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SpaceX has just released a new look at what their 1 million Starmind satellites constellation might look like (dots do not represent true size of sats).
SpaceX VP @michaelnicollsx said today: "We need to operate clusters of satellites in tight formation to get enough coherent compute to run AI models efficiently. A cluster will be 10-ish satellites connected with 10 terabits or so of bandwidth between them, and interconnected to the broader constellation."
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#OTD 10 years ago @ESA_Rosetta came to rest on comet 67P closing an extraordinary chapter of European exploration ☄️
Today @ESA_Hera is 330,000 km from Didymos — less than the distance from Earth to the Moon 🌍🌙
One journey ended. Another is about to begin.
#Europe keeps daring
ALT https://hera.esa.int
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We are offering European researchers and companies an unparalleled platform to test the technologies that will shape the future of exploration: advanced onboard intelligence, AI-enabled autonomy, innovative image processing and next-generation spacecraft operations, all validated directly in deep space on @ESA_Hera.
Submit your ideas by 15 September💡👇esa.int/Enabling_Support/Spa…
🚨🚨🚨ESA is opening our Hera asteroid mission to the global software community!
Your code 💾. Our spacecraft 🛰️. Deep space🌌.
#OpenSource #SpaceTech
esa.int/Enabling_Support/Spa…
ALT summary poster of Hera software call for ideas
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Our CEO @MattGialich writes in the World Economic Forum about how deep space is beginning to shift from domain of one-off government missions to a new layer of economic infrastructure. Read ⬇️
weforum.org/stories/technolo…
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A dream 10 years in the making is now real.
ESA is opening Hera to the global software community.
#AI, #robotics, #autonomy, image processing, #gaming— your code could run in deep space, 150 million km from Earth.
Your code. Our spacecraft. Deep space🚀
#OpenSource #SpaceTech
🚨 OPEN CALL: Run your code in deep space!
For the first time, we are opening access to a living mission. We’ll be turning our Hera asteroid mission into a flying software lab 150M km from Earth. Open to AI, robotics, gaming, etc!
💻 Submit your idea esa.int/Enabling_Support/Spa…
ALT Hera spacecraft beside impact crater on asteroid
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Big News!
Advanced Space is heading back to the Moon with a new mission: CAPSTONE 02 🌕
Building on the success and lessons learned from the original CAPSTONE spacecraft currently at the Moon, CAPSTONE 02 is a new two-spacecraft mission designed to advance autonomous navigation, rendezvous, and proximity operations in cislunar orbit.
This mission is only possible because of the incredible collaboration behind it. Thank you to @NASA, @TerranOrbital and everyone involved. We’re honored to carry the CAPSTONE legacy forward and excited for what comes next as we continue to enable the future of operations at the Moon, and help establish infrastructure for NASA's Moon base. ✨
Read the full story here 👉 advancedspace.com/advanced-s…
nasa.gov/directorates/armd/n…
#HSMD #RTMD @TerranOrbital #SpaceDynamicsLaboratory @USUAggies #AdvancedSpace #CAPSTONE02 #CAPSTONE #NASA #Cislunar #Moon #Autonomy #RPO #Innovation2Orbit #StellarExploration @Livermore_Lab (LLNL) #MoonBase
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Ariane 6 will support the ambitions of both PLATO and Henon, enabling scientific discovery and technology demonstration on a single mission.
#RocketMakers
When @esascience's Plato mission launches next year on Ariane 6 it will have a ride-share : @ESA_Tech's Henon - a small satellite that will venture out to deep space on its own to monitor solar activity: esa.int/Enabling_Support/Spa…
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Make our Sun sentient to understand the Universe and extend the light of consciousness to the stars
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Some history behind small deep-space missions, behind the scenes 20 years ago with Prof. Fujimoto @ISAS_JAXA 👉 cosmos.isas.jaxa.jp/a-rebel-… #HeraMission
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Asteroids and solar storms and space debris, oh my!
Explore the upcoming fleet of ESA Space Safety missions dedicated to safeguarding humans and infrastructure on Earth and in orbit from hazards originating in space:
esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Image…
ESA‘a first stand-alone deep space CubeSat mission - Henon has successfully completed its Critical Design Review. Read more:👇 esa.int/Enabling_Support/Spa…
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Pushing the boundaries of small spacecraft autonomy 🛰️
NASA’s Starling 1.5+ mission tested software that enabled its four spacecraft to make decisions, coordinate, and operate independently in low Earth orbit.
Advancing this technology paves the way for autonomous spacecraft swarms to support missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond—where real-time communication is limited.
Learn more: go.nasa.gov/3VtwK79
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🚀Pushing boundaries in deep space power systems? We are.
Be there as we unveil the future of CubeSat exploration with our latest paper: "Enabling Deep Space High-Power CubeSat Exploration", presented at Small Satellite Conference (SmallSat) 2025.
Discover how CURIE PCDU enables electric propulsion and high-power payloads for deep space missions.
🗓 Wednesday, August 13
🕚 11:00 AM MDT
📍 Grand Ballroom, Small Satellite Conference – Salt Lake City, Utah
🎙 Emilio Fazzoletto, Head of Product Management
Interested in learning more or connecting on-site?
Reach out to Emilio to book a meeting:
📧 [email protected]
Let’s explore how power technology is unlocking new frontiers — see you there!
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ESA Delivers: discover 50 ways Europe’s space agency changed our world (and the Universe!) during the last five decades👇#50YearsOfESA
esa.int/About_Us/ESA_Publica…
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ESA Delivers: discover 50 ways Europe’s space agency changed our world (& the universe!) during the last five decades: esa.int/About_Us/ESA_Publica…
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Proba-3: we did it! 🛰️🛰️☀️
Stay tuned for the first images of the mission’s artificial solar eclipse, coming later today!
@redwire @infoGMV @esaoperations @esascience
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Simply put, @ESA delivers: esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/c… 👈click, you know you want to!
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Interplanetary transfer service, anyone? 🙋♀️
🛰️⏩🔴 Europe is working towards a reusable tug called LightShip to open low-cost missions to Mars.
@esa is now calling for proposals for science payloads of opportunity to travel on the propulsive tug and its passenger spacecraft.
📣 LightShip: ideas.esa.int/servlet/hype/I…
📣 SpotLight: ideas.esa.int/servlet/hype/I…
ALT Artist’s impression of LightShip.
Programme now online for the 7th ESA CubeSat Industry Days at Small Sat Europe, RAI Amsterdam, 27-28 May 2025. 2025.smallsateurope.com/7th-…
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Pushing the boundaries of innovation and exploration has always been at the heart of Argotec's mission.
Today we celebrate a new milestone: as prime contractor for HENON, ESA's first stand-alone CubeSat deep space mission for space weather monitoring, we have officially started the final implementation phase of the mission.
Another step forward for Argotec and our incredible team!
Read the article:
esa.int/Enabling_Support/Spa…
