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Sentinel-2C in the Vega launch tower
Published on August 27, 2024
Image: Sentinel-2C in the Vega launch tower
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Space Force awards $200 million contract to Northrop Grumman for UK radar site
August 27, 2024
Read the original article in Space News.WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force awarded a $200 million contract to Northrop Grumman to construct a radar site in the United Kingdom to monitor objects in outer space. This initiative is part of the AUKUS security alliance involving Australia, the U.K. and the United States.The contract, announced Aug. 23, is for the second site of the Deep Space Advanced R
Juice’s lunar-Earth flyby: the movie
August 27, 2024
Video: 00:01:23 On 19–20 August 2024, Juice successfully completed a world-first lunar-Earth flyby, with flight controllers guiding the spacecraft first past the Moon, then past Earth. The gravity of the two changed Juice’s speed and direction, sending it on a shortcut to Jupiter via Venus.The closest approach to the Moon was at 23:15 CEST on 19 August, deflecting Juice towards a closest app