AEON includes the NSF Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter telescope at NSF Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, the 4.1-meter SOAR telescope on Cerro Pachón in Chile, Gemini South in Chile, Gemini North in Hawaii, and the Las Cumbres Observatory global telescope network.
Las Cumbres Observatory runs the robotized scheduling software that AEON uses to manage incoming observing requests for SOAR and Blanco.
The observations used the 570-megapixel Dark Energy Camera on Blanco, the Goodman spectrograph on SOAR, and the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrographs on Gemini North and Gemini South.
The USAF pursued military space projects such as the MTSS and the Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar despite restrictions on competing with NASA.
Small winged spacecraft have a limited record of success, with the European Space Agency's Hermes spaceplane and the US Air Force's Dyna-Soar both canceled during development.
The USAF Dyna-Soar X-20 space glider was cancelled in December 1963.
December 1963 marked the cancellation of the military Dyna-Soar (X-20) space glider.
The initial operation of the MTSS was envisioned for 1970 as a follow-on to the Mercury and Dyna-Soar programs.
The X-15 set altitude and speed records but true orbital spaceplanes like the X-20 Dyna-Soar were cancelled.
Homeowners can use SOAR Energy’s EcoSave Mortgage option to finance energy-efficient upgrades up to 15% of the appraised value of the home being purchased.
SOAR Energy launched SolarScan, an AI- and ML-powered home energy assessment tool for homeowners and solar contractors.
Aalyria’s work with the Naval Research Laboratory will focus on developing the Secure Optical Aerial Relay (SOAR) capability to enable over-the-horizon connectivity between distributed naval assets operating across land, air, and sea.
The July 2022 observation campaign used the Lowell Discovery Telescope, the Magellan Telescope at Las Campanas Observatory, and the Southern Astrophysical Research (SOAR) Telescope.
Researchers are testing materials for VLEO drag reduction in the University of Manchester’s Rarefied Orbital Aerodynamics Research facility and in orbit on SOAR.
University of Manchester researchers deployed the Satellite for Orbital Aerodynamics Research (SOAR) cubesat from the ISS in June as part of Discoverer-funded in-orbit testing of materials and aerodynamics.