Rocket Lab Germany is here.
Europe faces glaring gaps across both launch and spacecraft manufacturing. Rocket Lab Germany addresses these directly, combining opportunities for high-frequency access to space with high-volume satellite production to deploy resilient constellations on rapid timelines.
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Today the Voyager Program completes 35,000 days of operations in space. Because I was launched 11 days before sister Voyager 1, its not quite evenly split, but I think it is a splendid record, don't you?
#Copernicus#Sentinel 1A has concluded its operations, closing a remarkable chapter for @ESA_EO and operations teams at @esa's #ESOC.
Now, the mission’s legacy continues with Sentinel 1C and 1D.
So long, Sentinel-1A – and thanks for all the fish! 🐠
🎥 ESA/ATG medialab
After 12 years, the Sentinel‑1A satellite has officially been retired. It was the first launched as part of the European Union’s Copernicus Earth observation programme. These images of western Iceland and Melbourne in Australia were the last two radar images the satellite returned before it was retired.
Image credit: ESA
The Artemis II crew's Earthset and eclipse images are now on https://t.co/OOSOoeWeyD in full resolution:
Earthset: https://t.co/pVFle2FKFb
Captured with a Nikon D5 and Nikon 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6 at 400mm, 1/1000, f/8, ISO 400
Eclipse: https://t.co/Ig6WT3s5q1
Captured with a Nikon Z9 and Nikon 35mm f/2D at 2", f/2, ISO 1600
Seeing this I realized if I were 10-20 miles west I’d have seen it passing just over Orion.
A ship on fire off the shoulder of Orion.
A small fragment of Roy Batty’s final words made real.
Voyager 1 distance check: Currently 15.79 billion miles from Earth. ✅
This time next year, Voyager 1 will be one light-DAY away – meaning it will take light a whole 24 hours to travel between Earth and the spacecraft. For comparison: Mars is usually ~12 light-MINUTES from Earth!
🎵 Don't you... forget about me 🎵
The last 17 years on this platform have been an incredible ride. We've done good things. My team and I thank each of you for joining us on the adventures. Stay curious, friends, you know I will. ♥️
In the last few years we’ve seen the US fly 3 different crew spacecraft.
The successful ones carried iPads.
Starliner uses Microsoft’s Surface tablets.
The Moon's shadow, or umbra, is pictured covering portions of Canada and the U.S. as the space station soared into the solar eclipse from 261 miles above on Aug. 8, 2024. More pix... https://t.co/M5y2V3p4EQ
Et si vous vous posiez la question, l’éclipse d’aujourd’hui vue de la Station spatiale, ça donne ça… un petit côté fin du monde, non ? Et pourtant, c’est simplement l’ombre d’un astre sur un autre 🤷🏼♂️😎