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Lokjo - EU's online map<p>Europe's first ever rocket launch from european soil had their first test today. </p><p>Congratulations on Isar Aerospace!</p><p>See all info here:<br><a href="https://isaraerospace.com/press/isar-aerospace-lifts-off-successfully-during-first-test-flight-of-orbital-launch-vehicle" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">isaraerospace.com/press/isar-a</span><span class="invisible">erospace-lifts-off-successfully-during-first-test-flight-of-orbital-launch-vehicle</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/isaraerospace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>isaraerospace</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>europe</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/rocketlaunch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rocketlaunch</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/weekend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weekend</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/norway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>norway</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/sunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sunday</span></a></p>
Kelson<p>I spotted a rocket launch earlier this evening</p><p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/kelsonv/54320236531/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.flickr.com/photos/kelsonv/54320236531/</a></p><p><a href="https://notes.kvibber.com/tags/nightsky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NightSky</span></a> <a href="https://notes.kvibber.com/tags/photos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photos</span></a> <a href="https://notes.kvibber.com/tags/rocketlaunch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RocketLaunch</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>Rocket launch scheduled for Tuesday, January 14th at 10:49am PT at Vandenberg AFB.</p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Vandenberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vandenberg</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/rocketlaunch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rocketlaunch</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/santabarbara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>santabarbara</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/sonicboom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sonicboom</span></a></p>
Hype / Aerospace News<p>Blue Origin's New Glenn to Challenge SpaceX with First Orbital Launch<br>- By Kenneth Chang </p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/science/blue-origin-jeff-bezos-new-glenn-launch.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/01/11/science</span><span class="invisible">/blue-origin-jeff-bezos-new-glenn-launch.html</span></a> <br>More: <a href="https://hype.aero/coverage/blue-origin/?story=86e46c07-1b60-44c3-8dca-9c22548d309b" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hype.aero/coverage/blue-origin</span><span class="invisible">/?story=86e46c07-1b60-44c3-8dca-9c22548d309b</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elonmusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blueorigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blueorigin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rocketlaunch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rocketlaunch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spacex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spacex</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a></p>
Richard Creamer<p>My first ever attempt at photographing a Vandenberg launch 12/28. This is (5) 30-second exposures stacked in Photoshop because I couldn't figure out how to tell my Sony a7r5 to use the bulb timer:( Zeiss 18mm Batis. Taken from Shell Beach, CA. <a href="https://c.im/tags/rocketlaunch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rocketlaunch</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/vandenberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vandenberg</span></a></p>
Douglas<p>Was there a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rocketLaunch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rocketLaunch</span></a> last night from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vandenberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vandenberg</span></a> ? These clouds look like the exhaust plume but we're far away from the tropical rocket paths.</p><p>And the moon is still out here in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Monterey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monterey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a></p>
PKPs Powerfromspace1<p>Solar innovators aim for outer space by 2030</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/spacesolar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spacesolar</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/spacesolarsystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spacesolarsystems</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/outerspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outerspace</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/satellites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellites</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>innovation</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/startups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startups</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/aerospace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aerospace</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/rocketlaunch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rocketlaunch</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/rockets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rockets</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/solarenergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solarenergy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/solarpower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solarpower</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/solarpv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solarpv</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solar</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cleanenergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cleanenergy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cleanpower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cleanpower</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sdg7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sdg7</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sustainabledevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainabledevelopment</span></a></p><p><a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2024/11/09/a-30-megawatt-space-solar-power-plant-is-scheduled-for-2030/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cleantechnica.com/2024/11/09/a</span><span class="invisible">-30-megawatt-space-solar-power-plant-is-scheduled-for-2030/</span></a></p>
Jon<p>Beautiful sunset with a SpaceX rocket launch in the background. <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cycling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sunset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sunset</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spacex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spacex</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rocketlaunch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rocketlaunch</span></a></p>
Guppy@ロケみる集会<p><span>SpaceXのボカチカ施設で、ブースター12と船30がテストのために展開。船31は静的火災試験を実施後、ロールバック。<br></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFGZtLKfBnY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFGZtLKfBnY</a><span><br><br>SpaceXの最新情報。Ship 31は6基のエンジンスタティックファイアを行い、Ship 30とBooster 12はLaunch Siteへ。また、Ship 34のノーズコーンが移動。 </span><a href="https://misskey.virtualrocketwatching.net/tags/SpaceX" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpaceX</a> <a href="https://misskey.virtualrocketwatching.net/tags/StarbaseUpdate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StarbaseUpdate</a> <a href="https://misskey.virtualrocketwatching.net/tags/RocketLaunch" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RocketLaunch</a></p>
