, MOD, Submarine, Missile Defense
Lockheed Martin tapped to build nuclear-powered deep-space probe
Posted by ArielTechGeek 486 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Under a US$33.7-million Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) contract, Lockheed Martin is developing a next-generation nuclear-reactor-powered spacecraft for the Joint Emergent Technology Supplying On-Orbit Nuclear (JETSON) High Power program.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: Lockheed Martin, Nuclear, Ion propulsion
Juice deep-space probe headed for Jupiter sends back selfies
Posted by ArielTechGeek 695 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) deep-space probe is on its way to Jupiter and has sent back its first selfies. Captured by Juice monitoring camera 1 (JMC1) located on the front of the spacecraft, the new images show the Earth and Juice's deployed solar array.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: JUICE, ESA, Jupiter
Miniature nuclear generators could power deep-space CubeSats
Posted by ArielTechGeek 785 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
In a move that could see a new generation of deep-space CubeSats, NASA has greenlighted a project by the Rochester Institute of Technology to develop a nuclear power source that is a tenth the size of those in current use for planetary missions.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: NASA, Nuclear
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