SPATIALIS

“Looking at the Earth from above”

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🇬🇧“Spatialis” is a spacegeek’s twitter account.
Let yourself be tempted by the space adventure! 🚀🛰🌗
#spacegeek #newspace #spaceexploration

📷Gene Cernan and Snoopy during a press conference held on April 26, 1969 before Apollo 10 / NASA

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@NASA @SpaceX @Space_Station @NASAKennedy @AstroVicnet As-tu tenté ta chance ?

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@AACClydeSpace Definitely in love with this t-shirt #spaceisawesome. Where can I get one ? 🤔

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2 Reaver engines (LOX / RP-1) ready to be tested this week by @fireflyspace.
Alpha launcher will have a Reaver Quad and Beta launcher will have 12 Reaver engines (stage 1). #Firefly

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The calm before the storm. We are stepping into the first multi-engine Reaver tests this week. Each Reaver engine generates over 41,000 lbf of thrust. We’re starting with two engines and the integration team already has the next two ready to fill out the Reaver Quad!

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.@ispace_inc lander's electronic systems successfully completed Thermal Vacuum Testing. One more step upwards to the Moon !
#Moon #ispace #Japan #Lander

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We're making good progress! Last month, ispace's avionics team, who look after the lander's electronic systems, successfully completed Thermal Vacuum Testing. The objective of the test is to verify thermal stability and if a unit will behave in space as predicted. (1/4)

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For the 1st time, water vapor has been detected by @NASAHubble in the atmosphere of an exoplanet in the "habitable zone". K2-18b is the only known #exoplanet to have both water and temperatures that could support life.

📸 ESA/Hubble, M.Kornmesser

#Hubble #NASA #WaterVapor

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After Boeing announcement (702X), @Thales_Alenia_S releases a fully digital GEO satellite lineup called #SpaceInspire.
It offers flexible coverage and full in-orbit reconfiguration capabilities (ex. from TV broadcasting to broadband connectivity).
First delivery: 2023.

#WSBW

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.@SES_Satellites has decided to launch its O3b mPower constellation on two #Falcon9 rockets (4 on one rocket and 3 on another).

#O3bmPOWER Ka-band sats (manufactured by @BoeingSpace) will provide a 10 terabits per sec of capacity for broadband connectivity services.

#WSBW #SES

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.@BoeingSpace unveils its 702X small GEO satellites lineup.
Based on the O3b mPower (@SES_Satellites constellations) with a starting dry-mass at 1,900 kg and digital payload (reprogrammable in orbit with a dynamical bandwidth allocation).
First delivery: 2022.

#WSBW #702X

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Smallsats launch market forecasted by @preciouspayload.
Interesting to see how the market will behave between responsive launch (ex. @RocketLab / @Virgin_Orbit) and cheaper heavy-rocket strategies (ex. #Starship / #NewGlenn).
Very low cost launch will be the game changer.

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Vikram lander's failure reminds us that space is hard. Nevertheless the orbiter is performing its mission with the major part of experiences. Not a failure at all.

Keep going @isro !

#Chandrayaan2 #India #MoonLanding #VikramLander

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Airbus has completed the ocean satellite ‘Copernicus Sentinel-6A' for now undergo extensive testing at Ottobrunn (Germany).
It will provide high accuracy altimetry for measuring global sea-surface height. It is a partnership between Europe and the US.
Launch date : November 2020.

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Arctic will be the first place to receive OneWeb's megaconstellation broadband services in 2020.
OneWeb’s satellites operate in polar orbits so their coverage is more concentrated at the poles.
48% of the Arctic will be provided by "fiber-like internet".

#Arctic #OneWeb

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Breathtaking footage from satellite demonstration DoT-1 by @SurreySat. It was acquired in LEO orbit for the 1st time by a commercial, off-the-shelf, Raspberry Pi camera.
DoT-1 satellite is to demonstrate SSTL’s new Core Data Handling System (Core-DHS).

#RaspberryPi #Earth #SSTL

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Air Force with a Request for Information is looking for a new contractor next year to manage the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SpEC). Because the SpEC is growing much faster than expected. Forecasted a 10-year $12 billion competition. Current manager is @ATI_ORG.

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Separation of Vikram Lander from Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter completed successfully this morning.
2 deorbits maneuvers are coming to prepare for its landing in the south polar region of the moon on Sept. 6 between 10:00 pm and 11:00 pm (CEST).

#Chandrayaan2 #VikramLander #ISRO #India

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Fifth and final Lunar orbit maneuver succeeded for #Chandrayaan2. Its current orbit is 119 km x 127 km.
#VikramLander (top on the pic) separation from Chandrayaan2 orbiter is scheduled Sept. 02 between 9:15 am to 10:15 am (CEST time).

#Chandrayaan2theMoon #India #ISRO #Moon

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Mars Solar conjunction is happening (from Aug. 28 to Sept. 7).
Every 2 years, Mars is in the opposite side of the Sun from the Earth. Solar gas can interfere with radio signals with Mars. So, a hold on issuing commands is running during the conjunction.

#Mars #Sun #Conjunction

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FEDOR tried to dock electrical connectors. Not easy in zero gravity !

#ISS #Roscosmos #FEDOR #SkybotF850

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Kennedy Space Center (#KSC) is currently under HURCON IV status to prevent hurricane #Dorian (Cat. 4) which is predicted to hit the Florida coast on Monday, September 2nd.
More details about preps :
https://t.co/Eisb9lRCMG

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@my_tweets_9 @hcatlin @SpaceflightNow Everything is summarized here : https://t.co/Eisb9lRCMG