JD RussellLong exposure of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Wednesday, 2024-08-28 at 3:48 am ET. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/astrophotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astrophotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/spacex?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spacex</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/capecanaveral?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capecanaveral</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/rocketlaunch?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rocketlaunch</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/florida?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#florida</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/cocoabeach?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cocoabeach</a>
Ola's Kool Kitchen<p>My Piece for @TheTimesofCentralAsia Part 2 of our series Baikonur: A Space Tourist’s Odyssey we talk to Ric Gazarian who witnessed the 55th launch to the ISS <a href="https://timesca.com/blast-off-to-baikonur-a-space-tourists-odyssey/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">timesca.com/blast-off-to-baiko</span><span class="invisible">nur-a-space-tourists-odyssey/</span></a> <a href="https://musician.social/tags/SpaceTourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceTourism</span></a> <a href="https://musician.social/tags/BaikonurLaunch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BaikonurLaunch</span></a> <a href="https://musician.social/tags/ISSexpedition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISSexpedition</span></a> <a href="https://musician.social/tags/SpaceAdventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceAdventure</span></a> <a href="https://musician.social/tags/RocketLaunch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RocketLaunch</span></a> <a href="https://musician.social/tags/SpaceTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceTravel</span></a> <a href="https://musician.social/tags/Astronauts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronauts</span></a> <a href="https://musician.social/tags/Eurasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eurasia</span></a> <a href="https://musician.social/tags/CentralAsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CentralAsia</span></a> <a href="https://musician.social/tags/Kazakhstan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kazakhstan</span></a></p>
The Times of Central Asia<p>Piece by @olaskoolkitchen Part 2 of our series Blast off to Baikonur: A Space Tourist’s Odyssey we talk to Ric Gazarian who witnessed the 55th launch to the ISS <a href="https://timesca.com/blast-off-to-baikonur-a-space-tourists-odyssey/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">timesca.com/blast-off-to-baiko</span><span class="invisible">nur-a-space-tourists-odyssey/</span></a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/SpaceTourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceTourism</span></a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/BaikonurLaunch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BaikonurLaunch</span></a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/ISSexpedition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISSexpedition</span></a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/SpaceAdventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceAdventure</span></a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/RocketLaunch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RocketLaunch</span></a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/SpaceTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceTravel</span></a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/Astronauts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronauts</span></a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/Eurasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eurasia</span></a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/CentralAsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CentralAsia</span></a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/Kazakhstan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kazakhstan</span></a></p>
Ansgar Schmidt :verified:<p>There is a rocket launch right now: A Chinese Long March (Chang Zheng) CZ-6C rocket will launch on its first flight with an unknown payload to orbit. <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/rocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rocket</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/rocketlaunch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rocketlaunch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> (Data from Worldwide Space Launches Created by: starbase303@gmail.com)</p>
jberry<p>Another Biweekly rocket launch in the hood. Quite different than most I’ve seen. Well into the launch and I noticed 2 lights fall in its wake and just float slowly down. Almost looked like 2 satellites that weren’t tied down🤷🏼‍♂️😆<br><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/spacex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spacex</span></a> <br><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>starlink</span></a> <br><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/rocketlaunch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rocketlaunch</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SUAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SUAS</span></a> Aerospace was founded in 📆 2021 with the aim of building a world-class <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/RocketLaunch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RocketLaunch</span></a> 🚀 and testing facility in <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> 🇮🇪. The company commissioned UK-based <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/B2Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>B2Space</span></a> to conduct a feasibility study that identified Ireland as “one of the top three locations in <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> 🇪🇺 for a <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/spaceport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spaceport</span></a>.” The company aims to have the facility fully operational by 📆 2027 <a href="https://europeanspaceflight.com/irish-launch-facility-startup-eyes-us-investors-for-seed-funding/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">europeanspaceflight.com/irish-</span><span class="invisible">launch-facility-startup-eyes-us-investors-for-seed-funding/</span></a></p><p>Pictures : <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a>, <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/ElfordstownEarthstation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElfordstownEarthstation</span></a> <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ireland_from_space_edit.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil</span><span class="invisible">e:Ireland_from_space_edit.jpg</span></a> <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elfordstown_Earthstation_in_2013.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil</span><span class="invisible">e:Elfordstown_Earthstation_in_2013.jpg</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceCompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceCompany</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>No Toxic Rockets for Maine</p><p>Who We Are</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NatureLovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NatureLovers</span></a> opposed to building <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/polluting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polluting</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RocketLaunch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RocketLaunch</span></a> sites in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a>. We monitored &amp; resisted the rush to pass 'emergency' legislation to create a public-private partnership for rocket launch sites in our state. In April, 2022, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LD1923" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LD1923</span></a> was signed into law by Gov. