[Press Release] @ASTROSCALE_ & Satellite Applications Catapult announce: National In-Orbit Servicing Control Facility to be Built in UK to Help Remove Space Debris bit.ly/ASLtd_PressRel…

Tonight’s #BloodMoon will be the longest #lunareclipse of the 21st century! Visible from the UK at approx. 20:50, it coincides with Mars’ closest approach to 🌍 in 15 years. Inspiration for our #ExoMars rover naming comp perhaps? gov.uk/government/new… #TheHolidayMakers #YoE 🌕

Muelhaupt: companies planning megaconstellations want to follow the rules, but there are still issues. Given historic success rates, a 5,000-satellite constellation could have 500 satellites that fail before planned end of life. #smallsat

I’m looking for CSEM students to perform research in the new ICES Computational Astronautical Sciences and Technologies group! Apply now! ⁦Problems include space traffic modeling, space object “biometrics”, astrodynamics, multi-source info fusion, etc. ices.utexas.edu/graduate-studi…

Just arrived in Maui, Hawaii for my first conference #AMOS2018. Very exciting!

Official Launch Event of the Luxembourg Space Agency

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I feel I should be learning about TensorFlow and to start coding in Python, or I'll be left behind. And I'm sure machine learning will be a valuable tool in research in theoretical physics. Don't know when I'd find the time though.

Ten years ago, I didn't know what unit tests, version control, or continuous integration were. Today, my code fails at each of these steps at least once a day. Follow your dreams.

#Mars has been flown by, orbited, smacked into, radar examined, and rocketed onto, as well as bounced upon, rolled over, shoveled, drilled into, baked, and even laser blasted. Still to come: Mars being stepped on. #WednesdayWisdom

CelesTrak has TLEs for 8 more pieces of debris from the Indian ASAT test, bringing the total to 93 objects—22 of which have decayed to date. That still leaves 71 pieces in orbit—37 days after the test. bit.ly/2GmUtim

En-route to the annual IADC committee meetings. Looking forward to seeing friends and colleagues and making a difference to our industry as best we can.

Great first day at the 37th IADC, hosted by Agenzia Spaziale ITA in the beautiful city of Rome. Looking forwards to further interesting discussions over the next 3 days!

First 60 SpaceX Starlink satellites loaded into Falcon fairing. Tight fit.

Updated plot of Indian ASAT debris height versus time. Still 41 tracked debris objects in orbit.

In need of a free, open-source Orbit Determination software that can process both EO and Radar data, and can track satellites through unmodeled dynamic processes? It’s what we use in bit.ly/astriagraph Enjoy and contribute if you’re keen! lnkd.in/dtZq3Bh

1/9 We've been crunching for weeks to make pass visualization as easy as orbit visualization on CelesTrak and are finally ready to unveil the beta version of this new capability to support #Starlink. I think you'll find it amazing!

UPDATE: Chinese Long March 5B (NORAD-ID 48275) is expected to re-enter this week - NORSS' Monte Carlo results provide a probabilistic re-entry time of approximately 0426UTC on 09/05/2021. The 2 sigma uncertainty window currently spans 1087 minutes.

Announcing a new tool to enable astronomers and astrophotographers to predict satellite passes through their images: Astrosat. In #MNRAS. With Matt Townson @00jdf #durhamCFAI and Dr. Laurence Blacketer @NORSSuk academic.oup.com/mnras/article/…