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home | newest check | boards | help index | log | ps | userlogin | send sysop | slog | status forward | bcm news | users | version | remove cookieHP2DFA > AMSAT 18.09.26 23:33l 71 Lines 4764 Bytes #28 (0) @ WW BID : 2135_HP2DFA Subj: Satellite Shorts from All Over SEP07 Path: JH4XSY<IW0QNL<SR1BSZ<EA2RCF<ZL2BAU<W0ARP<LU9DCE<PY2BIL<HP2DFA Sent: 260918/1417Z 2135@HP2DFA.#COL.PAN.CEAM BPQ6.0.24 Satellite Shorts from All Over NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched Sunday, August 30, aboard= a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The obser= vatory is now beginning a three-month, roughly one-million-mile journey to th= e Sun-Earth L2 Lagrange point, where it will conduct wide-field infrared surv= eys of the universe. Roman will investigate dark matter, dark energy, and exo= planets using its 300-megapixel Wide Field Instrument and a technology-demons= tration coronagraph capable of directly imaging Jupiter-like planets. Control= lers established contact with the spacecraft shortly after launch, and its so= lar arrays and lower instrument sunshade deployed successfully during the ope= ning hours of the mission. Additional deployments, course corrections, and in= strument checkouts will continue during the journey to L2, followed by severa= l months of commissioning and calibration. NASA expects Roman's first images = in early 2027, beginning a mission designed to survey the universe up to 1,00= 0 times faster than the Hubble Space Telescope. (ANS thanks SciTechDaily<http= s://scitechdaily.com/> for the above information) NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has resumed science observations afte= r plans to boost the spacecraft into a higher orbit were abandoned. Swift's U= ltraviolet/Optical Telescope and X-ray Telescope returned to operation on Aug= ust 26, while its Burst Alert Telescope is expected to resume observations in= the coming weeks. Katalyst Space's LINK spacecraft launched July 3 with plan= s to rendezvous with, capture, and raise Swift's orbit, but attitude-control = problems prevented the boost attempt from proceeding. LINK may still rendezvo= us with Swift to demonstrate proximity operations and other technologies for = future satellite servicing missions. Launched in 2004 to study gamma-ray burs= ts and other transient astronomical events, Swift has remained operational fa= r beyond its original two-year prime mission. With increased atmospheric drag= from recent solar activity accelerating the decay of Swift's low Earth orbit= , NASA expects the observatory to reenter Earth's atmosphere later this year.= (ANS thanks NASA<https://www.nasa.gov/> for the above information) Europe's second Meteosat Third Generation Imager satellite, MTG-I2, was lau= nched aboard an Ariane 6 rocket from French Guiana on August 27. The satellit= e completes the first three-spacecraft family of Europe's new Meteosat Third = Generation weather satellite system. Once commissioned in geostationary orbit= , MTG-I2 will provide rapid weather imagery over Europe and northern Africa, = with new observations available every 2.5 minutes. Its instruments include th= e Flexible Combined Imager and Lightning Imager, allowing forecasters to foll= ow rapidly developing storms and detect lightning during both day and night. = Data from the satellite will also support wildfire monitoring, atmospheric po= llution tracking, climate research, and improved early warnings for severe we= ather. MTG-I2 joins the first MTG Imager launched in 2022 and the MTG Sounder= launched last year, allowing the new generation of Meteosat satellites to be= gin operating at full capacity. (ANS thanks ESA<https://www.esa.int/> for the= above information) SpaceMD, a subsidiary of Redwire Corporation, has signed an agreement to fl= y a commercial pharmaceutical research mission aboard SpaceX's new Starfall s= pacecraft in 2028. Starfall is an uncrewed reentry vehicle designed to provid= e routine access to microgravity for research, manufacturing, and testing, wi= th experiments and other payloads returned to Earth after their time in orbit= . SpaceX conducted the first demonstration flight of Starfall in June 2026, l= aunching the spacecraft aboard a Falcon 9 rocket and testing technology inten= ded for future return missions. SpaceMD plans to fly as many as 32 of its Pha= rmaceutical In-Space Laboratory, or PIL-BOX, systems on the 2028 mission, whi= ch the company says would make it the largest dedicated commercial microgravi= ty research mission to date. The PIL-BOX systems allow researchers to crystal= lize pharmaceutical compounds in microgravity, where conditions can produce c= rystals useful in developing improved drug formulations and new therapies. Si= nce November 2023, 54 PIL-BOX systems have flown to the International Space S= tation and have been used to crystallize 45 compounds, including insulin and = molecules targeting cancer, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and diabetes. (A= NS thanks Redwire<https://rdw.com/> for the above information) 73 de Omar HP2DFA from Colon Panama. PMAIL: HP2DFA@HP2DFA.COL.PAN.CEAM EMAIL: HP2DFA@GMAIL.COM
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