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☆ Video of SpaceX's Starship reentry shows the ultra-hot plasma plummet back to Earth like never before
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

SpaceX's Starship captured a stunning video of its reentry as it fell back to Earth. It's the best and clearest video footage yet of a spacecraft enduring the fiery fall back to Earth. AdvertisementSpaceX's Starship captured a stunning video of its reentry into Earth's atmosphere as it finished its first successful flight through space on Thursday. SpaceX aired the footage live on its webcast on X, showing thick ultra-heated plasma lashing Starship and turning parts of the spacecraft red-hot. AdvertisementAn astronaut's view of what it looks like inside a spacecraft that's plummeting to Earth at breakneck speed.

Persons: SpaceX's, Starship's, —, to4UOF2Kpd — Elon, reentries, Jonathan McDowell, Kate Tice Organizations: Service, SpaceX, NASA, YouTube, Super

☆ North Korea's twice-failed spy satellite is now up and running, aerospace experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A North Korean spy satellite was spotted adjusting its orbit in space, experts said. AdvertisementA North Korean spy satellite has made maneuvers in orbit that show it is very much "alive," contrary to previous assessments that suggested it was inactive, experts said on Tuesday. North Korea announced it had launched Malligyong-1 into orbit in November, after two failed attempts. The launches drew condemnation from the US, which viewed them as cover for North Korea testing missile technology. The latest findings come as South Korea warned that Pyongyang could launch a new spy satellite as soon as March, The Korea Times reported.

Persons: Marco Langbroek, —, Korean Defense Minister Shin Won, sik, Langbroek, Jonathan McDowell Organizations: Service, Delft University of Technology, Korean Defense Minister, Korea Times, Harvard - Smithsonian Center, Astrophysics, NK News, White, Pentagon, US, Guardian, The Korea Times Locations: Korean, South Korea, Leiden, Netherlands, North Korea, Pyongyang

☆ Elon Musk's SpaceX was the satellite villain of the skies. It's taking a 'money hit' to try and fix the problem.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewNEW ORLEANS — When SpaceX launched its first Starlink satellites, astronomers all over the world freaked out and the company quickly became a villain of the skies. Nonetheless, Starlink satellites — now more than 5,000 strong — are streaking across astronomers' views of the cosmos, ruining their data. SpaceX leads the way for changeA satellite trail streaks in front of galaxies in this image from the Hubble Space Telescope. The visors were a regular feature for many Starlink satellites until SpaceX added laser communications. AdvertisementChris Hofer, international team lead for Amazon's Project Kuiper internet satellites, told the astronomers in New Orleans that SpaceX's Starlink tinkering has been helpful.

Persons: —, James Lowenthal, Lowenthal, SpaceX isn't, Jonathan McDowell, McDowell, that's, Patricia Cooper, Elon Musk, Slaven Vlasic, They're, Chris Hofer, Hofer, Kristina Barkume, Barkume Organizations: Service, SpaceX, New York Times, Business, Times, Hubble, Telescope, NASA, ESA, American Astronomical Society, International Astronomical Union, CPS, Planet Labs, Amazon Locations: New Orleans

☆ What to know about North Korea's spy satellite launch
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

WHAT ARE THE CAPABILITIES OF NORTH KOREA'S ON-ORBIT SPY SATELLITE? To launch a more-capable satellite, North Korea will most likely need to develop a larger rocket, which it appears to be doing, he said. South Korea's spy agency has said North Korea may have overcome technical hurdles with the help of Russia, which in September publicly pledged to help Pyongyang build satellites. The United States and its allies called North Korea's latest satellite tests clear violations of United Nations Security Council resolutions, which prohibit development of technology applicable to North Korea's ballistic missile programs. "North Korea is no longer shy about testing ICBMs, so no - this really is an SLV," he said.

