The U.S. Space Force and Air Force have concluded a capture-the-flag hacking competition aimed at improving the cybersecurity defenses of the U.S. military’s satellite system. Five cybersecurity research teams competed in the
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NASA is sponsoring a new mission focused on the study of high-altitude ice clouds and their potential to improve climate forecasts. The Polarized Submillimeter Ice-cloud Radiometer program, which was granted $37 million
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NASA will examine the possibility of collecting multipoint scientific data using small satellites designed to operate autonomously in a swarm during a six-month mission slated to launch later this year, SpaceNews reported
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NASA plans to send two pairs of CubeSats into orbit on Feb. 5 as part of Astra Space‘s first operational satellite launch. The satellites represent the space agency’s 41st mission under the
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NASA's Ames Research Center has entered the final phase of preparations needed for an upcoming six-month biology mission that aims to measure how space radiation can affect living organisms. The BioSentinel mission
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NASA has launched an environmental test for the propulsion system of a small satellite that would verify the safety of the Moon's cislunar orbit. The space agency said Tuesday its Cislunar Autonomous
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A cubesat designed to help the U.S. Army demonstrate the collection of data from overhead satellites to support battlefield surveillance and combat operations will fly aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron vehicle in mid-March.
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The International Space Station (ISS) has deployed a CubeSat that holds new radio, propulsion and communications technologies, as well as improved power performance and increased storage. TechEdSat-10, the 10th entry to the Technology Educational Satellite series,
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Christopher Scolese, director of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), said the NRO is becoming more dependent on small satellites to support research experiments. He said the agency is leveraging low-cost launch services and
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has pursued an effort to demonstrate the capture of distant space images through CubeSat-based telescopes. The International Space Station on July 13 deployed the agency's Deformable Mirror or DeMi CubeSat
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