The SMILE satellite has arrived in Kourou, French Guiana entering its final countdown for a launch this spring 🚀. SMILE stands for Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer.
Why does this matter? While the Northern Lights are breathtaking, the solar winds that cause them can trigger geomagnetic storms that impact our daily lives, such as affecting navigation systems. SMILE will give us our first-ever global look at how Earth’s magnetic shield protects us from these solar storms.
Airbus innovation at work: Airbus in Spain led the development of the payload, including four high-tech instruments designed to photograph the "invisible" and measure the energy of the Sun.
Get ready to see the Earth’s defence system like never before! 🔭
He llorado en sus conciertos, hoy lloro su pérdida. Y es que yo no soy el dueño de mis emociones. Gracias por tanta música, por tanta poesía, por hacernos bailar como unos putos locos. Hasta siempre, Robe.
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¡HOY en BARCELONA! La séptima edición de Be Prog! My Friend aterriza en la Ciudad Condal con un cartelazo repleto del progresivo que nos hace vibrar. ¡Nos vemos en la Carpa del Poble Espanyol de Barcelona!
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🤯🇺🇸 Nuevo reto de Kilian: unir picos de más de 4200m en 48 estados de EE.UU. corriendo y en bicicleta.
Según explican en un comunicado, Kilian Jornet realizará "un promedio equivalente a una etapa del Tour de Francia y un maratón cada día".
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¡Que no quiero aprovechar el 30% de descuento para ser Premium, PESADOOOOO! ¡Vete a hacer explotar cobetes, que en verano hay muchas fiestas mayores y es época de fuegos artificialeeees!
✅Airbus just delivered the Payload Module of the SMILE spacecraft to @esa.
SMILE (Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer) mission aims to revolutionise the understanding of space weather.
ℹ️ Space weather, caused by interactions between particles in the solar wind and the Earth’s magnetic shield, poses significant challenges in an increasingly technology-driven society.
These interactions, such as auroras or geomagnetic storms, can disrupt power grids, corrode pipes and affect high-frequency communications and satellite navigation like GPS or Galileo.
Nice view, Starship🤩
🛰️Our Pléiades Neo satellites captured the build-up to launch, and the rocket's final formation! The #Artemis missions enabler is now ready to be launched. Starship will also power the post-ISS era with #Starlab, designed and built in collaboration with @voyagerspace_
📸Captured in November 2024
🛰️The Airbus-built science module for the SMILE satellite is on its way from airbus facilities in Madrid 🇪🇸 to @esa Technology Centre (ESTEC)!
Upon its arrival in the Netherlands, the science payload - composed of four instruments integrated by Airbus - is set to carry out the environmental testing campaign, which will last until December. The environmental test campaign for the entire satellite will take place next year.
Abro hilo:
Llevo desde el día 26 de agosto, el día que volví de Tallín, con la maleta de bici perdida. En ella, mi bici de crono, pedales de potencia, ruedas de competir, botas... Han pasado ya 16 días e @Iberia sigue darme una respuesta y sin confirmar su localización.
@TheMetalCircus Soy incapaz de leer la noticia en el móvil. Sale tanta publicidad que no consigo cerrarlas para leerla. Las aspas están perfectamente escondidas. Me he rendido.