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JanetMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JanetMills</span></a> after passing the House 'under the gavel' i.e. without a voice vote.</p><p>Military Use</p><p>"LD 1923's sponsor Rep. Daughtry insists that no military uses are planned for rocket launch sites in Maine. But in every location we've studied, the same promises were made and not kept.</p><p>"In# Kodiak, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alaska</span></a> 20 years ago one launch site was built with developers claiming it was only for civilian purposes. There are now multiple sites there being used by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraeliMilitary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsraeliMilitary</span></a>. Meanwhile, the jobs that were promised for the project never developed. Sites are staffed when launches happen by outsiders who leave after the event. Only custodial and security staff jobs are available to the local community.</p><p>"Recently a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> launch of satellites saw 40 of them fall out of the atmosphere due to a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarStorm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarStorm</span></a>. In their statement about their response to the incident, SpaceX stressed their close cooperation with the Pentagon: </p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a> team commanded the satellites into a safe-mode where they would fly edge-on (like a sheet of paper) to minimize drag — to effectively 'take cover from the storm' — the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpaceForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceForce</span></a>’s 18th Space Control Squadron and LeoLabs to provide updates on the satellites based on ground radars.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Toxic</span></a> Fallout </p><p>"When rocket launches go wrong -- as they frequently do -- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/chemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemicals</span></a> rain down on land and sea as highly toxic materials burn up. </p><p>"In case of fires at the rocket launch site, large scale storage of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PFAS</span></a> foam is to be expected. Maine already has a severe <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFASContamination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PFASContamination</span></a> problem on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Agricultural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Agricultural</span></a> land across the state."</p><p>Learn more about their mission:<br><a href="https://www.notoxicrockets4me.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">notoxicrockets4me.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoToxicRocketsForMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoToxicRocketsForMaine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpaceCorporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceCorporations</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MilitarizationOfSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitarizationOfSpace</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ToxicRockets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicRockets</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpacePollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpacePollution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpaceIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceIndustry</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protest</span></a> outside &amp; inside of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineSpaceConference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineSpaceConference</span></a></p><p>By Bruce Gagnon,<br>Published on Organising Notes, 7 November 2023</p><p>"About 200 people attended the conference which was intended to ramp up the establishment of Maine’s campaign to enter ‘the space race’. </p><p>"The event began with Dr. Terry Shehata, Executive Director of the Maine Space Grant Consortium, introducing a NASA headquarters speaker who was described as ‘Our sugar daddy, we need to keep him happy’. The NASA representative talked alot about reaching students across Maine and beyond in order to build their support for everything space. After all, in just a few years these students will be taxpayers and the aerospace industry wants to ensure that their generation supports massive federal spending for Moon and Mars missions and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/militarization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>militarization</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nuclearization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nuclearization</span></a> of space.</p><p>"The aerospace industry calls it an investment. I learned this years ago at a similar conference at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KennedySpaceCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KennedySpaceCenter</span></a> in Florida. In a workshop on ‘updating the center’s museum’, the director told the assembled they were retro-fitting the museum on a Mars theme. He bragged that they brought in thousands of Florida students each year that ‘would soon be taxpayers’. That is now a national NASA organizing strategy to keep the aerospace funding pipeline humming for years to come. Get to the students and sell them on the ‘wonders of space’. Let’s all be astronauts!</p><p>"Maine State Sen. Mattie Daughtry (D-Brunswick) led a plenary panel discussion that promoted the joys of the space gold rush by promising loads of good paying jobs, little-to-no <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> impacts from launching rockets, and heavy emphasis on teacher and student recruitment. Daughtry was the prime sponsor of the bill in the state legislature to create the Maine Space Corporation with its 17-member board that heavily represents the aerospace industry.</p><p>"Almost all the plenary speakers talked about the wonders of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineWilderness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineWilderness</span></a> that enables us to see the starry <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NightSky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NightSky</span></a>. Sadly none of the speakers noted the irony that due to the space gold rush, launching thousands of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/satellites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellites</span></a> is ruining the dark view. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Astronomers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomers</span></a> complain that it is becoming near impossible to do astronomical research because of long-strings of blinking <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/satellites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellites</span></a> in the night sky.</p><p>[...]</p><p>"While many of the speakers made grand claims about jobs to come from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a>’s participation in the space gold rush, the evidence is otherwise. One of the other speakers at the conference talked about space manufacturing becoming increasingly done via robotic and computerized operations. This would increase ‘productivity’ and increase profit but reduce the need for so many workers.</p><p>"Other places where <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RocketLaunch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RocketLaunch</span></a> sites have been created like <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KodiakIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KodiakIsland</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alaska</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RocketLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RocketLab</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewZealand</span></a> promised lots of jobs (which never materialized) and only civilian launches. In both those cases virtually all launches so far have been for the US Pentagon. In the case of Rocket Lab it has been taken over by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LockheedMartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LockheedMartin</span></a>.