Theorists Search for Primordial Black Holes
Theorists believe that if there are primordial black holes out there, they should periodically pass in front of these stars and change how we see their light.
China successfully launches new Long March 8 rocket
On December 22nd at 04:37 UTC, the first Long March 8 lifted off from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center. The Long March 8 uses a core stage with two K2 boosters.
SpaceX completes 2020 manifest with covert flight for NRO
On December 19th at 14:00 UTC, the National Reconnaissance Office launched its NROL-108 mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 from LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. The mission carried a classified national security payload.
OneWeb satellites successfully injected into target orbit
On December 18th at 12:26 UTC, an Arianespace Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat launched the fourth set of thirty-six OneWeb satellites from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Eastern Russian, all 36 were deployed into their proper orbits.
PSLV-C50 successfully launches CMS-01
On December 17th at 10:41 UTC, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched their CMS-01 communications satellite atop a PSLV XL rocket.
Astra Rocket 3.2 Orbital Launch Attempt
On Tuesday, December 15th at 20:22 UTC, Astra made their second launch attempt of Rocket 3 from the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Kodiak, Alaska. It was nearly successful, crossing the Kármán line.
Synspective’s First Satellite “Strix-α” Successfully Reached Its Target Orbit
On Tuesday, December 15th at 10:09 UTC, Rocket Lab launched an Electron from its launch site on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand. The mission, named The Owl’s Night Begins, delivered Synspective’s StriX-α synthetic aperture radar satellite to a 500-kilometer orbit.
Recently Discovered Comet Seen During 2020 Total Solar Eclipse
On December 13, an amateur astronomer discovered the comet C/2020 X3 (SOHO) in the SOHO data, which was also imaged from Earth by another astronomer during the solar eclipse.
Subaru Telescope Photographs the Next Target Asteroid for Hayabusa2
The Subaru Telescope has imaged the tiny asteroid, 1998 KY26, that is the next target of the Hayabusa2 mission, although no sample will be collected.
Potentially Unknown Asteroid Identified from Meteorite
A new paper details how a small shard from the meteorite Almahata Sitta indicates that there was once a previously unknown asteroid the size of Ceres in the main belt and that it formed in the presence of water.
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