Komentarze

threelonmusketeers, 9 miesięcy temu do astronomy w Elon Musk destroys astronomy

From my brief look into the topic, interferometry tech is not quite there yet, but might be in the next few decades. Interferometry is more difficult with shorter wavelengths.

threelonmusketeers, 9 miesięcy temu do astronomy w Tiny glass beads suggest the moon had active volcanoes when dinosaurs roamed Earth

a massive asteroid smashed into the earth

Asteroid, or proto-planet?

threelonmusketeers, 9 miesięcy temu do esa w Sentinel-2C Launch Thread (final flight of Vega)

Webcast ending.

Goodbye Vega, hello Vega C!

threelonmusketeers, 9 miesięcy temu do esa w Sentinel-2C Launch Thread (final flight of Vega)

Acquisition of signal from Sentinel 2C confirmed!

threelonmusketeers, 9 miesięcy temu do esa w Sentinel-2C Launch Thread (final flight of Vega)

Sentinel 2C payload separation confirmed!

threelonmusketeers, 9 miesięcy temu do esa w Sentinel-2C Launch Thread (final flight of Vega)

Circularization burn underway.

threelonmusketeers, 9 miesięcy temu do esa w Sentinel-2C Launch Thread (final flight of Vega)

Stage 4 shutdown confirmed. Still a circularization burn remains.

threelonmusketeers, 9 miesięcy temu do esa w Sentinel-2C Launch Thread (final flight of Vega)

Stage 3 separation and stage 4 ignition confirmed.

threelonmusketeers, 9 miesięcy temu do esa w Sentinel-2C Launch Thread (final flight of Vega)

Stage 2 separation and stage 3 ignition confirmed. Fairing separation confirmed.

threelonmusketeers, 9 miesięcy temu do esa w Sentinel-2C Launch Thread (final flight of Vega)

Stage 1 separation and stage 2 ignition confirmed.

threelonmusketeers, 9 miesięcy temu do esa w Sentinel-2C Launch Thread (final flight of Vega)

Liftoff!

threelonmusketeers, 10 miesięcy temu do esa w Sentinel-2C Launch Thread (final flight of Vega)

Launch postponed by one day: x.com/esa/status/1831104291710607603

#VV24 update: the launch of @CopernicusEU #Sentinel2C from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana has been postponed.

Checks are being conducted to confirm a new launch attempt on 5 September at 02:50 BST/03:50 CEST.

More details from @Arianespace ⬇️

x.com/Arianespace/status/1831099750906765795

Due to electrical issues on the ground links #VV24 launch chronology was interrupted.

Checks are being conducted to confirm a new launch attempt tomorrow Sept. 4 at 10:50 pm local time in Kourou.

The launcher & its passenger Sentinel-2C are in stable & safe conditions

threelonmusketeers, 10 miesięcy temu do esa w Sentinel-2C Launch Thread (final flight of Vega)

x.com/esa/status/1830596526705365214

Watch the launch of @CopernicusEU #Sentinel2C on #VV24, the last Vega flight from Europe’s Spaceport, live on #ESAwebTV on 4 September from 02:30 BST/03:30 CEST (liftoff scheduled at 02:50 BST/03:50 CEST).

threelonmusketeers, 10 miesięcy temu do astronomy w Researchers identify effective materials for protecting astronauts from harmful cosmic radiation on Mars

Instance agnostic links: !space and !spaceflight.

threelonmusketeers, 10 miesięcy temu do esa w Euclid Galaxy Zoo – help us classify the shapes of galaxies

First came across this project on DeepSkyVideos several years back. Glad to hear that it’s still going!