Persons: Jonathan McDowell, Hong Min, Kim Jong Un, Vann Van Diepen, Van Diepen, Jeffrey Lewis, Chang Young, Lee Choon, Pyongyang’s, Lewis, Hyun Young Yi, Hyonhee Shin, Josh Smith, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Reuters, KCNA, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Harvard – Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, U.S . Space Force, Korea Institute for National Unification, Stimson, North, Middlebury Institute of International Studies, Korea Aerospace University, South Korea's Science, Technology Policy, United Nations, Thomson Locations: North Gyeongsang Province, North Korea, Rights SEOUL, North, Korea, Pyongyang, U.S, Washington, South Korea, RUSSIA, Russia, Moscow, United States

North Korea said it placed its first spy satellite in orbit on Tuesday. South Korea's military said North Korea's military reconnaissance satellite was believed to have entered orbit, but it would take time to assess whether it was operating normally. Critics have said the pact weakened South Korea's ability to monitor the North's near the border while North Korea had violated the agreement. South Korea said it was suspending a clause in the agreement and resuming aerial surveillance near the border. North Korea had notified Japan of a satellite launch after two failed attempts to put what it called spy satellites into orbit this year.

Persons: Kim, Kim Jong Un, KCNA, Adrienne Watson, Jonathan McDowell, Shin Won, sik, Kim Jong, Shin, Yoon Suk Yeol, Yoon, Moon Jae, Critics, Carl Vinson, U.N, Antonio Guterres, Vladimir Putin, Hong Min, Hyunsu Yim, hyang Choi, Josh Smith, Hyonhee Shin, Joyce Lee, Liz Lee, Satoshi Sugiyama, Ed Davies, Jack Kim, Gerry Doyle, Alex Richardson, Kim Coghill Organizations: Reuters, KCNA, REUTERS Acquire, North, ., U.S, Andersen Air Force Base, Pentagon, . National Security, Harvard – Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, U.S . Space Force, South Korea's Defence, National Security, South Korean, Korea's Defence, Korea Institute for National Unification, South, U.S ., Thomson Locations: North Gyeongsang Province, North Korea, Korea, South Korea, SEOUL, United States, . North Korea, Pyongyang, Pacific, Guam, U.S, South, Britain, North, Santa Fe, Korean, Japan, China, North Korea's, RUSSIA, Russian, Russia, Minwoo, Seoul, Beijing, Tokyo

☆ India's moon landing made history at a low cost
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

ISROThe list is grim reading: Stuck, failed, missed, failed, failed, stuck, failed, crashed, missed, crashed, crashed. Even in the modern era — with nine lunar landing attempts since 2013 — the track record is still shaky. Before India's success Wednesday, missions by China, India, Israel, Japan and Russia were three for eight in the past decade. School students watching the live telecast of Chandrayaan-3 landing on the Moon at Sector 20 Brahmananda Public School on August 23, 2023 in Noida, India. Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of India's moon landing is the shoestring budget — by government standards — with which the country achieved the mission.

Persons: Jonathan McDowell, Sunil Ghosh, Jim Bridenstine, Bridenstine, They've, who's Organizations: ISRO, Soviet Union's, Harvard - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Gravity, India, School, Hindustan Times, NASA, CNBC, Indian Space Research Organization, U.S, Payload Services, Space Foundation Locations: China, India, Israel, Japan, Russia, Noida, U.S, India's, United States

☆ Russia’s Luna 25 lunar lander has ‘emergency situation’ during moon approach
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The Luna 25 spacecraft reported an “emergency situation on board,” Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, said on Saturday. Russia’s Luna 25 lander mission marked the country’s first attempt at landing a spacecraft on the moon since the Soviet era. The last lunar lander, Luna 24, landed on the lunar surface on August 18, 1976. Luna 25’s trajectory allowed it to surpass India’s Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander, which launched in mid-July, on the way to the lunar surface. Safely landing a spacecraft on the lunar surface would mark a huge step for Russia’s space program.

Persons: ” Roscosmos, It’s, Russia’s, India’s, Jonathan McDowell, ”, Victoria Samson Organizations: CNN, Vostochny, Soyuz, Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian, Roscosmos, Luna, Secure World Foundation Locations: “, Soviet, Russia’s, Oblast, India, Russia, Washington

☆ A space race on the Korean Peninsula
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +13 min

It was not until 2013 that it became the first South Korean rocket to place a satellite in orbit. SPACE CENTRES Russia also helped South Korea build its Naro Space Center while training and launching the first South Korean astronaut on a mission to the International Space Station. In his first summit with former U.S. President Donald Trump in 2018, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un promised to dismantle Sohae, but as talks stalled, North Korea expanded the site. North Korea faces the same challenges, and must avoid flying over South Korea. “The road from South Korea to space has opened now,” President Yoon Suk Yeol said after the 2022 Nuri launch.

