RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116495805277370167
The drones did not succeed in striking the #spaceport, but the attempted attacks come as #Russia ramps up activity at Plesetsk Cosmodrome to deploy a new constellation of Internet and data relay satellites akin to SpaceXβs #Starlink
Linguistic observations from yesterday's splashdown:
1. How to balance clarity and politeness in rejecting a suggestion when the whole world is listening: "That's a moderately good idea. Can we hang on to it for a while."
2. "Go" as an adjective: "Weather at the landing site is go."
3. "Delta" as a noun: "There are no delta."
Copy. I'm going to start using all of these.
#Artemis laser communications πΆ system : βWe got 20 gigabytes down in a little more than 45 minutes. Thatβs orders of magnitude more than we get via our S-band telemetry systemβ.
#Toilet π½ : Engineers have ruled out ice buildup where the vent line ejects wastewater into space. Some of the chemistry may be creating debris of some kind clogging a filter.
#Reentry : splash down off the coast of San Diego, at 8:07 p.m. Eastern April 10 (2:07 AM CEST) https://spacenews.com/artemis-2-science-gets-underway-as-orion-begins-its-return-trip/
How do you #communicate πΆ with a #spacecraft when the #Moon is in the way ? #China π¨π³ uses relay satellites π°οΈ, #Queqiao launched on π 20 May 2018. It can support missions across the whole of the Moon https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-missions/queqiao-lunar-constellation
RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116357889328814512
The #optical communications πΆ system can only be used at night, as sunlight can cause interference.
So all of the live imagery from the flyby has to be directed through the #radio direct pipeline.
Thereβs a limited number* of ground stations π‘ on Earth that are currently able to support signals to and from the Moon at high data rates
* https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/communication%3Aspace#values
#ispace expects to deploy at least five lunar orbiting #satellites π°οΈ by 2030, which will serve as critical infrastructure for the #communications πΆ system.
Critical to the new business will be the development of #GroundStation π‘ services on Earth capable of stably receiving large-capacity communications and data from the #Moon π https://www.ispace-inc.com/news-en/?p=8731
Ispace is a private lunar robotic exploration company that is developing micro-robotic technology to provide a low-cost and frequent transportation service to and on the Moon, conduct lunar surface exploration to map, process and deliver resources to our customers in cislunar space.
World-first gigabit laser link between aircraft and geostationary satellite
#HackerNews #gigabitlaserlink #aircraftsatellite #spacecommunication #innovation
Faster, more secure connections from space could one day make broadband on planes, ships and even remote roads as easy as turning on a light. The European Space Agency (ESA), Airbus Defence and Space, the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) and German payload manufacturer TESAT (as subcontractor) successfully connected an aircraft to a geostationary satellite using laser communications, bringing people closer to seamless, highβspeed connections in daily life.
Over half of #RocketLab's revenue π΅ now comes from its #SpaceSystems division, which builds #satellites π°οΈ, avionics, solar βοΈ arrays and flight computers π» for #DeepSpace. The #Electron rocket π became the fastest launch vehicle to reach 50 missions in June 2024. #Neutron will be capable of launching probes to #Mars π΄ and other deep-space destinations. https://www.space.com/space-exploration/if-its-possible-it-must-be-done-rocket-lab-ceo-peter-beck-has-his-eyes-on-missions-to-mars-and-venus
#SpaceEnergy #SpaceCommunication #SolAero #Capstone #BlueGhost #EscaPADE
π #Starlink : 9237 #satellites π°οΈ launched, 6938 operational πΆ as of @planet4589 https://planet4589.org/space/con/star/stats.html
Spaceflight π
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