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    NASA’s Arcstone Satellite and Instrument Fully Commissioned 

    An artist's rendering of NASA's Arcstone instrument on-orbit gathering measurements of lunar reflectance.

    Commissioning has been completed for NASA’s Arcstone instrument and the bus. Themain structure of the satellite, or bus, and instrument testing began shortly after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California July 23 on a SpaceX Transporter-14 rideshare mission.   On Aug. 13, the Arcstone spectrometer, the first instrument dedicated to improving the accuracy of […]

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    NASA’s PREFIRE CubeSat Mission Extended

    This artist's concept depicts one of two PREFIRE CubeSats in orbit around Earth. The NASA mission will measure the amount of far-infrared radiation the planet's polar regions shed to space.

    The twin cube satellites will operate through at least September 2026, expanding focus from the poles to the whole planet to improve modelling and weather forecasts. NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission has been extended through September 2026 and is broadening its focus from Earth’s poles to the entire globe. The […]

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    NASA Works to Contact Scalable Small Satellite

    Artist rendering of NASA's Athena EPIC satellite in orbit.

    Following a successful launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, NASA’s Athena EPIC (Economical Payload Integration Cost) satellite was deployed on July 23. However, the small satellite has yet to send an expected beacon signal to help track its orbit. Mission partners are collaborating at the NovaWurks data operations […]

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