Persons: Kim Jong, Moon Jae, Nuri, Jonathan McDowell, Markus Schiller, Schiller, “, ”, ” Schiller, Robert Schmucker, Pyongyang’s, McDowell, KARI, Donald Trump, Kim Jong Un, Dave Schmerler, James Martin, “ Sohae, ” McDowell, Korea’s Nuri, Yoon Suk Yeol Organizations: North, South Korean, U.S, Harvard – Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, REUTERS, Elon, SpaceX, South, Soviet, Federation of American Scientists, Carnegie Endowment, International Peace, Space Center, International Space, Korea Aerospace Research, James, James Martin Center, Nonproliferation Studies, International Maritime Organization Locations: Seoul, Pyongyang, South Korea, North Korea, Korean, Japan, China, Korea, Washington, United States, Russia, Naro, Europe, U.S, Britain, Switzerland, Soviet Union, Soviet, Cholsan County, South Korean, South, Tonghae, North Korea’s, Sohae, Indonesia, Philippines, Okinawa

☆ China beats SpaceX and Blue Origin to reach orbit with a methane-fueled rocket, edging ahead of the US in the space race
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

China pulled ahead in the space exploration race by reaching orbit with a methalox rocket first. The fuel, based on methane, is coveted by companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin. SpaceX's own methalox-fueled rocket Starship exploded before reaching this milestone in April. Chinese firm LandSpace launched their Zhuque-2 rocket from the Gobi Desert on Tuesday, reaching orbit shortly after. Meanwhile, the future of New Glenn, Blue Origin's methalox rocket, is uncertain after its BE-4 engine exploded during testing in June, per Space.com.

Persons: LandSpace, Jonathan McDowell, Relativity, New Glenn, Blue, Jonathan Newton Organizations: SpaceX, Service, Privacy, China, US Space Force, Washington, Getty, Reuters Locations: China, Wall, Silicon, New, Starbase, Jiuquan, Gansu Province

☆ A Russian 'inspector' satellite appears to be chasing a secret US military satellite in a game of cat and mouse
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A Russian satellite appears to be stalking a classified US military satellite in a cat-and-mouse chase. Dickinson added that the US would continue to track the Russian spacecraft. Then, in 2020, a US Space Force general reported that two mysterious Russian satellites were tailing a US spy satellite. The Russian satellite was set to pass its US military target at a distance of about 31 kilometers on April 7, Janssen calculated. This could have been a maneuver the US conducted to evade the close approach of the Russian satellite, Zak reported.

☆ A weird flash lit up the sky over Kyiv. NASA denied it was a falling satellite, and experts still can't confirm what caused it.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Marianne Guenot | Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A blinding flash of light over Kyiv on Wednesday remains unexplained. Ukraine officials had originally blamed a satellite NASA that was falling back down to Earth. The flash lit up the sky minutes before the air raid alarm was triggered in the city, causing concern among residents. Popko suggested that the flash had been caused by a satellite NASA had said was due to plummet back to Earth, per the BBC. But US officials and experts have denied the satellites' implication in the Kyiv flash.

☆ Mysterious glowing 'SpaceX spirals' in the night sky seem to be linked to rocket launches
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

It's likely a cloud of excess fuel from a SpaceX rocket launched earlier that day. "SpaceX spirals" are rare, but they may be getting more common. These spirals are appearing shortly after SpaceX rocket launches, and are probably residual fuel the rockets released during flight, space physicist Don Hampton told the Associated Press. SpaceX spirals, jellyfish, and smoke rings may happen more oftenThis is the third time in the past year that a Falcon 9 rocket has appeared to produce a SpaceX spiral. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft launches at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

☆ Elon Musk's Starlink satellites are ruining images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, threatening future science
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-03 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is getting more satellites ruining its images, a new study found. Hubble images streaked with white lines show the impact of just one satellite flying through the telescope's field of view. The proportion of Hubble images that look like this is increasing as more satellites fill Earth's orbit, the study found. Hubble peers through a growing 'wall' between us and the universeThe Hubble Space Telescope in Earth's orbit. So far SpaceX has launched more than 3,000 Starlink satellites and plans to eventually maintain up to 42,000 satellites in orbit.

