Plus: Understanding what 'American dominance in space' means
| By Debra Werner The China National Space Agency (CNSA) recently contacted NASA about a potential on-orbit collision.
The CNSA message read, "We would like to recommend you hold still and we'll do the maneuver," Alvin Drew, NASA's space sustainability director and former astronaut, said Oct. 2 at a panel on space sustainability at the International Astronautical Congress. "That's the first time that has ever happened."
After decades of operating satellites alongside one another with little communication, China, one of the world's most prolific launching nations, is beginning to share information with western space powers.
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| The Exploration Company, a European startup developing a cargo spacecraft, is still studying what happened in the final phases of its reentry capsule's test flight three months ago that resulted in the loss of the spacecraft.
Speaking at the International Astronautical Congress Oct. 1, Laura Maginnis, vice president of New Glenn mission management at Blue Origin, said the company is making steady progress toward launching NASA's Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The University of Western Australia announced the completion Oct. 2 of TeraNet, which it calls "the first operational optical ground station network in the Southern Hemisphere." TeraNet is comprised of three interconnected optical ground stations. | | |
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| As much of the global space community gathered to discuss exploration and cooperation, one theme emerged: how the rest of the world is adapting to changes in policies, budgets and leadership at NASA. The event was the first opportunity for many leaders of space agencies, including those closely allied with the United States, to meet with NASA's acting administrator, Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, and to hear how changes at the agency could affect their plans.
An Australian company that is a leader in taking images of spacecraft in low Earth orbit is seeking to widen its aperture to monitor higher orbits, and even beyond. |
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