Starfighters Space conducted a supersonic flight test campaign for GE Aerospace.

The ATLAS campaign reflects a demand for faster, more flexible access to flight testing outside of traditional government ranges.

The ATLAS program is funded by the U.S. Department of Defense under Title III of the Defense Production Act.

Each completed test campaign strengthens Starfighters' track record and positions the company for repeat customers and expanded mission scope.

The ATLAS campaign included three successful supersonic captive carry flights from Kennedy Space Center using a Starfighters F-104 aircraft.

During the campaign, a Starfighters aircraft flew an advanced propulsion test vehicle at supersonic speeds multiple times.

The new generation of COSMO-SkyMed increases overall performance and expands the range of applications offered with four satellites.

Telespazio's Fucino Space Center located in Abruzzo, Italy acquired and controlled the satellite's signal just under an hour after its launch.

COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation is progressively replacing the first-generation system, which includes four satellites, two of which are operational.

About 4.3 million images have been acquired and archived by the COSMO-SkyMed satellites since their launch.

The COSMO-SkyMed system has provided fundamental information for environmental monitoring, security, and emergency management since the launch of the first satellite in 2007.

The third Second Generation satellite guarantees the operational continuity of radar services and enhances image quality and area coverage.

The nominal duration of the launch and early orbit phase (LEOP) will last approximately 9 days.

The third satellite of the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation constellation was successfully launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

The Italian industry, led by Leonardo and joint ventures with Thales Alenia Space, Telespazio, and e-GEOS, plays a significant role in the development of the COSMO-SkyMed constellation.

Thales Alenia Space built the third satellite of the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation constellation.

COSMO-SkyMed participates in the European Copernicus program, providing images that aid the European Commission’s Emergency Rapid Mapping service.

COSMO-SkyMed is a dual-use Earth observation constellation.

Telespazio operates the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation constellation in orbit.

The COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation constellation is owned by the Italian Space Agency and the Italian Ministry of Defense.

Stellant Systems manufactures radio frequency (RF) and microwave amplification products.

TransDigm Group Incorporated will acquire Stellant Systems for $960 million in cash.

Inmarsat Maritime has secured a deal with Evergreen Marine.

Evergreen Marine is the first Taiwanese operator to upgrade its fleet to NexusWave.

Qatar Airways equipped its entire Airbus A350 fleet with Starlink in-flight connectivity within eight months.

Qatar Airways has installed SpaceX's Starlink in-flight connectivity on nearly 120 aircraft.

The Japan Ministry of Defense awarded Astroscale Japan a contract worth $1 billion yen ($6.4 million) to develop a gripping mechanism for national satellites.

Many college students feel uncertain about how to cover financial gaps without adding too much stress.

It is common for college students to work and budget while still feeling financially short at the end of the month.

Many college students find rent and basic food costs harder to manage than any other part of their education.

The disturbance created by Siwarha produces a dense wake of material.

Research at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian links the wake produced by Siwarha to changes in Betelgeuse.

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based observatories have traced how Siwarha, Betelgeuse's companion star, disturbs gas in Betelgeuse's extended atmosphere.

ESA's Solar Orbiter mission launched in 2020.

The sun rotates approximately every 28 days.

Active regions on the sun’s surface are typically visible from Earth for around two weeks before moving out of view.

Food businesses rely on cold rooms and process chillers to keep products safe from farm to fork.

Cooling system failures can lead to spoilage, recalls, or subtle quality drift in food products.

Rocket Lab Corp. is a satellite and launch provider.

Rocket Lab plans to wait for its Neutron rocket to prove its reusability before investing in its future constellation.

The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haapai eruption had only a small impact on global surface climate and the Antarctic ozone hole.

The January 2022 eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haapai volcano in the South Pacific altered the stratosphere, atmospheric chemistry, and radiation.

The Hunga Volcanic Eruption Atmospheric Impacts Report details the atmospheric impacts of the eruption.

Zhang Lu, Wu Fei, and Zhang Hongzhang were onboard the Tiangong Space Station for the Shenzhou-21 mission just before the New Year.

Taikonaut instructor Jiang Yuan noted that data on psychological states in extreme environments will aid in establishing a psychological support system for future missions.

Taikonaut Zhu Yangzhu highlighted that cave training enhances teamwork skills valuable for future spaceflight missions.

Commander Zhang Lu sent a New Year's message from inside the Wentian experiment module of the Tiangong Space Station.

The cave training environment simulated conditions of isolation, claustrophobia, and high-risk scenarios that the taikonauts will experience in space.

The taikonauts were divided into four groups and spent six days and five nights underground for training.

Wu Fei is the Flight Engineer for the Shenzhou-21 mission and it is his first trip into space.