ESA’s Euclid Space Telescope Fix Exceeds Expectations (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
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In a 26 March update, ESA announced that after the very first two mirrors were warmed by just 34 degrees, Euclid’s sight was restored, with the telescope’s optics achieving a 15% gain in sensitivity. The process only took a few minutes, with the mirror being warmed from -147 to -113 degrees. The procedure was so successful...
I’m always happy to see more missions to the ice moons!
Following ESA’s announcement that the maiden flight of Ariane 6 would not occur until 2024, The Exploration Company announced in September 2023 that it had shifted its 40-kilogram Mission Bikini demonstrator to an ISRO PSLV rideshare flight. When the announcement was made, the rideshare mission was expected to be launched in...
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In collaboration with Astro Alexandra (who I had not heard of), SciShow just released a video on upcoming telescopes. They don’t go into too much detail on each one, but the video gives a nice overview.
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The European Union has reached an agreement with the United States that will allow for the launch of four Galileo navigation satellites on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket....
The European Space Agency has revealed that a few layers of ice approximately the width of a strand of DNA have begun to impact its Euclid telescope’s optics....