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      Space One rocket explodes soon after launch in Japan

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Wednesday, 13 March - 05:01


    First attempt with private Kairos rocket was intended to test viability of homegrown commercial launch business

    A rocket made by a Japanese company has exploded seconds after it was launched with the goal of putting a satellite into orbit.

    Tokyo-based Space One’s 18-metre Kairos rocket blasted off from the company’s launch pad in the Wakayama region of western Japan, carrying a small government test satellite, on Wednesday.

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      Satellite to ‘name and shame’ worst oil and gas methane polluters

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Monday, 4 March - 13:54

    Leaks are driving 30% of the climate crisis and MethaneSat will provide the first first near-comprehensive global view

    A washing-machine-sized satellite is to “name and shame” the worst methane polluters in the oil and gas industry.

    MethaneSat is scheduled to launch from California onboard a SpaceX rocket on Monday at 2pm local time (22:00 GMT). It will provide the first near-comprehensive global view of leaks of the potent greenhouse gas from the oil and gas sector, and all of the data will be made public. It will provide high-resolution data over wider areas than existing satellites.

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      ‘Taking the pulse of the planet’: how monitoring nature from space could keep Earth healthy

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 22 February - 06:00

    With current data on global biodiversity either lacking or flawed, a global satellite scheme aims to fill the gaps to target protection of our seas, soils and wildlife

    For the handful of people who get the chance to observe Earth from space, the impact is often profound. Called the “overview effect”, astronauts report being deeply moved by the experience, as the planet’s fragility and beauty became clear. Others, such as the actor William Shatner, said they were overcome with grief .

    Now, scientists are proposing the creation of a new system that they hope will use the view from space to transform our understanding of Earth’s changing ecology and its complex systems.

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      Uncontrolled European satellite falls to Earth after 30 years in orbit

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Wednesday, 21 February - 12:54

    ERS-2 expected to break up into pieces and burn as it re-enters Earth’s atmosphere probably over Pacific Ocean

    An uncontrolled satellite will plunge through Earth’s atmosphere on Wednesday after almost 30 years in orbit.

    The pioneering European satellite, known as ERS-2, is expected to break up into pieces on re-entry, the majority of which will burn up. The satellite will have a “natural” re-entry, tumbling through the atmosphere, meaning that the precise timing and location are difficult to predict.

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      Japan to launch world’s first wooden satellite to combat space pollution

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Saturday, 17 February - 20:00

    The environmentally friendly LignaSat probe – set to orbit this summer – has been created to combat harmful aluminium particles

    Japanese scientists have created one of the world’s most unusual spacecraft – a tiny satellite that is made of timber.

    The LignoSat probe has been built of magnolia wood, which, in experiments carried out on the International Space Station (ISS), was found to be particularly stable and resistant to cracking. Now plans are being finalised for it to be launched on a US rocket this summer.

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      ‘Nuclear tinderbox’: Kim’s threats put North Korea on wrong side of history | Simon Tisdall

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Saturday, 25 November - 15:50

    As a distracted world looks elsewhere, US and China have a common interest in halting Asia’s accelerating nuclear arms race

    For western liberals and progressive champions of open, democratic government, a clutch of recalcitrant regimes around the world seems firmly stuck on what Barack Obama once called “the wrong side of history ”. Iran’s misogynistic theocrats and Myanmar’s genocidal generals are among the worst offenders.

    Then there’s Vladimir Putin’s Russia, harking back to largely illusory former glories. Belarus, Syria, Nicaragua, Cambodia and Eritrea meet the regressive criteria, too. What all these regimes have in common is denial of the basic human right to self-determination – the individual’s right to have a say in how society is ordered.

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      Orange : cette nouvelle offre Internet par satellite contre Starlink

      news.movim.eu / JournalDuGeek · Thursday, 16 November - 10:00

    Installateur Parabole Orange

    L'opérateur annonce le lancement d'un nouvel abonnement à Internet par satellite. Orange veut contrer les satellites d'Elon Musk et de son offre Starlink.

    Orange : cette nouvelle offre Internet par satellite contre Starlink

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      La Force de Star Wars inspire des chercheurs pour une technologie de manipulation des objets

      news.movim.eu / JournalDuGeek · Saturday, 7 October - 12:00

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    Inspirée par l'univers de Star Wars où les Jedi utilisent la Force pour manipuler des objets à distance, une équipe de chercheurs en Chine travaille sur une technologie qui permettrait de faire de même… dans l'espace.

    La Force de Star Wars inspire des chercheurs pour une technologie de manipulation des objets