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Grahaa to stream live videos from space using a cluster of nanosatellites
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India] October 20 (ANI/PNN): Grahaa is working on designing and developing a cluster of earth observation nanosatellites to be launched into low earth orbit. The nanosatellites are intended to stream near real-time, high definition (HD) videos of client-defined areas-o
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ISS to lower orbit before arrival of Soyuz spacecraft with crew
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 7 (ANI/Sputnik): The orbital altitude of the International Space Station (ISS) is to be reduced by 1.3 kilometres (0.8 miles) before the arrival of the superfast Soyuz spacecraft with a crew, a spokesman for Russia's Roscosmos state space corporation told Sputnik.
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AI is helping scientists discover fresh craters on Mars
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [USA], October 2 (ANI): Sometime between March 2010 and May 2012, a meteor streaked across the Martian sky and broke into pieces, slamming into the planet's surface. The resulting craters were relatively small -- just 13 feet (4 meters) in diameter. The smaller the features, the m
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Solar Orbiter releases first data to scientific community, public
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Washington [US], September 30 (ANI): The European Space Agency (ESA) has released its first Solar Orbiter data to the scientific community and the wider public. The instruments contributing to this data release come from the suite of in-situ instruments that measure the conditions surroundin
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Second alignment plane of solar system discovered
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Washington [US], September 29 (ANI): A study of comet motions indicates that the solar system has a second alignment plane. Analytical investigation of the orbits of long-period comets shows that the aphelia of the comets, the point where they are farthest from the Sun, tend to fall close to
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Astronomers determine how disk galaxies evolve so smoothly
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 26 (ANI): Computer simulations are showing astrophysicists how massive clumps of gas within galaxies scatter some stars from their orbits, eventually creating the smooth, exponential fade in the brightness of many galaxy disks.
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New chronology of the Saturn system
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Washington [US], September 24 (ANI): A new chronology for the moons of Saturn has been developed by Planetary Science Institute Associate Research Scientist Samuel W. Bell.
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Earth-sized 'Pi planet' discovered by astronomers at MIT
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Cambridge [UK], September 22 (ANI): Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), along with others, have discovered an earth-sized "Pi Planet" that revolves around its star every 3.14 days.
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32 earth observation sensors with advanced capabilities in orbit: Jitendra
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New Delhi [India], September 18 (ANI): Union Minister for Atomic Energy and Space Jitendra Singh on Thursday said there are 32 earth observation sensors with advanced capabilities, which are currently in orbit.
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CCEA approves Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor Project from Palwal to Sonipat
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 15 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday gave its approval to the Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor Project from Palwal to Sonipat via Sohna-Manesar-Kharkhauda.
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China's launch of new satellite fails
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Optical remote-sensing satellite Jilin-1 Gaofen 02C, which was launched aboard the Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 13:02 p.m. (Beijing time) on Saturday, failed to enter the preset orbit.
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ISS' orbital altitude to be adjusted by 2,600 feet for next mission on Sep
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], September 1 (ANI/Sputnik): The International Space Station (ISS) will have its trajectory adjusted up by more than 2,600 feet on September 10 for the arrival of the next Soyuz spaceship, Roscosmos State Space Corporation told Sputnik on Tuesday.
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