</p><p>"Many of the people attending the Maine Space Conference were investors who are eager to ride the space rocket to grab profit and notoriety. Like any gold rush the long-term truth turns out to be quite different than the original sales pitch promises. </p><p>"It is incumbent upon Maine citizens to pay attention to this issue before taxpayers in the state get handed a huge bill for costs that were never made clear during this early round of pie-in-the-sky promotion."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://space4peace.org/protest-outside-inside-of-maine-space-conference/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">space4peace.org/protest-outsid</span><span class="invisible">e-inside-of-maine-space-conference/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DarkSkies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DarkSkies</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpaceIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ToxicRockets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicRockets</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoToxicRocketsForMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoToxicRocketsForMaine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MilitarizationOfSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitarizationOfSpace</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpacePollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpacePollution</span></a></p>
Heron&Fox Photo<p>A <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Falcon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Falcon</span></a> 9 <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rocket</span></a> carrying <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Bangladesh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bangladesh</span></a>’s first <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/satellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellite</span></a>, named <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Bangabandhu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bangabandhu</span></a>-1 into geostationary orbit to provide communications services around Bangladesh and its region.<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Bangabandhu1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bangabandhu1</span></a> is also referred to as <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BangSat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BangSat</span></a>.<br>It is Bangladesh’s first and, so far, only <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/spacecraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spacecraft</span></a> of any type.</p><p>Get a print of this image or another at <a href="https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/spacex-falcon-9-climbs-to-orbit-heron-and-fox.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">heronfox.pixels.com/featured/s</span><span class="invisible">pacex-falcon-9-climbs-to-orbit-heron-and-fox.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FalconRocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FalconRocket</span></a>, Falcon9Rocket, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BangSat1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BangSat1</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/RocketLaunch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RocketLaunch</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a></p>
💧🌏 Greg Cocks<p>Earth Observation Evolution - Bigger Satellites Promise Bigger Payoff For Imagery Operators<br>--<br><a href="https://spacenews.com/earth-observation-evolution-bigger-satellites-promise-bigger-payoff-for-imagery-operators/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">spacenews.com/earth-observatio</span><span class="invisible">n-evolution-bigger-satellites-promise-bigger-payoff-for-imagery-operators/</span></a> &lt;-- shared article<br>--<br>“Earth observation satellites are bulking up..."<br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GIS</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spatial</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mapping</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/earthobservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earthobservation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/EO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EO</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/remotesensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>remotesensing</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/satellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellite</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/planning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>planning</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/future" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>future</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/dataquality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dataquality</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/latency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>latency</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/launch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>launch</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/launchcost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>launchcost</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mass</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/payload" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>payload</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/rocketlaunch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rocketlaunch</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/rocketscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rocketscience</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/capacity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capacity</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/performance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>performance</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/lifetime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lifetime</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/lifecycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lifecycle</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/satellites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellites</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/satelliteimagery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satelliteimagery</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/satellitedata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellitedata</span></a></p>
Hype / Aerospace News<p>After 27 years of operation, Europe's mainstay rocket, Ariane 5, has embarked on its final mission, successfully launching two satellites into space. This marks the retirement of the formidable heavy lifter, concluding its long-standing service in the aerospace field.<br>- By Lloyd Coombes </p><p><a href="https://www.space.com/ariane-5-rocket-final-launch-success" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">space.com/ariane-5-rocket-fina</span><span class="invisible">l-launch-success</span></a> <br>More: <a href="https://hypeaviation.com/story/farewell-ariane-5-europes-workhorse-rocket-launches-2-satellites-on-final-mission/122218/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hypeaviation.com/story/farewel</span><span class="invisible">l-ariane-5-europes-workhorse-rocket-launches-2-satellites-on-final-mission/122218/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rocketlaunch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rocketlaunch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/satellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellite</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a></p>
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