World’s first wooden satellite slated for launch in Finland. UPM Plywood, Arctic Astronautics and Huld announce today a joint mission to launch the first ever wooden satellite, WISA Woodsat, into Earth’s orbit by the end of 2021. The satellite electronics is mostly based on Kitsat that is a fully functional one unit CubeSat (roughly 10 →
It seems that Earth’s magnetic field is weakening and changing at the moment. The magnetic North is moving towards Siberia and South Atlantic Anomaly weakening the Earth’s magnetic field. There is some fear that the weakening is causing technical problems for satellites and could have other effects. Here are some links to news on this →
European’s own satellite navigation system has been down for days. It shouldn’t cause any serious issue but must be annoying for anybody that has something to do with this 10 billion Euro EU project. I saw first notes on this on following article (Note that the Galileo system is still very new and not as →
This week seems to have many news related to 50 years of Apollo 11 spaceflight. Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin, both American, landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC. Moon is not just history. Today, a new rush of enthusiasm for lunar exploration has swept up →
https://www.reaktor.com/blog/reaktor-space-lab-takes-off/ At 6.28 a.m. Helsinki time today, Reaktor Space Lab launched Finland’s first commercially-built nanosatellite into space. The team had some the people who had launched Finland’s first two satellites: Aalto 1 and Aalto 2. There is also another Finnish satellite being launched hopefully in few days: http://suomi100satelliitti.fi/laukaisu_aikaisintaan_2_joulukuuta →
https://www.iflscience.com/space/nasas-insight-probe-has-successfully-touched-down-on-the-surface-of-mars/ NASA has confirmed that its InSight spacecraft has safely touched down on Mars, the first successful landing on the Red Planet in more than six years. Check also posting on older Mars probe at http://www.epanorama.net/newepa/2012/08/24/mars-rover/ →
https://www.popsci.com/10-ways-you-can-prove-earth-is-round Humanity has known Earth is round for a few millenia. Still there is “The Flat Earth” society that claims otherwise. This article has the top 10 ways to know the Earth is unequivocally, absolutely, positively, 100% not flat! →
https://www.space.com/39633-spacex-tesla-roadster-starman-final-photo.html SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has unveiled the final photo of his Tesla Roadster and its Starman mannequin leaving Earth in the rear-view mirror after launching on the first Falcon Heavy rocket Tuesday (Feb. 6), and the view is spectacular. →
http://www.iflscience.com/space/these-are-the-most-exciting-space-missions-to-look-forward-to-in-2018/ Hooray! We made it into 2018. And with another year comes another host of exciting space missions to look forward to, from long-awaited launches to deep space rendezvous. →
https://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/out-of-this-world-design/4459036/Magnetising-the-next-generation-of-high-throughput-satellites?utm_content=bufferddeae&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer This article tells how magnetic electronics components are used in satellite electronics. →