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2 spacecraft flew exactly in line to imitate a solar eclipse, capture a stunning image and test new tech
2 spacecraft flew exactly in line to imitate a solar eclipse, capture a stunning image and test new tech The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched Proba-3, a spacecraft designed to create artificial solar eclipses to study the Sun’s corona and test new technology. Proba-3 works by having two separate spacecraft fly in precise formation, […]
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Spacecraft equipped with a solar sail could deliver earlier warnings of space weather threats to Earth’s technologies
Spacecraft equipped with a solar sail could deliver earlier warnings of space weather threats to Earth’s technologies Space weather events, such as solar flares and coronal mass ejections, can disrupt satellite operations, shut down electric grids, and expose astronauts to lethal doses of radiation. The SWIFT constellation, a next-generation satellite constellation, aims to predict potentially […]
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Amateur Radio Scientists Shine at the 2025 HamSCI Workshop
Amateur Radio Scientists Shine at the 2025 HamSCI Workshop HamSCI’s annual Workshop, ‘HamSCI’s Big Year’, was held at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in late March, attracting over 100 attendees from around the world. The two-day event featured 25 talks on topics such as analysis of HamSCI’s Festivals of Eclipse Ionospheric Science events and […]
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