☆ Fact Check-Video does not show meteor in Mission, Texas
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A video showing a luminous object shooting across the sky was filmed in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is unrelated to reports of a meteor crashing in Texas on Feb. 15, contrary to claims on social media. in a 10 mile radius.”Reuters identified the location of the recording in Daytona Beach. Two experts ruled out the object seen is a meteor. More information about the meteor near Mission, Texas, published by CBS Media, The Dallas Morning News and CNN can be seen (bit.ly/3Ibjgpf) (bit.ly/41i4t5d) (bit.ly/3lBdzcC).

☆ SpaceX Aims to Increase Launches as Rivals Prep New Rockets
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Micah Maidenberg | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

SpaceX is pushing to increase its flight rate this year as competitors work to debut new vehicles for the launch market. The rocket-and-satellite company Elon Musk leads is aiming to conduct up to 100 orbital flights in 2023, Mr. Musk said in a tweet last August. That would represent a 64% jump compared with the 61 missions the company handled last year—itself the top number among private and government rocket launchers around the world, according to a new report from astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell, who tracks global space flight.

☆ Investing in Space: A launch guide
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Michael Sheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

CNBC's Investing in Space newsletter offers a view into the business of space exploration and privatization, delivered straight to your inbox. Earlier this year, Astra set out to launch a mission with its now-discontinued Rocket 3.3 vehicle. While that rocket would launch three days later (and suffer a mid-flight failure for a separate reason), that February abort sent Astra's stock down 13%. Stage: The sections of the rocket, typically identified as first or lower, second or upper, and so on. Scrub: Postponing a countdown and no longer attempting to launch at the previously set time.

☆ China is allowing another rocket body to fall to Earth uncontrolled this weekend. It probably won't hit you.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Paola Rosa-Aquino | Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A 23-ton chunk of China's Long March 5B rocket is on track to fall back to Earth this weekend. The Mengtian module, which carries science experiments, blasted off on China's Long March 5B rocket. No one knows where the rocket body will fall, and nobody is controlling it. Some of it will likely burn up as it plows through the atmosphere, but the rocket body is too large to completely disintegrate. China's rocket debris keeps crashing back to EarthDebris suspected to be from a Chinese booster rocket in Borneo, which were found in late July.

☆ Resturile rachetei chineze scăpate de sub control s-au dezintegrat deasupra Oceanului Indian (VIDEO)
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-09 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +4 min

Potrivit sursei citate, mare parte din acest segment s-a dezintegrat şi a fost distrus la intrarea în atmosferă. Centrul armatei americane pentru comandamentul spaţiului a precizat că racheta "a intrat deasupra Peninsulei Arabice, duminică aproximativ la ora 2:15 GMT''. Space-Track, care a folosit date militare americane, a precizat că deasupra Arabiei Saudite este locul unde sistemele americane au înregistrat ultima dată prezenţa rachetei. ”Operatorii confirmă că racheta a căzut într-adevăr în Oceanul Indian, la nord de Maldive”, precizează Space-Track pe pagina sa de Twitter. Cu toate acestea, e posibil ca obiecte de mari dimensiuni, precum Long March 5B, să nu fie distruse integral.

Persons: Wang, Lloyd Austin, Jonathan McDowell, Marte Organizations: Long, 5B, Arabiei Saudite, chinez, Externe, Apărării, Autorităţile, Harvard Locations: Indian, Chinei, Maldive, Arabiei, China, Coasta, Fildeş, Beijing, Rusia

☆ Rămășițele celei mai mari rachete chinezești dezintegrându-se în atmosferă; VIDEO
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-09 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: digi24.roRămășițele celei mai mari rachete chinezești dezintegrându-se în atmosferă; VIDEORacheta chinezească despre care mulți specialiști au spus că a fost scăpată de sub control s-a prăbușit , duminică în Oceanul Indian, în apropierea insulelor Maldive. Potrivit The Guardian, oameni din Iordania și Oman au surprins în imagini rămășite din racheta chineză dezintegrată în atmosferă. Este clar, China nu respectă standardele rezonabile privind deșeurile spațiale”, a spus oficialul. Racheta se deplasa cu o viteză de 29.000 km/orăZilele trecute, Jonathan McDowell, astrofizician la Harvard, a spus că racheta se deplasa cu o viteză de 29.000 km/oră. Asta însemna că o mică schimbare a orbitei sale putea schimba în mod semnificativ traiectoria.

Persons: Bill Nelson, Jonathan McDowell Organizations: Terra, NASA Locations: Indian, Maldive, Peninsula Iberică, Peninsula Arabică, Iordania, Oman, China, Harvard

☆ O parte din racheta care a dus pe orbită modulul primei stații spațiale chinezești a scăpat de sub control
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-04 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

O parte din racheta care a dus săptămâna trecută pe orbită modulul primei stații spațiale chinezești a scăpat de sub control. Experţii estimează că aceasta va intra necontrolat în atmosfera Pământului în jurul datei de 10 mai, iar unele bucăți riscă să cadă și în regiuni locuite. Componenta care a fost scăpată de sub control are 30 de metri lungime și avea la momentul lansării în jur de 21 tone. Cercetătorii susţin că aceasta se deplasează cu aproximativ 27 000 km/h în jurul planetei, astfel că realizează o rotație completă în jurul Pământului în 90 de minute. Totuși, într-un final aceasta va fi atrasă de planetă și va intra în atmosferă, însă specialiştii nu pot estima când se va întâmpla asta decât cu câteva ore înainte.

Persons: Jonathan McDowell Organizations: Harvard, Smithsonian Center Locations: New York, Madrid, Beijing, Chile, Noua Zeelandă, Statele Unite

Radarele de la sol utilizate de armata SUA pentru urmărirea navelor spațiale și a altor obiecte din spațiu au detectat un obiect și l-au catalogat drept corpul rachetei Long March 5B. Componenta are o traiectorie ușor descendentă și va fi în cele din urmă atrasă de planetă și va intra în atmosferă, însă cercetătorii nu pot estima când se va întâmpla asta decât cu câteva ore înainte, scrie digi24.ro. Experții se tem că unele bucăți riscă să cadă și în regiuni locuite, chiar dacă mare parte din corpul rachetei se va dezintegra la intrarea în atmosferă. Din 1990 nimic peste 10 tone nu a fost lăsat deliberat pe orbită pentru a intra în atmosferă necontrolat. Experții estimează că bucata de rachetă va intra în atmosferă în jurul datei de 10 mai.

Persons: Jonathan McDowell, McDowell Organizations: March, Universitatea Harvard . Marți Locations: SUA, China, Coasta de Fildeș, Chinei, New York, Madrid, Beijing, Chile, Noua Zeelandă

☆ O parte din racheta Long March-5B a scăpat de sub control; Unele bucăți riscă să cadă în regiuni locuite
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-04 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: STR/AFP/Getty ImagesO parte din racheta Long March-5B a scăpat de sub control; Unele bucăți riscă să cadă în regiuni locuiteO parte din racheta Long March-5B, care a dus pe orbită modulul primei stații spațiale chinezești, a scăpat de sub control și urmează să intre necontrolat în atmosfera Pământului. Experții avertizează că unele bucăți riscă să cadă și în regiuni locuite. Aceștia spun că cea mai mare parte se va dezintegra, dar unele părți au șanse foarte mari să cadă în regiuni locuite. Săptămâna trecută, racheta a dus pe orbită modulul central Tianhe al viitoarei stații spațiale chinezești. Long March-5B este cel mai mare obiect, în ultimele trei decenii, care intră în atmosferă suferă o aterizare necontrolată.

Persons: Jonathan McDowell Organizations: Long, Universitatea Harvard Locations: China, Coasta de Fildeș, New York, Madrid, Beijing, Chile, Noua Zeelandă

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